TAMPA, Florida — Rep. Ron DeSantis (R-FL), a conservative running for the GOP nomination to replace Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) in the U.S. Senate in November, called out his own party’s leadership for its failure to hold the IRS accountable, years after the agency refused to comply with congressional investigations into its targeting of conservative groups.
DeSantis is part of a small group of conservatives in the House pushing to impeach IRS commissioner John Koskinen. He tells Breitbart News that House Speaker Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI)’s leadership team has backed down from holding Koskinen accountable.
“I think what’s holding it back, I think the leadership is worried about being criticized by inside the Beltway media and stuff,” Desantis told Breitbart News at a gun show here. “We are going to try to force the issue potentially in a way that at least people have to go on the record, look I think if Republicans have to go on the record on it, it will sail through because no one wants to be defending a recalcitrant IRS commissioner.”
DeSantis and some other conservative members in the House Freedom Caucus, which is chaired by the Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), are planning to lead an effort this week to force the issue. In mid-April, a band of Freedom Caucus members took to the House floor to lead a special order to call attention to the fact that leadership has thus far ignored the matter.
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5 comments:
So why didn't he bring this up years ago when it happened and exposed? Oh, it's an election coming up. I get it.
He doesn't give a crap unless it can put money in his own pocket. It's about him, not US!
Has the republican congress done anything for the people in the last 7 years?They have allowed Obama do whatever he likes.
That would be you Ryan. You and your spineless RINOS!!!
This is why Trump is winning!
That is exactly why we need to clean house in the Senate and Congress. They have gotten to relaxed collecting all that money from special interest and lining their pockets for those rainy days while we have everything taken away from us. I am voting for anyone that has not held office this year for everyone on my ballot regardless what party. """"TRUMP 2016""""
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