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Chairman Dave Camp

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  • A bushel of Pinocchios for IRS’s Lois Lerner

    May 20, 2013 - In the days since the Internal Revenue Service first disclosed that it had targeted conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status, new information has emerged from both the Treasury Inspector General’s report and congressional testimony Friday that calls into question key statements made by Lois G.... More

  • Camp Opening Statement: Hearing on IRS Targeting Conservative Groups

    May 17, 2013 - On May 10, 2013, Lois Lerner, Director of Exempt Organizations for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) division that oversees tax-exempt groups, finally acknowledged that the agency had been targeting conservative-leaning political organizations. Four days later, the Treasury Inspector General for T... More

  • Timeline of Communications Between Ways and Means Committee and IRS

    May 15, 2013 - March-April 2010 According to TIGTA, the IRS’s Determinations Unit “began searching for other requests for exemption involving the Tea Party, Patriots, 9/12 and IRC § 501(c)(4) applications involving political sounding names, e.g., “We the People” or “Take Back the Country.” June 3, 2011 Chairman Ca... More

  • Camp Statement on Miller Resignation

    May 15, 2013 - Washington, DC – Today, Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) made the following statement upon announcement that Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Acting Commissioner Steve Miller would resign effective early June. “The American people should be able to trust and have faith that, not only the IRS, ... More

  • Camp, Levin Request All IRS Documents

    May 14, 2013 - Washington, DC – Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) and Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) sent a letter to Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Acting Commissioner Steve Miller requesting information on the targeting of organizations by the IRS. The Ways and Means Committee has le... More

  • Ways and Means Republicans Question HHS Soliciting Donations

    May 13, 2013 - Washington, DC – Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) and all Republican Members of the Ways and Means Committee sent a letter to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius regarding reports the Secretary solicited donations from outside groups to promote and s... More

  • Playing politics with tax records

    May 11, 2013 - A BEDROCK principle of U.S. democracy is that the coercive powers of government are never used for partisan purpose. The law is blind to political viewpoint, and so are its enforcers, most especially the FBI and the Internal Revenue Service. Any violation of this principle threatens the trust and t... More

  • Boustany Demands Information on IRS Targeting Conservative Groups

    May 10, 2013 - Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Subcommittee on Oversight Chairman Charles Boustany Jr., MD (R-LA) sent a letter to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) regarding the IRS admitting they unfairly targeted conservative groups. After multiple inquiries from the Ways and Means Committee, the IRS re... More

  • Camp: Ways and Means Committee Will Hold a Hearing on IRS Targeting Conservative Groups

    May 10, 2013 - Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) announced that the Committee will hold a hearing on the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) practice of targeting applicants for tax-exempt status based on political leanings. After multiple inquiries from the Ways and Means Committee, the ... More

  • Nobody Died, but the IRS Lied

    May 10, 2013 - The Obama administration reeks from a disturbing air of dishonesty. It's not that they have not been truthful about policy matters, like how much the president's health care reform is really going to cost or whether Obama told the truth that he would not propose raising taxes on anyone making less ... More