U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means

Ex-IRS chief apologizes in hearing for 'foolish mistakes'

2013-05-17 07:20:00

WASHINGTON – The ousted head of the Internal Revenue Service apologized Friday morning for the agency's "foolish mistakes" in its handling of conservative groups applying for tax-exempt status and attributed the IRS' actions to a misguided pursuit...

Questions on targeting are 'loaded,' IRS official says

2013-05-17 09:06:00

WASHINGTON – The acting head of the IRS insisted Friday that he and other agency officials did not mislead Congress by failing to disclose that applications by conservative groups for tax-exempt status were mishandled, and he said to call it...

House showdown set over IRS targeting of conservative groups

2013-05-17 03:00:00

WASHINGTON -- The ousted top official of the Internal Revenue Service will appear before a House committee Friday morning, his first public appearance since controversy erupted last week over how the agency mishandled applications for tax-exempt status...

The GOP pivots on the IRS scandal

2013-05-17 14:16:00

The scandal surrounding the Internal Revenue Service's handling of applications for tax-exempt status by "tea party" groups and other right-leaning organizations took a sharp turn at the House Ways and Means Committee on Friday. In addition to decrying...

Obama ousts IRS chief over inquiry

2013-05-15 19:12:00

WASHINGTON — President Obama forced out the head of the IRS on Wednesday, seeking to restore the public's faith in the tax agency while asserting a measure of control over a rapidly growing political problem. Making a hastily scheduled statement...

With new revelations, outrage spreads about IRS targeting

2013-05-13 21:23:00

WASHINGTON — Top career officials in the Internal Revenue Service withheld information from Congress for months about the tax agency's targeting of conservative organizations for extra scrutiny, according to documents released Monday as a...

IRS official knew in 2011 that tea party was targeted

2013-05-11 19:55:00

WASHINGTON — A top Internal Revenue Service official knew as early as June 2011 that conservative groups seeking nonprofit status were being singled out for additional scrutiny, raising questions about when senior officials were informed and why the...

Federal deficit shrinks at surprising rate

2013-05-14 18:56:00

WASHINGTON — The federal deficit is shrinking more quickly than expected, and the government's long-term debt has largely stabilized for the next decade, the Congressional Budget Office said Tuesday in a report that could strengthen the Obama...

First, fix the tax code

2013-05-07 00:00:00

The federal government is expected to hit its statutory credit limit later this month, setting the stage for yet another battle between the Obama administration and the House GOP over raising the debt ceiling. Republican leaders of the House Ways and...

Baucus' exit drains hope for tax reform

2013-04-23 11:53:00

This post has been updated, as indicated below. Six-term Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.), the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, announced Tuesday that he won't run for reelection in 2014. You may now kiss any hope of a sweeping tax reform bill...

Key lawmakers say bipartisan tax reform is doable and on track

2013-04-08 07:00:00

WASHINGTON -- The chairmen of key congressional committees said their bipartisan efforts to overhaul the tax code are on track and still very doable despite the partisan gridlock on Capitol Hill on many issues. "Tax reform can't be about politics,"...

The fiscal cliff ... of '32

2012-12-26 00:00:00

Close your eyes in Washington these days and you can almost hear the echoes of 1932. Eighty years ago, just like today, a fiscal crisis almost totally dominated the nation's capital. Then, as now, fiscal conservatives demanded immediate action to fix...

Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., talks Friday at a House Ways and Means Committee hearing.

2013-05-17 10:33:00

Steven Miller, right, who was forced out as acting commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, pauses while speaking during a House Ways and Means Committee hearing Friday with J. Russell George, U.S. Treasury inspector general for tax administration.

2013-05-17 00:00:00

Steven Miller, who was forced out as acting commissioner of the IRS, listens during a House Ways and Means Committee hearing.

2013-05-17 00:00:00