Republicans See IRS Bias as Democrats Cite Mistakes
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The Internal Revenue Service’s actions are a political Rorschach test, with Republicans seeing an effort to intimidate their allies and Democrats citing a mismanaged agency’s interpretation of flawed laws.
The bipartisan sense of outrage in the first days after the IRS revealed May 10 that it gave tougher scrutiny to small-government groups applying for tax-exempt status is starting to fray. Democrats -- while continuing to express anger at what the tax agency has acknowledged -- at a hearing yesterday sought to dispel the idea that the agency had a broader political motive.