Lew Defends IRS Health Care Lawyer Attacked by Tea Party

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Lew Defends IRS Health Care Lawyer Attacked by Tea Party

By Jonathan D. Salant

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Sarah Hall Ingram, 55, was until December 2010 in charge of the office supervising nonprofit organizations. She shifted to her health-care role that month, before the IRS began giving the Tea Party nonprofit applications extra attention.

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Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew yesterday came to Ingram’s defense, saying the 30-year veteran of the tax agency shouldn’t be blamed for something she didn’t do or oversee.

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In another move to weaken the health-care law, Senator John Cornyn, a Texas Republican, on May 16 introduced the “Keep the IRS Off Your Health Care Act of 2013,” preventing the agency from enforcing the law. The IRS will oversee the law’s mandate requiring Americans to buy insurance or pay fines.

Melanie Sloan, executive director of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, contended that this outrage is just a new excuse to oppose the health-care law....“She had nothing to do with the scandal,” said Sloan, whose group has sued the IRS to ban nonprofits from spending money on political activities. “This is all the more proof that this is just an attempt to go after Obamacare. They never get tired of that issue.”

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-05-17/lew-defends-irs-health-care-lawyer-attacked-by-tea-party.html

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