Posts Tagged ‘IRS’
Senators to Congress: Stop the IRS from rehiring tax cheats!
Two Republicans senators said in a letter that it’s time to strengthen laws after the IRS rehired former employees involved in misconduct such as falsifying documents or using unauthorized access to taxpayers’ information. In their letter, Senators Richard Burr of North Carolina and Michael B. Enzi of Wyoming asked the Appropriations Committee panel that oversees…
Read MoreTea Party Patriots Weekly Report from Washington for 9/11/17
CALENDAR: The Senate will return on Monday, September 11. The House has canceled its planned votes for Monday because of Hurricane Irma, and won’t vote again until Tuesday. The House will stay in session through Thursday, and the Senate will stay in session through Friday. LAST WEEK ON THE HOUSE FLOOR: The House returned…
Read MoreTea Party Patriots Weekly Report from Washington for 8/28/17
CALENDAR: The House and Senate have both left for their August recess, and will not return until Tuesday, September 5. DEBT CEILING: Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has advised Congress that he will reach the limit of his ability to use what he calls “extraordinary measures” – what regular people call “smoke and mirrors” – to…
Read MoreJenny Beth’s Journal: White House needs to use the ‘bully pulpit’ to make the case for border wall funding
According to reports, Reince Priebus, John Kelly, Ivanka Trump and her husband Jared Kushner, pushed for the president to strike a deal with Congress offering 800,000 illegal immigrants, known as “dreamers,” protection in exchange for legislation funding a border wall. Jenny Beth argues that President Trump should not break one major campaign promise to implement…
Read MoreFire Koskinen, Bring Accountability to IRS
Atlanta, GA – Tea Party Patriots President and co-founder Jenny Beth Martin released the following statement today, reacting to reports the IRS re-hired hundreds of employees let go for offenses ranging from falsifying documents to failure to pay taxes. “It has been clear for years that the IRS is out of control. Under President Obama,…
Read MoreAudit: IRS rehired employees formerly involved in agency misconduct
According to an audit from the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, the Internal Revenue Service rehired employees who were involved in misconduct such as falsifying documents or had unauthorized access to taxpayers’ information. The Washington Free Beacon has the story: Considering that identify theft is a major concern, auditors wanted to inspect the agency to…
Read MoreJenny Beth Martin on IRS targeting scandal: ‘We need to know what happened’
Tea Party Patriots Co-Founder Jenny Beth Martin appeared on Fox & Friends this week to demand that the impending testimony of the former government executives at the center of the IRS targeting scandal is made public and not sealed as the two women have requested out of fear for their safety. “They need to be…
Read MoreJenny Beth’s Journal: America deserves to know why former President Obama’s IRS officials targeted tea-party groups
The former IRS officials at the center of the scandal that targeted Americans for their political beliefs are arguing, ahead of a Friday hearing in a federal class-action lawsuit brought against the agency, that their testimony be sealed out of fear their lives could be threatened if the testimony is made public – something the…
Read MoreTop Republicans calling on DOJ to reopen investigation into former IRS executive Lois Lerner
Two Republican congressmen are demanding authorities at the Department of Justice reopen the investigation into former IRS executive Lois Lerner, who oversaw IRS employees during the height of the scandal surrounding agency targeting of Americans for their political beliefs. The Washington Times has the details: Ms. Lerner was cleared after an investigation by the Obama…
Read MoreRep. Kevin Brady: IRS commissioner ‘must go’
The IRS commissioner who stonewalled congressional investigation into agency targeting of tea-party groups is still in charge and could remain at the helm of the IRS until November unless the Trump administration takes action before then to fire the commissioner – which is exactly what a group of Republicans is requesting. The Washington Times has…
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