Mr. Lynch: There are plenty of groups other than the Tea Party that got looked at.
Posted on 07/18/2013 6:40:25 AM PDT by don-o
House Republicans plan to ratchet up scrutiny of the IRS during a hearing Thursday morning where agency workers are expected to discuss the involvement of high-level officials in slowing down applications from Tea Party groups.
For the first time, the House oversight committee has invited two key agency officials to testify. Republican leaders of the committee claimed Wednesday that one of them recently revealed that the IRS chief counsel's office -- led by a political appointee -- played a role, along with embattled IRS official Lois Lerner, in scrutinizing conservative groups.
Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., chairman of the committee, told Fox News that agency officials in Cincinnati were taking their orders from Washington, and that the investigation needs to look next at both Lerner and the counsel's office.
"As a part of this ongoing investigation, the committees have learned that the IRS Chief Counsel's office in Washington, D.C. has been closely involved in some of the applications," Issa and other Republicans wrote in a letter to IRS Acting Commissioner Danny Werfel.
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Pubbies need to call out the tactic by name.
Ok, Issa needs to make it clear...if the democrats on the committee continue to block and prevent this investigation, there will be no choice but to appoint a special prosecutor.
Hey Charlie, pay your taxes.
Cummings hands are bigger than his brain.
Lynch now saying IRS targeted “progressive” groups.... spinning that the IRS is an equal opportunity oppressor....
He sure does.
“This is my rep- John Mica.”
Mine Too!!
Mica appears to be very unprepared. If he isn’t ready to go with tough questions, he should yield his time to Gowdy.
Works for me.
But he wants the troof.
Mr. Lynch: There are plenty of groups other than the Tea Party that got looked at.
I’m not overly impressed (AT ALL) with Mica. I really wanted Sandy Adams to beat him but because he was establishment R, he won :|
Oh, no he di'it. DID he? Really?
Screeners screened them out for further investigation.
Thank YOU, I posted on another thread about this hearing and am glad there is getting some traction.
Cummings wants to get to the bottom of this, several weeks after declaring that we had.
Mr. Lynch: I got nothing. This is just disgraceful. It’s not Obama’s fault. Plenty of people are mad at Obama. It’s not his fault.
Cummings: I see a lead here so I can kiss ass.
This wasn’t his finest hour. But he’s a kind of milque-toast fellow anyway. Usually votes right though!
Hmmm....Lynch gives his own party a smack down. Good for him.
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