Republicans Press IRS for Details as Democrats Seek Rules
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The U.S. Senate’s first hearing on the Internal Revenue Service controversy looks more like two: Republicans pressed the tax agency for details of what happened and what they knew, while Democrats sought tougher rules for nonprofit political groups.
Senator Orrin Hatch of Utah, the top Republican on the Finance Committee, accused IRS officials of lying by omission about what they knew about the agency’s use of terms such as “Tea Party” and “patriot” in applying more intense scrutiny to small-government advocacy groups.