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This Sept. 15, 2014, file photo shows part of the HealthCare,gov sebsite in Washington. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick, File)

Treasury IG: IRS needs to tighten up security before releasing tax data to Obamacare exchange

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Rep. Darrell Issa, questioned whether IRS employee Takisha McGee lost track of investigative records containing sensitive taxpayer information. - Associated Press

IRS lawyer facing license loss delisted

By Jim McElhatton - The Washington Times

The exterior of the Internal Revenue Service building in Washington is seen here on March 22, 2013. (Associated Press) **FILE**

More safeguards needed to protect personal tax information: federal audit

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Raoul Weil, left, walks with his wife Susan Lerch Weil laugh during a lunch break in his trial at federal court in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2014. Weil, a former top executive with Swiss bank UBS AG, is charged with helping thousands of wealthy Americans conceal some $20 billion in assets from the Internal Revenue Service. He faces up to five years in prison if convicted of fraud conspiracy. (AP Photo/Joe Skipper)

Swiss banker describes IRS secrecy in US trial

By CURT ANDERSON - Associated Press

The exterior of the Internal Revenue Service building in Washington is seen here on March 22, 2013. (Associated Press) **FILE**

IRS wasting taxpayer money on software: report

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

Lois Lerner doesn't appear to be making any friends in her upscale Bethesda, Maryland, neighborhood. In a video published Tuesday, the embattled ex-IRS director is seen trying to flee from a reporter into the home of a neighbor, who is less than thrilled to see her. (YouTube/Daily Surge)

PHILLIPS: Use 4th Amendment to tame the IRS

By Judson Phillips

Rep. Paul Ryan, Wisconsin Republican. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) ** FILE **

Paul Ryan ad targets IRS

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

FILE - This Jan. 28, 2014 file photo shows Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts in the House chamber on Capitol Hill waiting for the President's State of the Union address to begin. Roberts is beginning his 10th year at the head of the Supreme Court, and the fifth with the same lineup of justices. He has been part of a five-justice conservative majority that has rolled back campaign finance limits, upheld abortion restrictions and been generally skeptical of the consideration of race in public life. But his court has taken a different path in cases involving gay and lesbian Americans, despite the chief justice's opposition most of the time. (AP Photo/Larry Downing, Pool)

RAHN: Taxes, fines and government extortion

By Richard W. Rahn

Former Internal Revenue Service official Lois G. Lerner has been at the center of a scandal involving her erased hard drive and missing emails. (Associated Press)

IRS doesn’t do enough to collect on tax debts: audit

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio speaks at the 2014 Values Voter Summit in Washington, Friday, Sept. 26, 2014. Prospective Republican presidential candidates are expected to promote religious liberty at home and abroad at a gathering of evangelical conservatives, rebuking an unpopular President Barack Obama while skirting divisive social issues that have tripped up the GOP. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Rep. Jim Jordan: ‘Eric Holder can’t go fast enough’

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Former Internal Revenue Service (IRS) official Lois Lerner speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington in this March 5, 2014, file photo. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke, File)

GOP fumes as Lois Lerner talks to press but snubs Congress

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Former Internal Revenue Service official Lois G. Lerner has been at the center of a scandal involving her erased hard drive and missing emails. (Associated Press)

Former IRS official Lois Lerner breaks silence: I’m ‘not sorry for anything I did’

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Illustration on tax code complexity by M. Ryder/Tribune Content Agency

EDITORIAL: Dealing with a disgraceful tax code

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Defunding the IRS Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

RAHN: Winning issues that aren’t just about ‘not Obama’

By Richard W. Rahn

IRS Commissioner John Koskinen said in an email to employees that bonuses were an appropriate way for taxpayers to reward the agency that polices them. "I believe that rewarding our high-performing employees is a vital investment for our nation's tax system," he said. (Associated Press)

IRS commissioner: We’ll deal with Obamacare even though Congress has withheld funding request

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

IRS Commissioner John Koskinen said in an email to employees that bonuses were an appropriate way for taxpayers to reward the agency that polices them. "I believe that rewarding our high-performing employees is a vital investment for our nation's tax system," he said. (Associated Press)

IRS can’t escape Lerner, tea party scandal at Obamacare hearing

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Sen. Ted Cruz, Texas Republican (Associated Press) **FILE**

Ted Cruz defends Breitbart, blasts IRS for ‘far-reaching’ audit

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times