"I don't care if you're a conservative, a liberal a Democrat or a Republican,
this should send a chill up your spine," Rep. Mike Rogers said on "Fox News Sunday." (AP)
The House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Oversight has demanded that the IRS provide by Wednesday all communications involving the words "tea party," "conservative" or "patriot."
The committee also is demanding the names and titles of all individuals who were involved in targeting conservative non-profit groups for extra scrutiny, CNS reported.
The tax-collecting agency admitted on Friday that conservative groups had been improperly targeted and made to comply with cumbersome requests for information outside normal IRS procedures.
But the agency blamed the actions on a few low-level employees in its Cincinnati offices.
On Sunday, Republicans blasted the agency for broadly singling out conservative groups, or any political policy-minded groups, for that matter.
"This is something we cannot let stand. It needs to have a full investigation," House of Representatives Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers, a Michigan Republican, said on "Fox News Sunday."
"I don't care if you're a conservative, a liberal a Democrat or a Republican, this should send a chill up your spine," Rogers added.
"This is truly outrageous and it contributes to the profound mistrust that the American people have in government," Sen. Susan Collins, a Maine Republican, said on CNN's "State of the Union." "The president needs to make crystal clear that this is totally unacceptable in America."
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