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LIVE THREAD: Congress Begins Investigation into IRS Targeting
C Span | May 17, 2013

Posted on 05/17/2013 6:02:03 AM PDT by don-o

The House Ways and Means Committee holds the first Congressional hearing on the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) subjecting applicants for tax-exempt status to higher levels of scrutiny based on political leanings.

Witnesses include Acting IRS Commissioner Steve Miller who resigned on Wednesday and the Treasury Department’s Inspector General Russell George for Tax Administration.

Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) said the IRS' targeting of "American taxpayers based on politics is both astounding and appalling." He stated that the Committee will "get to the bottom of this practice and ensure it never takes place again.”

In announcing the hearing, Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) said that it is "essential that there be a thorough and bipartisan investigation and effective remedial action.”

Since June 2011, the Committee on Ways and Means has been investigating whether the Internal Revenue Service discriminated against taxpayers based on political opinions.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bypassingscourt; citizensunited; dictator; discrimination; impeachnow; irs; irsscandal; liveirshearing; obamaresponsible; obamascandals; partisanmediashill; partisanmediashills; profiling; ratscandals; vanity
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To: jiggyboy

we need a bigger budget!


761 posted on 05/17/2013 10:25:34 AM PDT by Scotswife
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To: Toespi

Mike Kelly exchange:

http://www.therightscoop.com/this-is-very-chilling-for-the-american-people-rep-mike-kelly-unloads-on-irs-commissioner-in-awesome-speech/


762 posted on 05/17/2013 10:26:25 AM PDT by MustKnowHistory
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To: don-o

Glutton for punishment I am - listening to Dear Leader in the dredging plant in Bawner

Shout out to Elijah Cummings and his mama who Deal Leader said “prays for me every day”

Audience laughed. They LAUGHED at the mention of prayer!!!


763 posted on 05/17/2013 10:26:30 AM PDT by don-o (He will not share His glory, and He will not be mocked! Blessed be the Name of the Lord forever!)
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To: don-o

Wow..okay, need the YouTube on that one, too!!


764 posted on 05/17/2013 10:27:22 AM PDT by txmissy
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To: All

Whoa: Did IRS ask pro-life group to disclose the content of their prayers?

http://twitchy.com/2013/05/17/whoa-did-irs-ask-pro-life-group-to-disclose-the-content-of-their-prayers/?utm_source=autotweet&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=twitter


765 posted on 05/17/2013 10:28:27 AM PDT by sheikdetailfeather (Yuri Bezmenov (KGB Defector) - "Kick The Communists Out of Your Govt. & Don't Accept Their Goodies.")
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To: MustKnowHistory

Are you going to post that as a separate thread?


766 posted on 05/17/2013 10:30:27 AM PDT by don-o (He will not share His glory, and He will not be mocked! Blessed be the Name of the Lord forever!)
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To: tanknetter

Does Miller look like the guy who killed Richard Kimball’s (Harrison Ford) wife (Sela Ward) in the “Fugitive”? You know.....the one-armed guy?


767 posted on 05/17/2013 10:31:55 AM PDT by Texas Songwriter (')
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To: don-o

embarassingly, I don’t know how to post a separate thread.


768 posted on 05/17/2013 10:33:46 AM PDT by MustKnowHistory
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To: thouworm
They know damn well they are fascists. McDermott in particular was a boot licking supporter of the Baathists in Iraq.

MARCH 27, 2008 : (REPORT : IRAQI INTELLIGENCE MANIPULATED US CONGRESSMEN & FUNDED BAGHDAD TRIO TRIP TO IRAQ VIA IRAQI SPY MUTHANNA AL HANOOTI WHO RECEIVED 2 MILLION BARRELS OF OIL FOR HIS ENDEAVORS -- See BAGHDAD TRIO [JIM MCDERMOTT, DAVID BONIER, MIKE THOMPSON] ; HILLARY CLINTON, DEMOCRATS, LIFE/IRA/LRD, IRAQI SPY, SUSAN LINDAUER) --------- "The Three Stooges Meet The Butcher," By: Bob Parks’ Daily Dose 119 posted on 03/27/2008 9:19:12 AM PDT by Dqban22 | To 24

769 posted on 05/17/2013 10:34:19 AM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: Toespi

“Jack Lew will be brought in next week, ‘I encourage you to watch.’”

This is great news. The IRS abuse of power story will get another exciting chapter. Was not Jack Lew the White House chief of staff before he took over Treasury from Geithner?


770 posted on 05/17/2013 10:34:30 AM PDT by Cap Huff
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To: MustKnowHistory

I got it. Thanks for finding it. FReepmail me if you want a tutorial.


771 posted on 05/17/2013 10:35:29 AM PDT by don-o (He will not share His glory, and He will not be mocked! Blessed be the Name of the Lord forever!)
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To: piasa

Demorats think that we who believe in limited government are the enemy as democrat Obama’s IRS and Obama oppressed us conservatives in the 2012 election to rig the election.

when will you all realize that we are in a war? the democrats have been waging war against us,conservatives,middle America for a long time now and we don’t even know who the enemy is.


772 posted on 05/17/2013 10:35:38 AM PDT by Democrat_media (IRS rigged election for Obama and democrats by shutting down tea party)
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To: don-o

hanks for posting the Mike Kelly thread. Ignorance is bliss. Hah!


773 posted on 05/17/2013 10:37:03 AM PDT by MustKnowHistory
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To: Texas Songwriter

http://twitchy.com/2013/05/17/acting-irs-chief-agencys-targeting-of-conservative-groups-absolutely-not-illegal-video/

Hugh Hewitt @hughhewitt

Miller says it isn’t illegal for IRS to create lists to target Americans. Wow. Just wow. Well done @RepTomPrice


774 posted on 05/17/2013 10:37:57 AM PDT by RummyChick
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To: MustKnowHistory

More Mike Kelly:

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/05/17/the-scathing-speech-that-just-got-a-near-standing-ovation-during-the-irs-hearing/#ooid=dmdmlwYjr-nQ10rD8um56Gg2Y_IJO_je


775 posted on 05/17/2013 10:38:18 AM PDT by MustKnowHistory
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To: piasa

I remember that. During the run up to the Iraq war they flew to Bagdad to assure the American people what a good guy Saddam was and what a meanie George Bush was. Thompson was my Congress critter. A real POS!


776 posted on 05/17/2013 10:41:41 AM PDT by Lurkina.n.Learnin (President Obama; The Slumlord of the Rentseekers)
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To: thouworm

APRIL 2004 : (MCDERMOTT IS EMBARASSED INTO RETURNING $5,000 CONTRIBUTION TO HIS LEGAL DEFENSE FUND BY SHAKIR AL KHAFAJI -—see SADDAM HUSSEIN, BAATISTS, BAGHDAD TRIO)

NOTE that his legal defense fund existed because he was the recipient of illegally taped recordings of a confidential call between Newt Gingrich and Boehner:

“In a 2-1 opinion, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia upheld a lower court ruling that McDermott violated the rights of House Majority Leader John Boehner, who was heard on the 1996 call involving former House Speaker Newt Gingrich.
The lower court had ordered McDermott to pay Boehner more than $700,000 for leaking the taped conversation. The figure includes $60,000 in damages and at least $600,000 in legal costs.”


777 posted on 05/17/2013 10:42:26 AM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: MustKnowHistory

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3020724/posts

Kelly burns it DOWN!!


778 posted on 05/17/2013 10:42:46 AM PDT by don-o (He will not share His glory, and He will not be mocked! Blessed be the Name of the Lord forever!)
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To: don-o

Thanks for posting!


779 posted on 05/17/2013 10:44:39 AM PDT by MustKnowHistory
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To: don-o

Did you folks know that the surname Miller originally came from Baveria, Germany??? This guy Miller does both Obama (Satan) & Hitler proud!!! He is sure living up to his Nazi namesake. He belongs in prison!!!


780 posted on 05/17/2013 10:45:05 AM PDT by JLAGRAYFOX ( My only objective is to defeat and destroy Obama & his Democrat Party, politically!!!)
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