Congress Must Stop Abusive IRS Tactics

The IRS scandals just keep on coming.

First, the agency targeted conservative groups seeking non-profit status. Originally characterized by IRS officials as a couple of rogue agents in Cincinnati, the practice was later revealed to be a politically-motivated campaign coordinated by Lois Lerner, the head of the IRS Exempt Organizations Unit. Then, Lerner’s infamous “missing” emails blocked investigators’ efforts to discover if the White House was involved.

Now, the Internal Revenue Service is under fire for using federal law to seize the bank accounts of thousands of small business owners.

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