House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

Type: Organization

Name: House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

First reported 21 hours ago - Updated 10 mins ago - 88 reports

Top IRS Official Refuses to Testify at Hearing

The director of the IRS division that singled out conservative groups refused to answer questions Wednesday at a House hearing on the program, as a Democratic lawmaker warned there would be "hell to pay" if the agency stonewalls Congress on its inves ... [Published Texomashomepage.com - 4 mins ago]

Entities: House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Stephen Lynch, Opening Statement, Darrell Issa

First reported 23 mins ago - Updated 23 mins ago - 2 reports

IRS official: I discussed Obamacare during White House visits

Charlie SpieringFormer IRS Commissioner Doug Shulman admitted during a House Oversight and Government Reform hearing today that he visited the White House multiple times discussed the agency’s role in the implementation of Obamacare.Rep.Read more on ... [Published Washington Examiner - 23 mins ago]

Entities: Obamacare, White House, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

First reported 21 hours ago - Updated 32 mins ago - 9 reports

IRS Lerner I have not done anything wrong

Updated at 10:45 a.m. ET Before invoking her Fifth Amendment right to remain silent, Lois Lerner, the head of the tax-exempt organizations division of the IRS, proclaimed her innocence before a congressional committee Wednesday. "I have not done anything ... [Published The Sydney News - 32 mins ago]

Entities: House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Organism

First reported 2 hours ago - Updated 38 mins ago - 2 reports

LIVE STREAM: House Oversight Committee Hearing on the IRS

A House Oversight Committee hearing is being held Wednesday concerning allegations that the IRS was targeting Americans for their political beliefs. ... [Published KiiiTV3.com - 38 mins ago]

Entities: House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Allegation

First reported 2 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 2 reports

Eleanor Holmes Norton

eaLive-blogging the latest IRS hearings

( )The House Oversight Committee hearing on the IRS scandal is underway. I missed the beginning because I was appearing on Chuck Morse’s radio program.I’m tuned in now and will do a bit of live-blogging. I understand that, as expected, IRS official ... [Published Power Line - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Chuck Morse, Eleanor Holmes Norton, White House, Elijah Cummings, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

First reported 3 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 4 reports

Official Says Treasury Department Had No Role in IRS Targeting

The Treasury Department's number-two official said his agency played no role in the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative groups.The U.S. tax collecting agency has revealed it subjected Tea Party and other conservative groups seeking non-profit ... [Published VOA News - 1 hour ago]

Entities: IRS Internal Revenue Service, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Darrell Issa, Tea Party Movement, Deponent

First reported 20 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 3 reports

IRS Internal Revenue Service

IRS head denies wrongdoing

WASHINGTON, DC -The Internal Revenue Service official at the center of the storm over the agency's targeting of conservative groups has told Congress she did nothing wrong and has invoked her constitutional right to not answer lawmakers' questions. Lois ... [Published WTHR - 1 hour ago]

Entities: IRS Internal Revenue Service, Orrin Hatch, Steven Miller, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

First reported 2 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 2 reports

Top Dem: 'There Will Be Hell To Pay' If IRS Keeps Stonewalling

:19 AM PDT post a commentOn Wednesday, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee’s hearing on the widening Internal Revenue Service (IRS) conservative targeting scandal.Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) destroyed the Administration’s claim that over ... [Published Breitbart.com - 2 hours ago]

Entities: IRS Internal Revenue Service, Jim Jordan, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

First reported 2 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 3 reports

Rep. Darrell Issa: IRS misled Congress, American people

The top Republican investigator in the House said Wednesday Rep. Darrell E. Issa, California Republican, who is House Oversight and Government Reform Committee chairman, said his committee recently interviewed Holly Paz, a senior IRS official, who said ... [Published Washington Times - 2 hours ago]

Entities: Darrell Issa, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Stephen Lynch (politician), Elijah Cummings, Steven Miller

First reported 2 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 2 reports

IRS practices questioned in House hearing today (WATCH LIVE)

Digital First Media The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee is holding a hearing to examine allegations that the IRS unfairly targeted some political groups based on their beliefs.The hearing started at 9:30 a.m. ET. Watch live below ... [Published Battleboro Reformer - 2 hours ago]

Entities: House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Allegation

First reported 23 hours ago - Updated 3 hours ago - 3 reports

First Thoughts: The White House's P.R. mess

*** The White Houses P.R. mess: While there is still no evidence connecting the IRSs targeting of conservative groups directly to the White House or to the president personally, or to his re-election campaign, it doesnt mean the White House doesnt have ... [Published NBCNews.com - 3 hours ago]

Entities: White House, David Petraeus, Eric Garcetti, Anthony Weiner, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 5 reports

IRS Scandal: Hatch Accuses IRS Commissioner of 'Lie by Omission' to Congress

:58 AM PDT post a commentActing Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Douglas Shulman, who led the agency when it targeted Tea Party and conservative groups, testified before the Senate Finance Committee today, under oath, about when he knew about ... [Published Breitbart.com - May 21 2013]

Entities: IRS Internal Revenue Service, Orrin Hatch, Steven Miller, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

Quotes

"I will not answer any questions or testify about the subject matter of this committee's meeting" she said

Top IRS Official Refuses to Testify at Hearing [Published Texomashomepage.com - 4 mins ago]

...had sketchy information about the situation, was told it was being handled and believed it proper to let George's office conduct its investigation. "When you learned that there was a list, you did nothing" said Lynch, the Massachusetts congressman

IRS official in center of targeting probe says she did nothing wrong, answers no questions [Published Minneapolis Star Tribune - 9 mins ago]

"I have not violated any IRS rules or regulations, and I have not provided false information to this or any congressional committee," she said. "Because I am asserting my right not to testify, I know that some people will assume that I have done something wrong. I have not."

IRS Official Pleads 5th At Congressional Hearing [Published KFI AM-640 - 12 mins ago]

The IRS is a bureau of the Treasury Department. Lew said at a congressional hearing yesterday that "management of the IRS is very much the responsibility of the Treasury secretary. The administration of the tax system has to be within the IRS and apart from politics."

Lew Says He’ll Wait to Decide Whether Lerner Did Anything Wrong [Published BusinessWeek - 16 mins ago]

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Top IRS Official Refuses to Testify at Hearing [Published Texomashomepage.com - 4 mins ago]
IRS official in center of targeting probe says ... [Published Minneapolis Star Tribune - 9 mins ago]
IRS Official Pleads 5th At Congressional Hearing [Published KFI AM-640 - 12 mins ago]
Shulman says he did not discuss IRS targeting d... [Published Daily Caller - 16 mins ago]
Lois Lerner’s blink-and-you’ll-miss-it appearan... [Published Daily Caller - 16 mins ago]
Lew Says He’ll Wait to Decide Whether Lerner Di... [Published BusinessWeek - 16 mins ago]
Lerner Pleads The Fifth: ‘I Have Not Done Anyth... [Published Inquisitr - 20 mins ago]
IRS Hid Results of Probe of Targeting Pro-Lifer... [Published LifeNews.com - 21 mins ago]
IRS Hasn?t Reprimanded a Single Staffer For Tar... [Published LifeNews.com - 21 mins ago]
IRS Figure at Center of Scandal Pleads the 5th [Published WAAX-FM - 23 mins ago]
IRS director refuses questions about scrutiny o... [Published WVMetroNews - 23 mins ago]
IRS official: I discussed Obamacare during Whit... [Published Washington Examiner - 23 mins ago]
IRS official says he’s ‘incredibly sad’ about w... [Published Washington Examiner - 23 mins ago]
IRS boss visited White House 118 times during T... [Published Washington Examiner - 23 mins ago]
House Republicans Raise Concerns About ACA's Ex... [Published California Healthline - 24 mins ago]
GOP lawmaker says White House has ‘lack of outr... [Published The Hill - 24 mins ago]
IRS Lerner I have not done anything wrong [Published The Sydney News - 32 mins ago]
An embattled IRS official takes the 5th: Damnin... [Published The Week Magazine - 33 mins ago]
Issa slams IRS watchdog [Published Politico - 37 mins ago]
LIVE STREAM: House Oversight Committee Hearing ... [Published KiiiTV3.com - 38 mins ago]
IRS Witness Pleads Fifth, Leaves Questions Unan... [Published US News & World Report - 41 mins ago]
Lois Lerner has to go [Published Washington Post - 43 mins ago]
Issa Questions George on IRS Leaks [Published WSJ.com Video - News - 47 mins ago]
WatchLois Learner pleads the 5th. Was she the c... [Published Catholic Online - 47 mins ago]
IRS official Lois Lerner pleads the Fifth, deni... [Published UPI - 49 mins ago]
IRS official Lerner: ‘I did nothing wrong’ [Published Sherman Denison Herald Democrat - 51 mins ago]
IRS official refuses to testify before Congress... [Published West Australian - 52 mins ago]
Lawmakers grill officials for inaction on IRS, ... [Published NBCNews.com - 53 mins ago]
Treasury official washes hands of IRS' politica... [Published Washington Times - 54 mins ago]
Liberal Columnists QuietlyGather at White House [Published Lucianne.com - 55 mins ago]

Blogs

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Lynch Blasts Former IRS Chief: ‘Sir, You Misled... [Published The Corner on National Review Online - 1 hour ago] “Sir, you misled Congress — make no question about it,” Democratic congressman Stephen Lynch shouted at former IRS commissioner Douglas Shulman for not informing Congress that he had learned of the agency’s targeting of conservative organizations. ...
Dem. Representative: ‘There Will Be Hell to Pay’ [Published The Corner on National Review Online - 1 hour ago] Representative Stephen Lynch (D., Mass.) slammed the lack of preparedness and conduct of IRS employees in earlier congressional hearings, and threatened a special counsel if that conduct continues. He accused the agency of stonewalling Congress by claiming ...
IRS Scandal: E-mails Suggest Findings of IG Rep... [Published The Corner on National Review Online - 1 hour ago] E-mails between staff members of the House Oversight Committee and the office of the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) suggest that the findings of a report on IRS targeting of conservative groups were initially scheduled to be ...
IRS official pleads the Fifth: ‘I have not done... [Published Raw Story - 1 hour ago] Topics: internal revenue service ♦ Louis LernerLike Raw Story on FacebookThe official who was in charge of Internal Revenue Service division that admitted scrutinizing the tax-exempt status of conservative groups told a House committee on Wednesday that ...
eaLive-blogging the latest IRS hearings [Published Power Line - 1 hour ago] ( )The House Oversight Committee hearing on the IRS scandal is underway. I missed the beginning because I was appearing on Chuck Morse’s radio program.I’m tuned in now and will do a bit of live-blogging. I understand that, as expected, IRS official ...

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Issa Questions George on IRS Leaks [Published WSJ.com Video - News - 47 mins ago]
Issa: IRS Applicants Are Being Denied Justice [Published WSJ.com Video - Digits - 1 hour ago]
Mica Previews Hearing on IRS Scandal on Geraldo... [Published Rep. John Mica - YouTube Channel - May 21 2013]
Congressman Mike Turner Questions State Departm... [Published Rep. Michael Turner - YouTube Channel - May 17 2013]
Issa on IRS scandal: "Deliberate" ideological a... [Published CBS News Online - YouTube - May 14 2013]

Press Releases

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PrivCo -- The Consequences of Being a Lender Th... [Published Marketwire - Breaking News Releases - Apr 23 2013]
CCAGW to Congress: Protect Taxpayers, Allow USP... [Published Business Wire - Apr 18 2013]
CCAGW to Congress: Protect Taxpayers, Allow USP... [Published Business Wire Public Policy/Government News - Apr 18 2013]