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SRES 487 113th Congress Senate Government Operations and Politics Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation Department of Justice Department of the Treasury Federal officials First Amendment rights Government ethics and transparency, public corruption Government studies and investigations Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Political movements and philosophies Tax administration and collection, taxpayers Tax-exempt organizations

A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that Attorney General Eric H. Holder, Jr. should appoint a special counsel or prosecutor to investigate the targeting of conservative nonprofit groups by the Internal Revenue Service.

Introduced: June 26, 2014 Introduced by: Cruz, Ted Republican · Texas See on congress.gov
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Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4163-4164)
Jun 26, 2014
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Expresses the sense of the Senate that Attorney General Eric H. Holder, Jr. should appoint a special counsel or prosecutor, with meaningful independence, to investigate the targeting of conservative nonprofit advocacy groups by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).

What's happening now June 26, 2014

Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4163-4164)

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