SPRINGFIELD --- The General Assembly is in special session today to form a conference committee of lawmakers who will try to come up with a way to break a stalemate on government worker pension reform.
Congressional investigators’ interview of IRS front-line manager John Shafer proved to be more of a blip than a bombshell. The top Democrat on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Rep. Elijah Cummings (D., Md.) released excerpts of the interview more than a week ago, citing Mr. Show More Summary
Rep. Elijah Cummings finally got tired of waiting for his House Oversight and Government Reform colleague Rep. Darrell Issa to produce evidence that Tea Party groups' applications for tax-exempt status were held up for political reasons. Show More Summary
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) fired off the following statement regarding Ranking Member Elijah Cummings’ decision to post the full investigative interview transcripts of IRS employee John Shafer on the Internet. Show More Summary
(Ilya Somin) Last week, the House Judiciary Committee passed the Private Property Rights Protection Act, which would prevent local governments that engage in Kelo-style economic development takings from receiving federal economic development funds. Show More Summary
On Sunday Dem. Rep. Elijah Cummings, the Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, said the IRS “case is solved” and it was time to “move on.” Cummings was ready to move on. The IRS targeted hundreds … Continue reading ?
Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD), the top Democrat on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee is now admitting that unlike his previous assertion, the investigation into the IRS scandal is not “solved.” Cummings had appeared on...Show More Summary
We've "solved" the mystery, he says. Representative Elijah Cummings, the top Democrat on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, made a somewhat startling claim about the burgeoning IRS scandal, as Eliana Johnson noted on Sunday. ?Based upon everything I?ve...
Representative Elijah Cummings, the top Democrat on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, made a somewhat startling claim about the burgeoning IRS scandal, as Eliana Johnson noted on Sunday. “Based upon everything I’ve...Show More Summary
Following on the assertion of Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD) on CNN’s State of the Union Sunday morning that the IRS scandal had been “solved” and that Congress should “move on,” House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) blasted Cummings. Show More Summary
Dem. Rep. Elijah Cummings, the Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, says, “The case is solved… If it were me, I would wrap this case up and move on.” The IRS targeted hundreds of conservative groups … Continue reading ?
Faris Fink, the IRS official at the center of the agency's scandal involving lavish conferences paid with taxpayer funds, gave what seemed like conflicting statements to the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee about when he knew about the conference's cost. Show More Summary
Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, is leading the Republican charge against the Obama administration over the IRS scandal and the White House's handling of Benghazi. ButShow More Summary
Acting IRS commissioner Danny Werfel told the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on Thursday that he would encourage Lois Lerner to testify before the Committee. Lerner, the head of the tax-exempt division who has been placed on paid administrative leave, took the Fifth before the Committee and refused to give testimony. Show More Summary
Testifying before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on Thursday, the IRS Commissioner responsible for allowing the agency to spend $4.1 million on a lavish 2010 conference at Disneyland said it was not the best use of taxpayer funds and such conferences would not be held today. Show More Summary
Today the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee is holding a hearing into the ridiculous IRS spending on conferences from 2010 to 2012. The IRS is accused of blowing millions of taxpayer dollars and lavish parties, conferences and line dancing. … Continue reading ?
Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chair Rep. Darrell Issa's (R-CA) campaign to make a dollar out of fifteen cents worth of IRS scandal hit another bump in the road over the weekend, as his attack on White House Press Secretary Jay Carney
MSNBC's Joe Scarborough charged House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) with overreach for a seemingly off-the-cuff remark on Sunday in which he accused White House Press Secretary Jay CarneyShow More Summary
Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), the chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, called White House press secretary Jay Carney a "paid liar" during an appearance on CNN's State of the Union Sunday, Gesturing at a photo...Show More Summary
(John Hinderaker) Earlier today, the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform released partial transcripts of its interviews with several IRS agents. These interviews formed at least part of the basis for Chairman Darrell Issa’s...Show More Summary