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The IRS’ Systematic Delay and Scrutiny of Tea Party Applications
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IRS Chief Counsel’s Office Demanded Information on 2010 Election Activity of Tea Party Applicants

House Oversight and House Ways and Means today requested new documents related to IRS employee discussions
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Issa Statement on House Passage of Obamacare Individual and Employer Mandate Bills

WASHINGTON – House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) today released the following statement on the House’s passage of two bills that will delay Obamacare’s individual mandate for American individuals and families for one year. “If President Obama wants to delay the employer mandate, it is only right that the change be codified by Congress and the same relief be extended to American families and individuals who are going to bear the brunt of the ...
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Oversight Committee Seeks Documents on DOE Whistleblower Retaliation and Discrimination Against Veterans

WASHINGTON—House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., today sent a letter to Deputy Secretary of the Department of Energy Daniel B. Poneman regarding a new DOE Inspector General report indicating the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) had discriminated against veterans in its hiring practices and retaliated against employees who attempted to ...
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Oversight Committee Announces Next IRS Targeting Hearing

House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., today announced the full Committee will hold a hearing next Thursday July 18th
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Oversight Committee Issues Subpoena for Veteran Affairs’ Lavish Conference Spending Records

WASHINGTON – The House Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) today issued a subpoena to Department of Veteran Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki for communications related to the Department’s extravagant July and August 2011 human resources conferences held in Orlando, Fla. The conference series cost approximately $5 million, from which $52,000 was allegedly spent to make a Patton parody video, $31,000 spent on a reception and $84,000 on promotional items ...
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Issa: President Must Work with Congress on Reforms

Chairman Issa responds to Obama’s remarks presenting a “new management agenda”
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Oversight Committee: Lerner Waived Her 5th Amendment Right

On a vote of 22-17, House Oversight approved a resolution determining IRS official Lois Lerner waived 5th amendment rights
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Issa to Dem Investigators: Stop Trying to Derail IRS Investigation

Oversight offers a strong admonition to House Democrats attempting to derail the investigation by the Ways and Means and Oversight and Government Reform Committees into political targeting at IRS.
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Oversight Committee to Vote on Lois Lerner’s Potential Waiver of Fifth Amendment Right

The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee will meet Friday, June 28th at 9:00 a.m. to consider a resolution regarding Lois Lerner’s potential waiver of her Fifth Amendment right not to incriminate herself at the Committee’s May 22, 2013 hearing entitled “The IRS: Targeting Americans for Their Political Beliefs.”