Tag: House Oversight

Another blow to Darrell Issa’s witch hunt into the I.R.S. “targetting conservatives” has been dealt: In 2010, a tiny Palestinian-rights group called Minnesota Break the Bonds applied to the Internal Revenue Service for tax-exempt status. Two years and a lot of prodding later, the I.R.S. sent the group’s leaders a series of questions and requests […]

Yesterday news broke that the IRS had also been targetting progressive groups, as well as others: George’s report criticized the IRS for using “inappropriate criteria” to identify tea party and other conservative groups. It did not mention more liberal organizations, but in response to questions from lawmakers at congressional hearings, George said he had recently […]