Internal Revenue Service

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**FILE** House Oversight and Government Reform Committee member Rep. Jason Chaffetz, Utah Republican, speaks May 22, 2013, on Capitol Hill during the committee's hearing to investigate the extra scrutiny IRS gave to tea party and other conservative groups that applied for tax-exempt status. (Associated Press)

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Rep. Chris Van Hollen, Maryland Democrat, said the IRS scandal shows an agency that doesn't have good rules for keeping political organizations from operating as tax-exempt social welfare organizations. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

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Lois Lerner, head of the Internal Revenue Service unit that decides whether to grant tax-exempt status, was put on administrative leave after she declared her innocence but refused to answer congressional questions about the targeting. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** Acting Internal Revenue Service chief Danny Werfel. (Associated Press)

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White House press secretary Jay Carney said Wednesday on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" that Republicans are trying to make something out of nothing regarding conservative groups and the Internal Revenue Service. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** Rep. Peter Roskam, Illinois Republican, questions ousted IRS Chief Steve Miller and J. Russell George, Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, on Capitol Hill, in Washington on May 17, 2013, as they testify during a hearing at the House Ways and Means Committee on the Internal Revenue Service practice of targeting applicants for tax-exempt status based on political leanings. (Associated Press)