WASHINGTON (AP) — House conservatives have taken the first step to force an impeachment vote on IRS Commissioner John Koskinen.
Conservatives accuse Koskinen of gross negligence, arguing he stonewalled their investigation into IRS targeting of conservative groups.
But House GOP leaders have not gotten behind their drive to hold impeachment hearings just months from the election.
The hard-line House Freedom Caucus announced Wednesday that two members, John Fleming of Louisiana and Tim Huelskamp of Kansas, were introducing a so-called privileged resolution that could result in an impeachment floor vote on Koskinen.
The aggressive move by the Freedom Caucus could signal new problems for House Speaker Paul Ryan, who thus far has not faced the opposition from his right flank that forced the previous speaker, John Boehner, out of office last fall.
Copyright 2016 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
If the Republicans are so convinced that taxes are evil, why don’t they just pass a vote to do away with them altogether?
I’d like to see how turning tax collection to the states works for them.
These people are not only desperate, they’re crazy. They’ll try anything to take unscrupulous pot-shots at anyone in the Obama administration. They really are abusing their role as legislators with this nonsense, but I won’t hold my breath waiting for the media to report on this for what it is…spiteful, politically-motivated retaliation. What a corrupt bunch of assholes…I can’t wait for their dirty laundry to come to light, one ugly teabagging asshole at a time.
I believe the question in the former was answered by the latter.
These guys are so good at completely fake scandals. But they miss the real ones