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Rep. Darrell E. Issa, California Republican and House Oversight Committee chairman, holds up a document as he speaks to IRS official Lois Lerner on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday, May 22, 2013, 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. Ms. Lerner told the committee she did nothing wrong and then invoked her constitutional right to not answer lawmakers' questions. (Associated Press)

Issa gives firmer indication he will recall high-ranking IRS official to testify

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Then-IRS official Lois Lerner is sworn in on Capitol Hill in Washington on May 22, 2013, before the House Oversight Committee hearing to investigate the extra scrutiny IRS gave to tea party and other conservative groups that applied for tax-exempt status. Lerner told the committee she did nothing wrong and then invoked her constitutional right to not answer lawmakers' questions. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Answers on IRS only raise more questions and calls for a special investigation

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Columnist Ernest Istook says Congress, on its own, has clear authority to arrest and jail former IRS official Lois Lerner until she testifies. (Associated Press)

Lois Lerner second IRS figure removed amid scandal

By Sean Lengell - The Washington Times

**FILE** Sens. Carl Levin (left), Michigan Democrat and Chairman for the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Permanent subcommittee on Investigations, and John McCain of Arizona, the subcommittee's ranking Republican, arrive on Capitol Hill in Washington on May 21, 2013, for the subcommittee's hearing to examine the methods employed by multinational corporations to shift profits offshore and how such activities are affected by the Internal Revenue Code. (Associated Press)

Top Senate investigators: Lerner misled Congress

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

** FILE ** House Speaker John Boehner, Ohio Republican, speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington on March 13, 2013, following a closed-door meeting with President Obama and House Republicans to discuss the budget. (Associated Press)

John Boehner: ‘Really is inconceivable’ Obama wouldn’t have known about IRS woes

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Then-IRS official Lois Lerner is sworn in on Capitol Hill in Washington on May 22, 2013, before the House Oversight Committee hearing to investigate the extra scrutiny IRS gave to tea party and other conservative groups that applied for tax-exempt status. Lerner told the committee she did nothing wrong and then invoked her constitutional right to not answer lawmakers' questions. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Key IRS official speaks at House hearing — but not for long

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Then-IRS official Lois Lerner is sworn in on Capitol Hill in Washington on May 22, 2013, before the House Oversight Committee hearing to investigate the extra scrutiny IRS gave to tea party and other conservative groups that applied for tax-exempt status. Lerner told the committee she did nothing wrong and then invoked her constitutional right to not answer lawmakers' questions. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

IRS head Lois Lerner, who invoked 5th Amendment, may be compelled to testify

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

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

IRS official to plead the Fifth

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Former IRS Commissioner Douglas H. Shulman (right) denies responsibility for a list that told specialists to “be on the lookout” for tea party groups. (Associated Press)

Former IRS commissioner says scrutiny was not his job as a political appointee

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Former IRS Commissioner Douglas H. Shulman, whose term expired in November, will be on Capitol Hill this week to testify about the agency's extra scrutiny of tea party-related groups.
(Associated Press)

Former IRS chief faces bipartisan ire on Capitol Hill

By Sean Lengell - The Washington Times

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

IRS head Lois Lerner to receive university’s Presidential Medallion for public service

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

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

IRS apologizes for targeting conservative groups

By Stephen Ohlemacher - Associated Press