Keeps pushing to stop IRS from getting more funds to enforce ObamaCare due to recent targeting scandal
(Washington, D.C.) – U.S.
Senator Dean Heller (R-NV) today offered an
amendment to prohibit the IRS from
receiving any ObamaCare funding that would
otherwise be used for implementing the
massive health care law. Heller offered the
amendment to the 2013 Senate Farm bill just
one week after introducing the legislation
as a stand-alone bill (S. 962).
“I am deeply troubled that the IRS
has been improperly targeting conservative
groups. Public distrust in this agency is
already at an all-time high, so providing
the IRS with more power to enforce this
flawed health care policy makes no sense.
For these reasons, I have offered the
“IRS Accountability Act” as an
amendment to the Farm bill. Simply put,
right now, we can’t trust the IRS to
do its job,” said Senator Dean
Heller.
The President’s budget requested
that about $440 million be diverted to the
IRS for the purpose of enforcing the
President’s health care law.
Considering the IRS is under increasing
scrutiny for targeting conservative groups
seeking tax-exempt status, Heller has led
the fight to stop additional funding. Last
week, he sent a
letter to Health and Human
Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius
and introduced the “
IRS Accountability
Act.”
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