{"id":548486,"date":"2021-06-01T15:21:18","date_gmt":"2021-06-01T19:21:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=548486"},"modified":"2021-06-01T15:21:19","modified_gmt":"2021-06-01T19:21:19","slug":"gop-senators-fight-against-democrat-attempts-to-weaponize-irs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-senators-fight-against-democrat-attempts-to-weaponize-irs\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP Senators fight against Democrat attempts to weaponize IRS"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgop-senators-fight-against-democrat-attempts-to-weaponize-irs%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=548486&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_2416265\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2416265\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., questions Charles Rettig, commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 19, 2021. (Samuel Corum\/Pool via AP)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 12:14 PM PT \u2013 Tuesday, June 1, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>Republicans in the upper chamber are holding the line against Democrat attempts to weaponize the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/opinion\/finance\/556191-braun-mcconnell-bill-would-protect-americans-from-irs-surveillance\">reports<\/a>, the majority of the GOP caucus led by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) are trying to pass the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wicker.senate.gov\/public\/index.cfm\/press-releases?ID=1E827E9F-C108-453C-9017-69251013C946#:~:text=Wicker%20and%20Hyde%2DSmith%20are,to%20certain%20non%2Dprofit%20groups.\">Don\u2019t Weaponize the IRS Act<\/a>. The bill aims to prevent the agency from doxing donors to non-profits of all ideologies.<\/p>\n<p>This came in response to Obama-era practices of agents targeting people who donate to conservative leaning organizations. Additionally, it blocks provisions of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/117th-congress\/house-bill\/1\">For the People Act<\/a> that they said would make the IRS and Federal Election Commission (FEC) weapons of the Democratic National Committee (DNC).<\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Republican Leader McConnell speaks in support of Sen. Braun&#039;s &#039;Don&#039;t Weaponize the IRS&#039; Act\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5TE_zGC9oms?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p>While nearly all GOP senators have supported the bill, no Democrats have signaled their support for the legislation.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/fmr-minn-blm-leader-reveals-ugly-truth-behind-movement\/\">Fmr. Minn. BLM Leader Reveals \u2018Ugly Truth\u2019 Behind Movement<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., questions Charles Rettig, commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 19, 2021. 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