Washington Lobbyists
Special-Interests=Gov't Behemoth
From farm subsidies to NEA grants, the federal budget is littered with needless programs.
TeaParty Broke K Street Stronghold
In the pre-Tea Party GOP, corporate interests were the main donors. Thanks to conservative groups, the Tea Party has diversified donor streams with ideological money from small business owners and retirees.
IRS Targeting Investigation Creeps Toward Obama White House
- 5th Amendment
- Audit the IRS
- Barack Obama
- Carter Hull
- Darrell Issa
- Democrat leadership
- House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
- IRS Chief Counsel
- IRS Commissioner
- IRS Scrutiny of Conservative Nonprofits
- IRS Targeting of Tea Party
- Lois Lerner
- Obama Administration's Involvement in IRS Targeting Scandal
- Obama Scandals
- Obama White House
- Tea Party
- Washington Lobbyists
- William Wilkins
IRS Chief Counsel William Wilkins Emerges As a Key Player in IRS-Tea Party Targeting Scandal
Odd indeed -- one of only two Obama appointees at the IRS was apparently deeply involved in setting-up the criteria for which groups were to be targeted, but there wasn’t any political motivation or consideration behind those criteria say Democrats.