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Tea Party Patriots Pleased and Grateful to the House Judiciary Committee for Holding a Second Hearing into Misconduct of IRS Commissioner and Call for a Vote of Impeachment
ATLANTA, Ga – Tea Party Patriots CEO and co-founder Jenny Beth Martin released the following statement today after the House Judiciary Committee adjourned its second hearing into the misconduct of IRS Commissioner John Koskinen. “We are pleased and grateful that the House Judiciary Committee today held a second hearing into the misconduct of IRS…
Read MoreTea Party Patriots: House passage of the ‘Preventing IRS Abuse and Protecting Free Speech Act’ is a huge win for the First Amendment
ATLANTA, Ga – Tea Party Patriots CEO and co-founder Jenny Beth Martin released the following statement today after the House voted to pass HR 5053, the ‘Preventing IRS Abuse and Protecting Free Speech Act’ introduced by Congressman Roskam (R-IL). “Today, the U.S. House of Representatives took a huge step toward preventing future abuses from an…
Read MoreTea Party Patriots: IRS admission is another reason the House should vote to impeach IRS Commissioner Koskinen
ATLANTA, Ga – Tea Party Patriots CEO Jenny Beth Martin issued the following statement today upon the release of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) list of targeted organizations including Tea Party Patriots. “The IRS has once again admitted to targeting Americans for their political views, including Tea Party Patriots and over 70 groups that include…
Read MoreTea Party Patriots are Hopeful the House Judiciary Committee will Move Forward with Impeachment Proceedings for Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner John Koskinen
ATLANTA, Ga – Tea Party Patriots CEO and Co-Founder Jenny Beth Martin released the following statement today ahead of the House Judiciary Committee holding hearings today into the misconduct of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and IRS Commissioner John Koskinen. “Years after President Obama’s IRS admitted to targeting Americans for their political beliefs, no…
Read MoreTea Party Patriots: Offensive comments by VA Secretary proves how “out-of-touch” the Obama Administration is with our veterans
ATLANTA, Ga – Tea Party Patriots CEO and Co-founder Jenny Beth Martin released the following statement today reacting to comments made by Veterans’ Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald comparing the length of time veterans wait for health care to the length of time people wait in line at Disneyland. “Today’s comment by President Obama’s Veterans’ Affairs…
Read MoreTea Party Patriots React to House Judiciary Committee Calling Hearings to Examine Misconduct of IRS Commissioner
ATLANTA, Ga – Tea Party Patriots co-founder and CEO Jenny Beth Martin released the following statement today reacting to news the House Judiciary Committee will hold hearings to examine the misconduct of IRS Commissioner John Koskinen. “On behalf of the Tea Party Patriots, which was targeted by Internal Revenue Service (IRS) agents and has…
Read MoreIRS rubs nonprofits the wrong way as agency proposes collecting donors’ social security numbers
President Obama’s weaponization of the IRS continues. Even in the wake of the backlash the IRS received for targeting conservatives for their political beliefs, the agency still hasn’t learned its lesson and is proposing a new rule that could require nonprofit organizations to hand over donors’ social security numbers to the government. Fox News has…
Read MoreJenny Beth Martin Lays Out The Case For Impeaching IRS Commissioner John Koskinen
Tea Party Patriots Co-Founder Jenny Beth Martin is leading the grassroots fight to impeach President Obama’s IRS Commissioner John Koskinen for his role in concealing IRS targeting of Americans. Please join her and sign the petition! In a new opinion piece for The Hill, Jenny Beth cites Alexander Hamilton in stressing why it’s so important…
Read MoreNew Docs Reveal IRS Deliberately Targeted Donors to Obama Critics
WASHINGTON, DC – Jenny Beth Martin, President and Co-Founder of Tea Party Patriots, responded today to new evidence that the IRS deliberately targeted for personal audits donors to tax-exempt organizations, and released the following statement: “Make a donation to an opponent of the President’s policies, get audited. According to these new IRS documents – which…
Read MoreTea Party Patriots Incredulous Over President’s IRS Tea Party-Targeting Denial
Even Host, Jon Stewart, Found Obama’s Remarks “Unbelievable” ATLANTA, GA – Last night, in his final interview with “Daily Show” host Jon Stewart, President Obama defended the IRS (jump to 7:15), saying the tea party-targeting scandal was actually Congress’ fault for passing a “crummy law” and that the real problem is the agency doesn’t…
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