Byline: Associated Press
WASHINGTON -- Congress is opening an investigation into whether the Internal Revenue Service targeted conservative non-profit groups for audits.
It's the first time since the Watergate scandal that the Joint Committee on Taxation has been ordered to investigate charges that the IRS has a political bent to its enforcement efforts, according to staff members of the House Ways and Means and Senate Finance committees. The Joint Committee on Taxation conducts research for the House and Senate tax-writing panels.
``We are troubled by recent reports alleging politically motivated treatment of certain tax-exempt organizations and …
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