IRS Under Fire

The Internal Revenue Service is under fire for scrutinizing tea-party groups in the run up to last year's presidential election. The agency has apologized, blaming the discrimination on a few low-level employees primarily in Cincinnati. The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration is expected to publish the results of a year-long investigation later this week. A draft copy suggests that executives at the IRS knew about the attention employees were giving to conservative political groups that applied for tax-exempt status following the Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling. Republicans took to the Sunday talk shows to demand an apology from President Barack Obama.