Tag: IRS

Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, leaves a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, May 7, 2014. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Beltway Confidential

Boehner says House won’t arrest Lerner, then flubs history cite

Mark Tapscott · May 11, 2014 4:00 am

Now that the House has found Lois Lerner in contempt and asked Attorney General Eric Holder (above) to prosecute her, John Boehner and his fellow GOPers are headed to an embarrassing dead end. (AP Photo)

Beltway Confidential

Eric Holder will sprout wings and fly before Lois Lerner goes to jail for contempt of Congress

Mark Tapscott · May 9, 2014 4:00 am

Six Dems Join House Republicans on Lerner Contempt Vote

Michael Warren · May 8, 2014 1:53 pm

Then-Internal Revenue Service Director of Exempt Organizations Lois Lerner makes a statement during a hearing of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on May 22, 2013 in Washington. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Beltway Confidential

IRS caves on Lois Lerner’s emails after House passes contempt citation

Joel Gehrke · May 8, 2014 4:00 am

FILE - In this May 22, 2013, file photo, then-IRS official Lois Lerner is sworn in on Capitol Hill in Washington, before the House Oversight Committee hearing to investigate the extra scrutiny IRS gave to tea party and other conservative groups that applied for tax-exempt status. The House is preparing to vote May 7, on holding Lerner in contempt of Congress for refusing to testify at a pair of committee hearings about her role in the agency's tea party controversy. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

House votes to hold ex-IRS official in contempt

Stephen Ohlemacher · May 8, 2014 1:21 am

Then-IRS official Lois Lerner is sworn in on Capitol Hill in Washington, before the House Oversight Committee hearing to investigate the extra scrutiny IRS gave to tea party and other conservative groups that applied for tax-exempt status. The House is preparing to vote May 7, on holding Lerner in contempt of Congress for refusing to testify at a pair of committee hearings about her role in the agency's tea party controversy. (AP/Carolyn Kaster)

House holds ex-IRS official Lois Lerner in contempt

Sean Lengell · May 7, 2014 4:00 am

House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Beltway Confidential

Darrell Issa threatens EPA official with contempt

Joel Gehrke · May 7, 2014 4:00 am

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Washington Secrets

Report: TV abandons IRS scandal; just 14 stories in 10 months as issue rages again

Paul Bedard · May 7, 2014 4:00 am

Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., concluded that there was no politically-motivated targeting of conservatives, according to a new report issued by Democrats on the oversight panel. (AP Photo)

Beltway Confidential

Oversight Democrats: A Republican IRS official started the Tea Party targeting

Joel Gehrke · May 6, 2014 4:00 am

IRS data show Florida, Texas, South Carolina are strongest tax base magnets; New York, Illinois, New Jersey least

IRS data show Florida, Texas, South Carolina are strongest tax base magnets; New York, Illinois, New Jersey least

Jim Pettit · May 6, 2014 4:00 am

FILE - This March 22, 2013, file photo, shows exterior of the Internal Revenue Service building in Washington. As the United States attempts to punish Russia for its actions in Ukraine, the Treasury Department is deploying an economic weapon that could prove to be more costly than sanctions: the Internal Revenue Service. This summer, the U.S. plans to start using a new anti-tax evasion law that will make it much more expensive for Russian banks to do business in America. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

AP ENTERPRISE: US to unleash IRS on Russian banks

Stephen Ohlemacher · May 5, 2014 9:03 pm

The House this week will vote on whether to hold a former top Internal Revenue Service official Lois Lerner in contempt of Congress. (AP Photo)

Energy and Environment

House votes this week focus on IRS targeting, Senate takes on energy measure and Keystone XL

Susan Ferrechio · May 5, 2014 4:00 am