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Darrell Issa seen plowing ahead with IRS probe amid new evidence (Elijah Cummings deeply saddened)
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| 3-7-2014
| JOHN BRESNAHAN and LAUREN FRENCH
Posted on 03/07/2014 2:40:52 PM PST by smoothsailing
Darrell Issa seen plowing ahead with IRS probe amid new evidence
By JOHN BRESNAHAN and LAUREN FRENCH | 3/7/14 2:00 PM EST Updated: 3/7/14 3:53 PM EST
Not even a trove of new evidence will stop Darrell Issa from going after Lois Lerners testimony.
The House Oversight Committee Chairman is plowing forward with plans to hold the former IRS official in contempt of Congress - possibly as early as next week - despite word from the tax agency that it plans to hand over a broad set of documents spanning Lerners entire career at the IRS.
Republicans have long sought the documents and complained the IRS wasnt sharing the whole picture on Lerners 12-year tenure at the agency. The documents will officially go to the Ways and Means Committee but the two panels are sharing evidence.
A senior Republican staffer insists that wont stop Issa, who caused a stir this week when his rift with Democrats stole the spotlight at a combative hearing. He will still likely seek her testimony, this person said.
The underlying facts of the case and her refusal to testify have not changed, said the senior House Republican staffer, speaking on the condition of anonymity.
Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) joined calls to hold Lerner in contempt of Congress after she asserted her Fifth Amendment right during a Wednesday hearing. Issa has suggested that Congress could hold a contempt vote early as next week.
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The timing of the IRS agreeing to turn over the documents - which House Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-Mich.) has been seeking for months - caused Democrats to question whether gaining access to a trove of new emails and documents could take some off the pressure off congressional Republicans to move quickly on Lerners refusal to testify.
Maybe more level heads on Ways and Means can finally obtain her testimony instead of holding political contempt votes, an Oversight Democratic staffer said.
But the GOP aide said that Democrats were mistaken if they thought they could drive a wedge between Camp and Issa by giving the documents to Camp just as the contempt debate heats up.
We have done a pretty good job at keeping everyone on the same page, said the aide.
Camp first asked for the communications from the IRS last fall. The Michigan Republican sent a letter to the IRS on Feb. 24 threatening a subpoena if they did not quickly make more of the documents available.
TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; US: California; US: Maryland; US: Michigan; US: Ohio
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To: Starboard
He’s connected to the money train
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posted on
03/07/2014 3:09:25 PM PST
by
ronnie raygun
(zippy the a##clown sez..............................)
To: gaijin
Frankly, the J schools may as well be closed. Journalism no longer exists; it was corrupted by the liberals.
To: smoothsailing
If Issa is “plowing” anything, it will end up in the ditch.
Don’t doubt me.
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posted on
03/07/2014 3:15:42 PM PST
by
bigbob
(The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly. Abraham Lincoln)
To: Starboard
_________is not one tenth the crook Obama is.Fill in the blank with just about any crook you can think of. . .the list is long.
24
posted on
03/07/2014 3:17:28 PM PST
by
McBuff
To: smoothsailing
All talk, no action, ‘Rat lite. Not one dimes worth of difference.
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posted on
03/07/2014 3:18:22 PM PST
by
VRWC For Truth
(Roberts has perverted the Constitution)
To: smoothsailing
I didn’t realize that she had been there 12 years! We need to elect a President and leaders who will clean out every department in DC. Get rid of unnecessary Departments, then sweep the rest from top to bottom!
The only man I know with the right stuff is Ted Cruz!
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posted on
03/07/2014 3:18:40 PM PST
by
stilloftyhenight
(...staying home isn't an option.)
To: Liz
Remember how dire the consequences were going to be if a Bail Out weren't immediately put in place just after Obama was elected....remember the second bail out got the same notice to move fast...Nancy Pelosi demanding the 2011page Obamacare be passed before we could know what was in it? Would those actions have any place in "connecting the dots" in this administration? Rahm really needs to reveal his money source...I know, in a pig's eye still, an awful lot of money ain't been accounted for.....probably never will as long as the Chicago crooks are in office...Michelle's designer clothes would feed an awful lot of people for years...........
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posted on
03/07/2014 3:18:41 PM PST
by
yoe
To: VRWC For Truth
The Larry Klayman of Congress.
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posted on
03/07/2014 3:19:55 PM PST
by
dfwgator
To: Starboard
I agree, Cummings looked and acted very much like a man fearful at seeing his world coming unraveled.
To: skinndogNN
I believe Obama claimed Executive Privilege and Holder got off scott free. It’s nice to have that in your back pocket.
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posted on
03/07/2014 3:24:07 PM PST
by
twoputt
To: bigbob
If Issa is plowing anything, it will end up in the ditch. Dont doubt me.I don't doubt that yours is a sincerely held belief, but it ain't over yet. Next week could be quite interesting.
To: yoe
Remember how dire the consequences were going to be if a Bail Out weren't immediately put in place just after Obama was elected....remember the second bail out got the same notice to move fast..........an awful lot of money ain't been accounted for.....
EXCERPT---FOURTEEN TRILLION DOLLARS Behind The Real Size of the Bailout; A guide to the abbreviations, acronyms, and obscure programs that make up the $14 trillion federal bailout of Wall Street
SOURCE motherjones.com
Mon Dec. 21, 2009 12:23 PM PST
The price tag for the Wall Street bailout is popularly put at $700 billion---the actual size of TARP--the Troubled Assets Relief Program. But TARP is just the best known program in an array of more than 30 overseen by Treasury Department and Federal Reserve that have paid out or put aside untraceable money to bail out financial firms and inject money into the markets.
To get a sense of the size of the real $14 trillion bailout, see MJ chart at web site. A guide to the pieces of the puzzle includes massive untraceable Treasury Department bailout programs.
Money Market Mutual Fund: In September 2008, the Treasury controlled by Obama/Emanuel announced that it would insure the holdings of publicly offered money market mutual funds. According to the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (SIGTARP), these guarantees could have potentially cost the federal government more than $3 trillion [PDF].
Public-Private Investment Fund: This joint Treasury-Federal Reserve program bought toxic assets from banks and brokeragesas much as $5 billion of assets per firm. According to SIGTARP, the government's potential exposure from the PPIF is between $500 million and $1 trillion [PDF].
TARP: As part of the Troubled Asset Relief Program, the Treasury controlled by Obama/Emanuel made loans to or investments more than 750 banks and financial institutions. $650 billion has been paid out (not including HAMP; see below). As of December 21, 2009, $117.5 billion of that has been repaid.
Government-sponsored enterprise (GSE) stock purchase: The Treasury controlled by Obama/Emanuel bought $200 million in preferred stock from Fannie Mae and another $200 million from Freddie Mac [PDF] to show that they "will remain viable entities critical to the functioning of the housing and mortgage markets."
GSE mortgage-backed securities purchase: Under the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008, the Treasury controlled by Obama/Emanuel may buy mortgage-backed securities from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. According to SIGTARP, these purchases could cost as much as $314 billion ---SNIP---.
LONG READ---go to web site to read more and checkout the shocking financial charts.
SOURCE http://motherjones.com/politics/2009/12/behind-real-size-bailout
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posted on
03/07/2014 3:34:15 PM PST
by
Liz
To: McBuff
You do a terrible injustice to history, but then you join a very long line.
33
posted on
03/07/2014 3:34:56 PM PST
by
billhilly
(Its OK, the left hated Bush.)
To: McBuff
You do a terrible injustice to history, but then you join a very long line.
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posted on
03/07/2014 3:36:16 PM PST
by
billhilly
(Its OK, the left hated Bush.)
To: smoothsailing
Dang that congresswomen is butt ugly and hit every branch and limb in the ugly forest.
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posted on
03/07/2014 3:38:11 PM PST
by
Mat_Helm
To: smoothsailing
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posted on
03/07/2014 3:38:48 PM PST
by
TigersEye
(Stupid is a Progressive disease.)
To: smoothsailing
How can she be held in contempt for invoking her right under the 5th? I thought they had to be offering
full immunity to force her testimony ... anyone?
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posted on
03/07/2014 3:39:14 PM PST
by
Tunehead54
(Nothing funny here ;-)
To: bushbuddy
O wouldn’t dare do that for Lerner
To: lepton
The article says that Lerner has been at the IRS for 12 years. So... Bush did it? What’s up with that?
To: Doogle
My breath is officially not being held on anything related to Arpaio and the cold case posse. Unless and until they arrest Zerobama while he's in Maricopa County and charge him with crimes, whatever they say or do will be ignored by the media and nothing will come of it.
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