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Congressman Darrell Issa (R-California) participates in the third annual Zestiest Legislator Contest in Washington D.C. on June 22, 2004. The contest is hosted by "Chile Pepper" magazine. (UPI Photo/ Rick Steele)
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U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings said Rep. Darrell Issa makes Internal Revenue Service targeting-scandal claims without facts and Issa called Cummings "reckless."
Acting Internal Revenue Service head Danny Werfel said Wednesday two top officials are on administrative leave for ethics violations at a California conference.
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder didn't lie to Congress about a leak probe because probing a reporter isn't prosecuting one, a Justice Department deputy said.
Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., said Sunday IRS employees accepted kickbacks when they paid full price for hotel rooms at an Anaheim, Calif., conference in 2010.
Rep. Darrell Issa said that the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative groups was directed by officials in Washington, D.C.
Talk about a whiff. The Obama administration, in one extraordinarily difficult stretch, was belted with the specters of the U.S. Consulate bombing, word of the IRS targeting conservative groups and the revelation that the FBI was rifling through The Associated Press' phone records.
Talk of needing a U.S. special prosecutor for the IRS scandal is premature, given that congressional hearings just began, some Republican lawmakers said.
The Internal Revenue Service Thursday put Lois Lerner on administrative leave one day after she refused to testify before a U.S. House committee, NBC reported.
U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said current monetary policy provides "significant benefits" to the economy, but then hinted of possible changes.
The U.S. Internal Revenue Service official who revealed IRS conservative-group targeting declined to answer lawmaker questions Wednesday.
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