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Former IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman testifies before the Senate Finance Committee on May 21, 2013 in Washington, D.C. (credit: Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Former IRS Commissioner: I Knew Little About What Was Happening

The man who led the Internal Revenue Service when it was giving extra scrutiny to Tea Party and other conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status told Congress on Tuesday that he knew little about what was happening while he was still commissioner.

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Outgoing acting IRS Commissioner Steven Miller, left, and former IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman arrive a hearing of the Senate Finance Committee on Capitol Hill on May 21, 2013 in Washington, D.C. (credit: BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images)

Poll: Majority Of Americans Believe IRS Deliberately Targeted Tea Party

A new survey finds that a majority of Americans believe that the Internal Revenue Service deliberately targeted conservative groups.

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File photo of former IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman. (credit: Getty Images)

Former IRS Commissioner Heads To Hill Amid Scandal

The former head of the Internal Revenue Service heads to Capitol Hill on Tuesday, giving lawmakers their first opportunity to question the man who ran the agency when agents were improperly targeting tea party groups.

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President Barack Obama dismissed the idea of a special prosecutor to investigate the Internal Revenue Service Thursday, saying probes by Congress and the Justice Department should be able to figure out who was responsible for improperly targeting tea party groups when they applied for tax-exempt status. (JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images).

More Obama Aides Knew Of IRS Audit; Obama Not Told

White House chief of staff Denis McDonough and other senior advisers knew in late April that an impending report was likely to say the IRS had inappropriately targeted conservative groups, President Barack Obama’s spokesman disclosed Monday, expanding the circle of top officials who knew of the audit beyond those named earlier.

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Schieffer Blasts Obama For Scandals: ‘Spare Me The Talking Points And Excuses’

Longtime CBS newsman Bob Schieffer blasted the Obama administration for its handling of current scandals ranging from Benghazi to the IRS’ targeting of the Tea Party – even going so far to make comparisons to Richard Nixon’s Watergate scandal.

2013/05/19

White House Insists Obama Was Not Involved in the IRS scandal. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

Obama Senior Adviser: ‘No One In The White House Was Aware’ Of IRS Scandal

A top White House adviser insisted Sunday that President Barack Obama learned the Internal Revenue Service had targeted tea party groups only “when it came out in the news” while Republicans continued to press the administration for more answers.

2013/05/19

IRS Probe Ignored Most Influential, Wealthiest Political Groups

The nation’s tax agency has admitted to inappropriately scrutinizing smaller tea party organizations that applied for tax-exempt status. But the IRS largely maintained a hands-off policy with the much larger, big-budget organizations on the left and right that were most influential in the 2012 elections and are organized under a section of the tax code that allows them to hide their donors.

2013/05/18