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  • Treasury: IRS targeted 292 Tea Party groups, just 6 progressive groups

    06/27/2013 8:02:10 AM PDT · by Beave Meister · 16 replies
    The Washington Examiner ^ | 6/27/2013 | PAUL BEDARD
    Refuting Democratic suggestions that progressive groups were also swept up in the IRS probe of the tax status of Tea Party organizations, the Treasury Department's inspector general has revealed that just six progressive groups were targeted compared to 292 conservative groups. In a letter to congressional Democrats, the inspector general also said that 100 percent of Tea Party groups seeking special tax status were put under IRS review, while only 30 percent of the progressive groups felt the same pressure. The Wednesday letter to the top Democrat on the House Ways and Means Committee punched a huge hole in Democratic...