Attention surrounding the IRS’s illegal, politically-motivated attacks on conservative 501(c)(4) non-profits has reached new heights in recent days, following two high-profile Congressional hearings and now demands from both houses of Congress for Eric Holder to live up to the historic responsibility of Attorney General to […]

By Robert Romano New emails revealed by the House Ways and Means Committee have destroyed the Obama White House narrative that the IRS targeting of the tea party and other 501(c)(4) groups was somehow caused when low-level operatives at the agency were confused by a 50-year old regulation that had never previously been confusing. Specifically, the documents, and subsequent testimony by members of […]

By Robert Romano “What happened here was you’ve got a 501(c)4 law that people think was confusing, that the folks did not know how to implement because it basically says if you’re involved—“ That was President Barack Obama’s explanation on Fox News’ O’Reilly Factor of how the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) started targeting tea party and […]

Americans for Limited Government President Nathan Mehrens today praised Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee Rep. Dave Camp (R-Mich.) for  directing the investigation of the IRS targeting of the tea party and other 501(c)(4) organizations toward a November 2013 proposed rulemaking by the Treasury Department that will severely restrict the political speech of all 501(c)(4)s : “House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp’s request for all documents related to the IRS rulemaking is a step in the […]

By Robert Romano While all eyes turn to Barack Obama’s annual State of the Union address, and what 2014 holds in store for the White House agenda, a better question might be how much of that agenda will even include Congress. Yes, Congress, the institution he will be addressing per the Article 2, Section 3 power from the Constitution : “He shall from […]

By Robert Romano “It is clear that we will not pass anything legislatively as long as the House of Representatives is in Republican control, but there are many things that can be done administratively by the IRS and other government agencies — we must redouble those efforts […]

[tps_header][/tps_header] [tps_title]Barbara Kay Bosserman By Tom Toth The integrity of the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) criminal investigation of IRS targeting of conservative groups, including Tea Party-affiliated organizations, may be dead on arrival. Barbara Kay Bosserman, a trial lawyer for the DOJ, has been selected to head the […]

By Robert Romano What’s past is prologue, or so the Bard told us centuries ago. And if 2013 was any indication, 2014 and subsequent years will see the continuation of institutional retaliation against not only the tea party, but of a wider anti-establishment sentiment prevalent on both […]

By Robert Romano There is one mystery that has perplexed political observers after Senate Democrats decided to violate Senate rules allowing the minority party to block presidential appointments. And that was why it was so important to do so to help Patricia Ann Millett to get confirmed […]

By Robert Romano More and more, on the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) scandal targeting of the tea party and other 501(c)(4) organizations, the question is less who was involved, but now, who was not. First it was supposed to be two rogue employees at the Cincinnati office […]