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mfcorey1

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Tue May 14, 2013, 05:45 PM May 2013

Reid Charges GOP With Hypocrisy Over IRS Outrage

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) on Tuesday accused Republicans of hypocrisy for being outraged that the IRS targeted conservative groups, pointing out that GOP lawmakers didn't appear bothered when the agency targeted liberal groups during the Bush administration.

"What the IRS did of course is inexcusable. But this is not the first time we've seen this," Reid told reporters. "It wasn't long ago that the IRS inappropriately targeted the NAACP, Greenpeace and a California church that was really progressive called the All Saints Church in Pasadena, California.

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Another GOP Obama Scandal Falls Apart as It Is Revealed the IRS also Targeted Liberals (in 2012) Tx4obama May 2013 #1

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1. Another GOP Obama Scandal Falls Apart as It Is Revealed the IRS also Targeted Liberals (in 2012)
Tue May 14, 2013, 05:55 PM
May 2013

Another GOP Obama Scandal Falls Apart as It Is Revealed the IRS also Targeted Liberals
Full article here: http://www.politicususa.com/gop-scandal-falls-irs-targeted-liberals-2012.html

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