Entries by Joe Miller

IG That Watchdogs IRS–And Uncovered Targeting of Tea Party–‘Shut Down’ (+video)

While the Treasury Department has continued its basic operations since the government “shutdown” last Tuesday–collecting tens of billions in taxes and spending even more–the Office of the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA), which conducts audits and investigations of the IRS, and which uncovered the IRS’s targeting of Tea Party groups, has been “shut down.”