Washington, DC - A review of Internal Revenue Service (IRS) documents by the Ways and Means Committee reveals that conservative groups (groups whose name includes the phrases “conservative,” “Tea Party,“ “Patriot,” or “9/12”) received much higher scrutiny than groups containing the phrase “progressive.”  Utilizing its section 6103 authority, which allows the… Read more

Washington, D.C. - Today, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) and Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) made the following statement in reaction to President Obama's comments on tax reform during a speech in Chattanooga, TN. "We welcome the President’s recognition that our broken, outdated tax code is making it harder for U.S.… Read more

Washington, DC  -  Today, Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Charles Boustany Jr., M.D. (R-LA) released an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) response to his April 18, 2013 letter asking the IRS to document employees who leave their official duties to attend union training on the taxpayer’s dime. In the response, the IRS stated that: In… Read more

Philadelphia – House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) and Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) met today with Philadelphia area small business owners to hear the challenges they face in dealing with America’s broken tax code. “Washington is a bit of a bubble. We believe it’s important to get out and meet with people one-on-one to hear… Read more

Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman announced that the IRS has produced less than one percent of the total documents requested in the Congressional inquiry into the IRS targeting of conservative groups.   "The IRS demands that hardworking Americans comply with its rules and regulations subject to strict deadlines, but it appears that same… Read more

Washington, D.C. - As a former sheriff and now Chairman of the Human Resources Subcommittee of the Committee on Ways and Means with jurisdiction over the Unemployment Insurance (UI) program, today Congressman Dave Reichert (R-WA) introduced H.R. 2826, the Permanently Ending Receipt by Prisoners Act, also known as the PERP Act.   In introducing this legislation,… Read more

Then “US President Barack Obama vowed Saturday to work tirelessly to get unemployed Americans back to work now that new statistics have shown a slight improvement on the job creation front. ‘My commitment to you, the American people, is that I will focus every single day on how we can get people back to work, and how we can build an economy that continues to make real the promise… Read more

  Lawmakers investigating the political targeting of conservative groups by the Internal Revenue Service are demanding to know exactly who asked IRS employees like Lois Lerner to leave their positions after the scandal broke, and why. Republicans Dave Camp, the Ways and Means Committee chairman, and Darrell Issa, the Oversight and Government Reform Committee chairman, sent… Read more

Washington, DC – Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) and Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) wrote to Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Principal Deputy Commissioner Daniel Werfel regarding the status of IRS employees who resigned or were placed on Administrative leave following their involvement in the targeting of… Read more

Washington, DC – Today, Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) and Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) sent a letter to Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Principal Deputy Commissioner Daniel Werfel regarding the lack of production of documents related to their May 14, 2013 request of all documents related to the targeting of organizations by the IRS. On June 4, the IRS… Read more