anybody who has broken the law will be held accountable. john boehner has the punishment in mind. my question isn t about who s going to resign. my question is, who s going to jail over this scandal. republicans are furious over an inspector general s report that found the irs inappropriately targeted conservative groups applying for tax exempt stat justice. roughly one-third of the organization s targeted by the irs had the words tea party, patriot or 912 in their names. but as it turns out, liberal groups also received extra scrutiny. austin-based progress texas tells cnn it received an irs questionnaire similar to those sent to tea party groups. that s not likely to satisfy some republicans. florida gop senator marco rubio accused president obama of creating a culture of intimidation that led to the irs abuse. these are the tactics of a third world.
inappropriately targeted conservative groups applying for tax exempt stat justice. roughly one-third of the organization s targeted by the irs had the words tea party, patriot or 912 in their names. but as it turns out, liberal groups also received extra scrutiny. austin-based progress texas tells cnn it received an irs questionnaire similar to those sent to tea party groups. that s not likely to satisfy some republicans. florida gop senator marco rubio accused president obama of creating a culture of intimidation that led to the irs abuse. these are the tactics of a third world. some republicans argue democrats have been raising questions about the tax exempt status of the tea party groups for years. just last year a group of democratic senators wrote the irs commissioner asking whether the agency is investigating or intends to investigate tax exempt political groups? max baucus says the concern was always bipartisan. some of my friends across the
tax exempt stat justice. roughly one-third of the organization s targeted by the irs had the words tea party, patriot or 912 in their names. but as it turns out, liberal groups also received extra scrutiny. austin-based progress texas tells cnn it received an irs questionnaire similar to those sent to tea party groups. that s not likely to satisfy some republicans. florida gop senator marco rubio accused president obama of creating a culture of intimidation that led to the irs abuse. these are the tactics of a third world. reporter: some republicans argue democrats have been raising questions about the tax exempt status at tea party groups for years. just last year a group of democratic senators wrote the irs commissioner asking whether the agency is investigating or intends to investigate tax exempt political groups? max baucus says the concern was always bipartisan. some of my friends across the aisle are claiming the irs was just doing what democrats wanted, examining the
essentially, the inspector general s report found that employees at the irs use inappropriate standards to single out tea party and other conservative groups for extra scrutiny when they were applying for tax exempt status that management tried to stop it but was unable to and found, also, that there wasn t necessary partisan or political motivation. but that every single group that had the term tea party, patriot or 912 in its name, got extra special scrutiny when it applied for this kind of treatment. that should not be the case, they said and they issued nine recommendations, only seven of which the irs abs sented. we ll have to see how the administration respond. so far, republicans say this kind of statement, this kind of response from the administration is not enough. the white house saying they should accept all nine recommendations. we want to turn the alleged spy plot and what it may mean to
single out tea party and other conservative groups for extra scrutiny when they were applying for tax exempt status that management tried to stop it but was unable to and found, also, that there wasn t necessary partisan or political motivation. but that every single group that had the term tea party, patriot or 912 in its name, got extra special scrutiny when it applied for this kind of treatment. that should not be the case, they said and they issued nine recommendations, only seven of which the irs abs sented. we ll have to see how the administration respond. so far, republicans say this kind of statement, this kind of response from the administration is not enough. the white house saying they should accept all nine recommendations. we want to turn the alleged spy plot and what it may mean to the boston bombing investigation. 60 russian officials have been