Senate GOP demands Obama turn over all communications with IRS

** FILE ** President Obama speaks on the Internal Revenue Service’s targeting of conservative groups for extra tax scrutiny in the East Room of the White House in Washington on Wednesday, May 15, 2013. Mr. Obama announced the resignation of ... more >

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times - Thursday, January 29, 2015

Senate Republicans on Thursday asked President Obama to turn over all communications he and his aides have had with the IRS since 2010, hoping to find out whether the tax collection agency shared private taxpayer information with political operatives at the White House.

The request, made in a letter obtained by The Washington Times, is signed by Senate Finance Chairman Orrin G. Hatch and all 13 other Republicans on the committee, and is addressed specifically to Mr. Obama, saying they want to see if his employees broke the law by acquiring or sharing private information.

We have an obligation to conduct oversight of the federal government’s administration of our tax laws,” the lawmakers wrote. “As part of this oversight, we are seeking to determine the degree to and manner in which the Internal Revenue Service shares taxpayer information with the Executive Office of the President.”

The Republicans said they tried to get the information from the IRS, but it has been “unable to provide a full accounting of its employees’ communications with the White House.” The GOP senators gave the president a Feb. 20 deadline.

The White House didn’t respond to a request for comment.

The IRS is strictly prohibited from sharing confidential taxpayer information with outsiders, though several high-profile conservative figures have said they believe their information was improperly accessed or shared.

In one instance, the IRS agreed to pay $50,000 to the National Organization for Marriage to settle claims after the agency said an employee made a mistake in releasing the group’s donor information to a citizen who requested it. The information was passed to a gay-rights group that posted the donors’ names online. A federal judge ruled the disclosure was an accident.

House Republicans have launched several investigations of the IRS in the wake of the agency’s 2013 admission that it improperly targeted tea party groups for special scrutiny, blocking approval of their applications for tax-exempt status.

The Senate, then controlled by Democrats, had been slower in its investigation. But with Republicans now in control, Thursday’s letter suggests the Senate probe into IRS treatment of taxpayers could pick up.

Outside groups already have tried to get a look at the communications between the White House and the IRS, though they have largely been unsuccessful.

Cause of Action, an interest group, has gone to court to try to compel the IRS‘ inspector general to turn over documents it has stemming from its investigation into White House-IRS communications. The inspector general says it has 2,500 pages of records from its investigation but can’t turn most of them over, saying it would violate the privacy of taxpayers involved.

It’s unclear whether those 2,500 pages would show any evidence of White House meddling with the tax agency.

Also Thursday, the GOP senators on the Finance Committee sent a letter to the IRS telling the agency to cut wasteful spending and use the savings to boost the number of taxpayers’ calls it will answer this year.

The IRS, blaming budget cuts, has said it could end up answering only about half of the calls that come in during the upcoming tax season, and IRS Commissioner John Koskinen said it could be “miserable” for taxpayers who might see their refunds delayed by a week or more.

Republican senators, though, said the IRS could cut the amount of salaries paid to employees conducting union business on “official time,” could cancel bonuses and could halt its efforts to come up with new regulations to control nonprofit groups’ political activities.

Watch Closely What This former Marine Does.

 

Subject: Watch Closely What He Does
 

Watch Closely What This former Marine Does.  It is UNREAL!!!
    
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The Freeman and the Strawman Explained

                
THE FREEMAN AND THE STRAWMAN EXPLAINED 
WHICH DO YOU WANT TO BE?

            
 

Fired Cop With History Of Brutality Gets Job Back (And A Raise)

 

Friday, January 30, 2015

Fired Cop With History Of Brutality Gets Job Back (And A Raise)

Fired Cop With History Of Brutality Gets Job Back (And A Raise)

January 30, 2015 | By Guest Post | Tyranny & Police State, US News

By: Carey Wedler | The Anti Media -

Des Moines, Iowa police officer Cody Grimes, a fired police officer with a history of brutality and abuse, has had his job reinstated. He was fired in December of 2013 for domestic abuse that caused injury and fourth degree criminal mischief.

At the time, his superiors said he was fired because he

“violated the department’s policies on standards of conduct and obedience to laws and orders.”

During the domestic dispute, he

“choked his former girlfriend, threw her down the stairs of his Des Moines house and then threw her in his kitchen after she threatened to report him. That caused her to hit her head and hand.”

At his court date in May of 2014 (until which he was on paid leave), he plead guilty to the lesser charge of criminal mischief, avoiding jail time and paying $1,000 instead. Prosecutors dropped the domestic abuse charge but he was ordered to take a class on abuse.

Today, the Des Moines Civil Service Commission, as expected, reinstated his job, saying firing was too severe a punishment. Some would argue, however, that it was not severe enough. In addition to domestic abuse, Grimes had a history of professional abuse which the commission acknowledged as it gave him back his job. It openly stated he was fired previously for

“misconduct and prior discipline for excessive force.”

In 2010 he shot at a photojournalist from KCCI-TV and was put on paid leave for two weeks. He claims he thought the photojournalist was a suspect and no charges were filed. In 2011, he punched a restrained man so hard he broke bones in his face. It was John Twombly’s wedding day when he allegedly got in a fight that Grimes inserted himself into. Twombly was found not guilty on related charges and the other man’s charges were dropped. Grimes was cleared of any wrong doing in his department but Twombly was eventually awarded $75,000 from the city.

Grimes’ case in particular demonstrates a painful reality: there are always multiple avenues for the state to help police abuse citizens. Usually, police refuse to reprimand officers and charges are rarely pressed by the justice system or the city (the Department of Justice just declined to charge Darren Wilson with civil rights violations). Aside from Grimes, the city of Des Moines resinstated the job of another officer fired for excessive force, but he never took back his job because he was convicted by a federal jury of violating civil rights and obstructing justice.

In the case of Grimes, the police department (in a rare showing) attempted to deal with him but was overrun by the city itself–in spite of the fact that he cost it $75,000 in damages (and thousands more in paid leave).

This is not the only chunk of $75,000 the violent officer is costing the city. Now that he has is job back, he has received a raise. Whereas he used to make $68,500 a year, he now will earn $73,000.

Before he can have his job back, he will undergo a one to two week training to reacclimate. Sgt. Jason Halifax explained

“He will be required to complete some refresher training as is typical for officers who are gone for an extended time.”

There were no known conditions given for Grimes rehiring, meaning that if he commits another act of abuse, there is no guarantee he will be permanently fired.

AMERICA; THE LORD GOD ALMIGHTY HAS A 'WORD' FOR YOU!!! LISTEN AND LEARN!!!

AMERICA: THE LORD GOD ALMIGHTY HAS A 'WORD' FOR YOU!!!  LISTEN AND LEARN!!!


THE LORD GOD REVEALS WHAT IS BEING NEGOTIATED IN SECRECY IN THE BACK ROOMS AND TO BE IMPLEMENTED SHORTLY IN AMERICA...........................

Just received this - prophesied by a known and respected prophet of God - NOT one of the self promoting money making well known ones .................

30 January 2015

Bob’s 30 January 2015 revelation from the Father/Holy Ghost (2nd Amendment, Treaty, Netanyahu, open pollinated seeds, etc.)

The Congress is going to give Obama “carte blanc” (meaning he can do as he pleases) authority to negotiate a treaty called the “TPP(?)”; which may mean Trans Pacific Pact? Provisions of this will set up a “North American Union”, i.e., US, Canada, and Mexico.

However, the main thrust of this is to negate the Second Amendment in the USA! The Lord said, “This will be the ‘second shot’ heard round the world”. [The first “first shot” having been that which started the Revolutionary War!] “This will mean war in the USA!”

“[Apparently] this treaty won’t even need ratification -- seeing how it’s to be written and knowing how “double minded” and crooked the legislative process is becoming; and how clandestinely our 'government' is behaving in these matters.] “This initiative is in progress now!”

Note: On 11 November 2014, a date which Bob warned us about last year, Obama was in China and “made a ‘deal’ with [Red] China”. I saw that news clip on 12 November 2014. (Did you see the pic in the news media - the enormous and long RED CARPET rolled out for Obama to walk on while in China?! Treated like ROYALTY - like the anti-Christ himself?!)

From Heaven: there is a move to “ban the selling and trading of open pollinated/heirloom seeds”. (Be alert and watching as wise folks know what this means. food control!)

From Heaven: Obama is making laws which, if passed, will allow him to continue his ‘rule’, even though he may no longer be in office."

"Furthermore, this Administration is sending a team to Israel to attempt to defeat Bibi Netanyahu in the political process now shaping up there. The Lord said, [my paraphrase]: “I SHALL DEAL WITH THESE PEOPLE!”

NOTE:  Regardless of whether you wish to believe this or not, and regardless of the propaganda and outright lies about Bibi Netanyahu, he was and is appointed by the Lord God Almighty Himself for this day and time. To speak against Netanyahu and Israel (and the 'jews' as is so often referred) is to speak against the Lord God Himself and will bring judgment upon that person's head.