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Tea Party Rejects IRS Apology, Republicans Vow Investigation
ABC News ^ | 05/10/2013 | ABBY PHILLIP

Posted on 05/10/2013 2:47:28 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

Conservative groups have rejected an Internal Revenue Service apology for unjustifiably scrutinizing tax-exempt conservative groups during the 2012 election cycle. The IRS apology has seemingly validated conservatives' fears of politically motivated regulation.

House Republican leaders, meanwhile, have vowed to investigate.

Lois Lerner, the director the IRS unit that oversees tax-exempt organizations, said that organizations had been given additional scrutiny if their applications included the words "Tea Party" or "patriot." The practice originated with "low-level" employees in Cincinnati, according to an Associated Press report.

In a press conference on Friday, Lerner called the actions of these employees "absolutely inappropriate."

"They didn't do it because of any political bias," Lerner said, adding that singling out groups with specific names was an ill-thought-out organizational "shortcut."

"It was an error in judgment and it wasn't appropriate but that's what they did," she said.

"We've now corrected these issues, and we don't expect that any of these will be repeated going forward."

Despite the apology, conservative groups are now seizing on the news, which they say proves their long-standing complaints of mistreatment by the IRS.

"President Obama must also apologize for his administration ignoring repeated complaints by these broad grassroots organizations of harassment by the IRS in 2012, and make concrete and transparent steps today to ensure this never happens again," said Jenny Beth Martin, national coordinator for Tea Party Patriots.

Tea Party Express founder Sal Russo told ABC News that his group, formed as a PAC, never heard from the IRS but did hear from smaller Tea-Party groups that complained of government scrutiny.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Government
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1 posted on 05/10/2013 2:47:28 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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Bttt


2 posted on 05/10/2013 2:48:35 PM PDT by uncitizen
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To: SeekAndFind

Obama’s administration is now totally illegitimate.


3 posted on 05/10/2013 2:49:01 PM PDT by NoLibZone (None here can be puzzled by why Jews walked into the cars so quietly- we are walking up the planks.)
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To: SeekAndFind

I presume the “low-level” IRS employees are no longer suckling at the taxpayer teat?

(sarcasm off)


4 posted on 05/10/2013 2:49:48 PM PDT by Taxman (So that the beautiful pressure does not diminish!)
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To: SeekAndFind

Heads should roll.


5 posted on 05/10/2013 2:49:51 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both)
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To: SeekAndFind

There must be hard evidence and whistle blowers.

No way would the IRS make today’s admission out of the blue.


6 posted on 05/10/2013 2:50:46 PM PDT by Alex in chains
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To: SeekAndFind

And now they’re in charge of enforcing our healthcare.


7 posted on 05/10/2013 2:51:56 PM PDT by Rusty0604
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What kind of ‘follow up’ would ABC do if Bush’s IRS had targeted Democrat organizations...

That’s what ABC needs to do with this story... pretend they’re not as biased as the IRS. Pretend they’re a new organization and not an arm of the DNC...


8 posted on 05/10/2013 2:52:04 PM PDT by GOPJ ( A gang rape by eight isn't 'immigration reform'... Send the 33 million illegals home.)
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***”They didn’t do it because of any political bias,” Lerner said, adding that singling out groups with specific names was an ill-thought-out organizational “shortcut.” ***

And if George Bush’s IRS singled out groups with the name “Progress” he could have used the same excuse?


9 posted on 05/10/2013 2:52:04 PM PDT by Alex in chains
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To: SeekAndFind

Show no mercy! Careers and reputations need to be ruined. Government employees that use our tax dollars to deny the 1A rights of law abiding citizens need to suffer personal consequences. And I mean suffer.


10 posted on 05/10/2013 2:52:07 PM PDT by ConservativeInPA (Molon Labe - Shall not be questioned)
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To: SeekAndFind

The only “concrete” steps should be repealing the 16th. After prosecuting everyone involved, of course.


11 posted on 05/10/2013 2:52:34 PM PDT by Lurker (Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
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What kind of ‘follow up’ would ABC do if Bush’s IRS had targeted Democrat organizations...

That’s what ABC needs to do with this story... pretend they’re not as biased as the IRS. Pretend they’re a NEWS organization and not an arm of the DNC...


12 posted on 05/10/2013 2:53:02 PM PDT by GOPJ ( A gang rape by eight isn't 'immigration reform'... Send the 33 million illegals home.)
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13 posted on 05/10/2013 2:53:12 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both)
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To: SeekAndFind

Illegal. Flat out illegal. Does anyone believe that if this had been done by a Republican administration that impeachment proceedings wouldn’t have already started? No Republican president could ever survive a scandal like this one.


14 posted on 05/10/2013 2:54:39 PM PDT by Starboard
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“”They didn’t do it because of any political bias,” Lerner said, adding that singling out groups with specific names was an ill-thought-out organizational “shortcut.””

This one comment rubs me wrong, this is obviously political. These employees need to be identified and fired.


15 posted on 05/10/2013 2:55:09 PM PDT by dila813
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To: SeekAndFind

88 page questionnaires that seek information on donors, facebook postings and tweets require multi-level discussions, review and approval. This is not a renegade event. A management structure went about this discriminatory process.


16 posted on 05/10/2013 2:55:37 PM PDT by plangent
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Absolutely!


17 posted on 05/10/2013 2:55:48 PM PDT by onyx (Please Support Free Republic - Donate Monthly! If you want on Sarah Palin's Ping List, Let Me know!)
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The Liberals at the IRS are quick to stuff people in jail but now they are suddenly interested in cheap excuses and hollow apologies.


18 posted on 05/10/2013 2:59:08 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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These employees need to be identified and flogged in public, then fired.

There is probably no more chilling words to hear than "I am from the IRS and I would like to ask you some questions."

Who knows how much grief, wasted time and angst these jokers, working at the behest of obozo, caused.

I hope the Republicans follow this one up the pole that will ALSO lead to obozo (like Benghazi).

19 posted on 05/10/2013 3:00:28 PM PDT by freedumb2003 (LBJ declared war on poverty and lost. Barack Obama declared war on prosperity and won. /csmusaret)
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This is what ya get for having an entitled entrenched liberal breeding grounds called an administration by clintonian principles..

she told, O, OH go to sleep, I’ll handle it.


20 posted on 05/10/2013 3:02:56 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi)
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