IRS chief faces Senate grilling over Tea Party targeting

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Members of the Senate Finance Committee blasted the head of the Internal Revenue Service Tuesday for problems still lingering within the agency more than two years after the targeting controversy came to light.

Commissioner John Koskinen denied suggestions that the IRS had ever scrutinized conservative groups for political reasons, citing the Justice Department’s decision last week to close its investigation without pressing criminal charges.

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