Conservatives take IRS impeachment to the House floor

Published July 14, 2016 1:44pm ET



Rep. John Fleming, R-La., on Thursday morning made a motion to call up his resolution to impeach IRS Commissioner John Koskinen, a move that could set up an impeachment vote in September when lawmakers return from summer recess.

Fleming read out the text of his resolution, which he and Rep. Tim Huelskamp, R-Kan., introduced Wednesday. The resolution accuses Koskinen of “high crimes and misdemeanors,” including the failure to provide Congress with information about the IRS targeting scandal.

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