Democrats say Republicans hammering U.S. IRS for 'political purposes'

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Democrats say Republicans hammering U.S. IRS for 'political purposes'

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/democrats-republicans-hammering-u-irs-39-political-purposes-221537494--sector.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/W4wkGdcTqbII_5qrxjJZvA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2014-02-07T221537Z_1_CBREA161PU400_RTROPTP_2_USA-FISCAL.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A view shows the sign for the Federal Building, where the IRS offices are located, in Los Angeles" align="left" title="A view shows the sign for the Federal Building, where the IRS offices are located, in Los Angeles" border="0" /></a>By Patrick Temple-West WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Squabbling on Capitol Hill over the U.S. Internal Revenue Service continued on Friday with Democrats accusing Republicans of prolonging multiple investigations into a nine-month-old controversy at the tax agency for political gain. &quot;We are concerned ... that congressional Republicans are wasting taxpayer dollars and continuously using the (IRS) 'investigations' for political purposes for the November election,&quot; two U.S. House of Representatives Democrats said in a letter to IRS Commissioner John Koskinen. U.S. representatives Sander Levin and Elijah Cummings in the letter asked Koskinen to estimate how much time and money the IRS has spent responding to investigators. There are six ongoing investigations of the IRS, Koskinen has said.</p><br clear="all"/>

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