RESIGNATION AT IRS. Politico. “President Barack Obama announced Wednesday that Treasury Secretary Jack Lew requested and accepted the resignation of Steven Miller, the acting commissioner of the IRS.” LERNER TESTIMONY. Lois Lerner has appeared before Congress before. In 1998, she was called to testify about a matter involving a Democratic fundraiser. The background is somewhat […]
Month: May 2013
Good morning, here are Wednesday’s political law links, 5/15/13
RESPONSE TO IRS ISSUES. Roll Call. “There may be 100 senators willing to vote to excoriate the agency for subjecting conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status to an intensified level of investigation. But there’s no sign that a necessary 60 of them will get behind meaningful legislation to make sure that positioning anywhere along the ideological […]
Tuesday’s political law links, 5/14
IRS STORY DEVELOPMENTS. TaxProf Blog. Paul Caron chronicles new reports. IRS ISSUES AND CAMPAIGN FINANCE. Roll Call. “The controversy embroiling the IRS kicked up another storm of rhetoric Monday over enforcement of campaign finance laws.” IRS AND CFR. Politico. “The Wild West just got wilder.” BEYOND CINCINNATI. The Post. “Internal Revenue Service officials in Washington […]