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Ousted IRS chief defends against partisan charges
WASHINGTON — The ousted head of the Internal Revenue Service apologized Friday for the agency's "foolish mistakes" in singling out conservative groups for intrusive and time-consuming scrutiny, but said that the effort was not driven by partisan...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Peter Roskam, Internal Revenue Service, Tea Party Movement, Kevin Brady
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House showdown set over IRS targeting of conservative groups
WASHINGTON -- The ousted top official of the Internal Revenue Service will appear before a House committee Friday morning, his first public appearance since controversy erupted last week over how the agency mishandled applications for tax-exempt status...
Tags: George H.W. Bush, Internal Revenue Service, Barack Obama, Taxation, George W. Bush
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White House announces new IRS leadership
WASHINGTON – Continuing to move quickly to try to put the IRS controversy behind him, President Obama named a new acting commissioner Thursday to replace the one he ousted the day before. Daniel Werfel, current controller of the Office of...
Tags: White House, Internal Revenue Service, Tea Party Movement, Media Industry, Barack Obama
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Mainers on Capitol Hill denounce IRS scandal
Portland Press Herald, MaineMaine's U.S. House and Senate members agreed Wednesday that the Internal Revenue Service overstepped its bounds by subjecting conservative groups to more scrutiny, but differed on whether the inquiries were politically motivated. The scandals dominating...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Internal Revenue Service, Physical Fitness and Exercise, U.S. Department of Justice, Susan Collins
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Ouster of IRS official isn't ending investigations
WASHINGTON (AP) — Don't look for the outcry over the Internal Revenue Service's improper targeting of tea party groups to subside with the ouster of the agency's acting commissioner. Three congressional committees are investigating and the FBI...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Mitch McConnell, Eric Holder, Internal Revenue Service, Tea Party Movement
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Ohio groups long ago sounded alarm on IRS
The BladeConservative Ohio groups more than a year ago raised the alarm that the Internal Revenue Service was holding up their applications for tax-exempt status, leading Ohio U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan (R., Urbana) to request the audit that led to the IRS's admission...Tags: Internal Revenue Service, Federal Election Commission, Marcy Kaptur, Tea Party Movement, Political Fundraising
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Obama ousts IRS chief over inquiry
WASHINGTON — President Obama forced out the head of the IRS on Wednesday, seeking to restore the public's faith in the tax agency while asserting a measure of control over a rapidly growing political problem. Making a hastily scheduled statement...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, IRS Tea Party Nonprofit Application Scandal (2013), Justice System, Parties and Movements, Pension and Welfare
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Casey, Toomey on Senate committee that will investigate IRS next week
Call Washington BureauPennsylvania's two U.S. senators sit on the powerful tax-writing Senate Finance Committee, which will begin its investigation of the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative groups at a hearing on Tuesday. Republicans and Democrats are...Tags: Jim Gerlach, Montgomery County (Pennsylvania), Internal Revenue Service, Tea Party Movement, Allyson Y Schwartz
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Attorney general orders criminal review of IRS
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department began a criminal investigation Tuesday into overzealous scrutiny by the IRS of applications for tax exemptions by conservative groups, an improper targeting that an inspector general's report blamed on a...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, IRS Tea Party Nonprofit Application Scandal (2013), Eric Holder, Internal Revenue Service, Tea Party Movement
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Obama says IRS commissioner has resigned amid scandal
WASHINGTON (AP) — Hurrying to check a growing controversy, President Barack Obama ousted the acting commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service late Wednesday amid an outcry over revelations that the agency had improperly targeted tea party...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, IRS Tea Party Nonprofit Application Scandal (2013), Civil Rights, Internal Revenue Service, Eric Holder
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Poll: The first firing of the IRS 'tea party' scandal
The scandal over the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status for special review claimed its first scalp Wednesday, when Treasury Secretary Jack Lew demanded and received the resignation of the agency's...
Tags: Internal Revenue Service, Benghazi, Tea Party Movement, Politics, Taxation
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Obama: Acting IRS commissioner has resigned over scandal
The acting commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service was fired on Wednesday as President Barack Obama sought to stem a rising tide of criticism over the agency's targeting of conservative groups for special scrutiny. Seeking to regain the...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Internal Revenue Service, Republican Party, U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Congress
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