Darrell Issa wants Elijah Cummings to disclose talks with Lois Lerner's attorney

House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., asked the panel's top Democrat to disclose communications between his office and the lawyer for former IRS official Lois Lerner, who faces contempt charges before the committee.

In a letter to ranking member Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., Issa said it was vital for him to share what he learned from interviewing her attorney, William W. Taylor III.

The panel is investigating Lerner — who headed the Exempt Organizations division of the agency when it controversially targeted conservative groups — and will vote on contempt charges on the grounds that she has refused to cooperate with the probe.

"As you know, Mr. Taylor's position with regard to Ms. Lerner's willingness to cooperate with the committee has changed several times," Issa wrote. "So that all members of the committee can have a better understanding of Mr. Taylor's current position, please disclose any communications that you or your staff have had with Mr. Taylor."

Lerner has refused to answer questions about IRS targeting, using her Fifth Amendment right to remain silent. Reports have suggested that Lerner may seek immunity from the panel before agreeing to speak.

Republicans, though, say that Lerner waived her right to remain silent when she made a statement denying any wrongdoing, and charge that she is trying to delay the investigation.

Issa questioned if last-minute talks on immunity were more than just another stalling tactic and asked Cummings to share his discussions with Taylor.

"Your insistence on the prospect of immunity is surprising," Issa wrote. "In discussions with my staff, Mr. Taylor stated that his client does not fear prosecution and would not make any incriminating statements if she testified, with or without immunity.

"Ms. Lerner does not require immunity to testify truthfully about facts that would not incriminate her," he added.

Lerner served as the D.C.-based IRS official who some lawmakers believe played a key role in the practice of targeting certain conservative and Tea Party groups who were seeking tax-exempt status.

Issa and Cummings have had a strained relationship. At the conclusion of a committee hearing last month, the chairman turned off the Democrat's microphone after a testy exchange. Issa later apologized, which Cummings accepted.

ALL OF THIS THIS NEEDS TO GO VIRAL. .

One of the Articles of Impeachment drawn up against Richard Nixon was merely "threatening" to use the Internal Revenue Service to selectively audit political opponents.

OBAMA HAS WEAPONIZED THE IRS AGAINST POLITICAL OPPONENTS ordering multiple covert campaigns of intimidation, threats, and persecution of tea party/conservative organizations, and those daring to criticize Obama's agenda.

<><> Seven lock-stepping Democrats scared-***tless of losing their seats ask the IRS to “Investigate” political opponents,

<><> Rep Elijah Cummings led the Democrat pack in smearing True the Vote patriot Catherine Englebrecht....

<><> der leader Obama said Tea Parties were a "threat to democracy."

<><> The IRS (a tax-funded L/E agency) takes its marching orders from Democrat;

<><> the FBI, ATF, the IRS, and OSHA were sicced on Catherine Englebrecht, as she valiantly tried to improve the US voting system.

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DEMS STOOP TO CONQUEUR--order IRS to act to save their seats

by Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 2/13/14

. . . . Check out # 49 for remainder of comment.

Thanks, Liz.

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ACA Isn't The Problem. It's the Tea Party. w/ Rep Elijah Cummings & Maya Rockeymoore

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MAYA ROCKEYMOORE, PRESIDENT AND CEO HomeLeadershipMaya Rockeymoore, President and CEO

Dr. Maya Rockeymoore leads Global Policy Solutions, a Washington, DC-based policy firm that makes policy work for people and their environments.

A former adjunct professor in the Women in Politics Institute at American University, Maya has also served as the vice president of research and programs at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation (CBCF), senior resident scholar at the National Urban League, chief of staff to Congressman Charles Rangel (D-NY), professional staff on the House Ways and Means Committee, and as a CBCF legislative fellow in the office of Congressman Melvin Watt (D-NC) among other positions.

Maya’s areas of expertise include health, social insurance, income security, education, women’s issues and youth civic participation. She is the author of The Political Action Handbook: A How to Guide for the Hip-Hop Generation and co-editor of Strengthening Community: Social Insurance in a Diverse America among many other articles and chapters. Rockeymoore serves on the board of the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare and the National Association of Counties and is a member of the National Academy of Social Insurance. The recipient of many honors, she was named an Aspen Institute Henry Crown Fellow in 2004 and is the recipient of Running Start’s 2007 Young Women to Watch Award.

A regular guest on radio and television shows, Maya has appeared on NPR, CNN, Black Entertainment Television, ABC World News Tonight, Fox News, Al Jazeera and C-SPAN. Her opinions have also been quoted by the New York Times, Washington Post, USA Today, LA Times, Boston Globe, Black America Web, and Houston Chronicle among other prominent national news sources.

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Career[edit]
Maya Rockeymoore served as a Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Fellow working in the office of Congressman Mel Watt (Democrat, NC-12). From this position, she went on to become a professional staffer on the Ways and Means committee and Chief of Staff to Representative Charles Rangel. As Chief of Staff and Senior Policy Advisor to Congressman Charles Rangel in the late 1990s, Dr. Rockeymoore helped facilitate passage of the African Growth and Opportunity Act—the first-ever multi-lateral trade policy between the U.S. and countries in Sub-Saharan Africa.

After completing her dissertation, “The African American Political Response to HIV/AIDS: A Study of the Congressional Black Caucus in the 105th Congress,” she went to work as Senior Resident Scholar at the National Urban League's policy think tank, and subsequently as Vice President for Research and Programs at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation (CBCF). There she led the creation of the Foundation’s think tank—The Center for Policy Analysis and Research (CPAR). She has authored and contributed to numerous publications, including her book, “The Political Action Handbook: A How-To Guide for the Hip Hop Generation.”

Since 2005, Dr. Rockeymoore has served on the Board of Directors for the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare. In June 2012, she was elected to a three-year term as board chair - the first African-American woman to serve in this role. [2]

On September 16, 2012, Dr. Rockeymoore began hosting “Pivot Point with Maya Rockeymoore”, a weekly public affairs radio show that airs on WPWC’s We Act Radio.

Global Policy Solutions[edit]
Rockeymoore left the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation in 2005 to start Global Policy Solutions, a social change strategy firm based in Washington, DC. The group provides policy analysis and research, program design and implementation, strategic leadership, coalition building, and communications for nonprofit and corporate clients. Past and present clients include the Alliance for Excellent Education, Eli Lilly and Company, Global Justice, Insight Center for Community and Economic Development's Closing the Racial Wealth Gap Initiative, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Schott Foundation for Public Education and the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation.

Leadership for Healthy Communities[edit]
As part of her responsibilities at Global Policy Solutions, Dr. Rockeymoore serves as Director of Leadership for Healthy Communities, a national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation designed to support local and state government leaders nationwide in their efforts to reduce childhood obesity through public policies that promote active living, healthy eating and access to healthy foods. The organization's focus, in particular, is on policy efforts that can improve nutrition and increase physical activity among children at high risk for obesity, especially African-American, Latino, Native American, Asian American and Pacific Islander children living in low-income communities.

GlobalPolicy.tv[edit]
In 2011, Dr. Maya Rockeymoore helped launch GlobalPolicy.tv, a web-based public affairs platform that explores issues related to public policy, politics, and popular culture through blog posts and videos.

Personal life[edit]
Rockeymoore is married to U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings (Democrat, MD-7). She resides in Washington, DC and Baltimore, MD. She is a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority.

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http://www.mediaite.com/online/obama-state-dinner-photos/attachment/screen-shot-2009-11-25-at-11-08-53-am/

(State Dinner)

Also from Maryland, Congressman Elijah Cummings was there with his wife, scholar and activist Dr. Maya Rockeymoore…who may also have gotten her outfit at Melody Barnes’ favorite store in Richmond, Virginia!

Linkedin:

http://www.linkedin.com/in/mayarockeymoore

Dr. Rockeymoore also leads the Center for Global Policy Solutions, a 501c3 social change nonprofit dedicated to making policy work for people and their environments by advancing innovative and effective solutions to our world's most critical challenges.

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President
Center for Global Policy Solutions
Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Public Policy industry
March 2012 – Present (2 years 2 months) Washington D.C. Metro Area

I manage the strategic direction and growth of this 501c3 social change nonprofit--a think and action tank--dedicated to making policy work for people and their environments by advancing innovative and effective solutions to our world's most critical challenges. My responsibilities include public relations, grant and donor development, and policy research and analysis.

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