Demand answers from the IRS!

Grassfire Update: Yesterday's hearing by the House Ways and Means Committee was the first of many that will examine the IRS' targeting of conservative, evangelical and pro-Israel groups. At least two more hearings are scheduled for next week: one each in the House and Senate. Grassfire is mobilizing 50,000 citizen petitions for hand-delivery to key congressional leaders on Capitol Hill. But team members must act now to reach this goal early next week. At this crucial time, grassroots Americans can make their voices heard in calling for a full, criminal investigation by signing the urgent petition to "Investigate IRS Intimidation." Click here to add your name and allow Grassfire to represent you on Capitol Hill. After signing, please rally the support of your friends and family. Tell them to click here to stand with you in demanding that Congress "Investigate IRS Intimidation." In this week's edition of "The Battery," Grassfire's Ron De Jong and Brian Connor discuss why this petition is so important to push Congress to act and protect your First Amendment rights. Click here to watch the video. For additional details about the House hearing and the IRS petition, please see yesterday's email below. Thank you, in advance, for the stand you're taking. --Grassfire + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +   Dear Robert Bruce, Earlier today, IRS officials felt the heat from the House Ways and Means Committee, as they answered questions about the tax agency's targeting of Tea Party and conservative groups applying for tax-exempt status. In his opening statements before the committee, Treasury Inspector General J. Russell George said there's clear evidence that the allegations against the IRS for targeting conservative organizations, delaying applications and asking inappropriate questions are true. Acting IRS commissioner Steve Miller, who was asked by the White House Wednesday to resign, acknowledged in his early testimony that the extra "scrutiny" of Tea Party conservative groups began in March 2010 and that he learned of it on May 3, 2012. But the out-going Miller said he doesn't have the names of those responsible for targeting hundreds of right-leaning groups. Rep. Dave Camp (R-MI), the committee chairman, explained in his opening statement: "This is not a personnel problem. This is a problem of the IRS being too large, too powerful, too intrusive and too abusive." Even the ranking Democrat on the Ways and Means Committee, Rep. Sandy Levin (D-MI), asserted that Lois Lerner, the IRS' head of the tax exemption division, "should be relieved of her duties." + + Grassroots Outrage Is Building -- Take Action!   Robert Bruce, by blatantly and illegally targeting Tea Party and conservative groups, the IRS was also targeting YOU. They were looking for ways to silence your voice -- and your friends' and family members' -- through bullying and intimidation.   But grassroots outrage is building over this latest unconstitutional government overreach. So much so that Grassfire has launched a new petition demanding a full, criminal investigation into the IRS' harassment of conservatives. Call on Congress to do more than hold hearings. Instead, demand lawmakers hold officials inside the IRS and Obama adminstration responsible and accountable for this scandal. Sign the "Investigate IRS Intimidation" petition by going here now:   www.grassfire.com/988/petition.asp This is the one petition that gives grassroots Americans, those who were specifically targeted, an unprecedented opportunity to "weigh-in" on this white-hot scandal. Be part of this grassroots effort to mobilize 50,000 citizen-signers by next week. Additionally, the "Investigate IRS Intimidation" petition also calls on Congress to halt any increase in funding or staffing at the Internal Revenue Service for the duration of the Obama administration. This is a desperately needed component of this investigation because the President put this oppressive, tyrannical federal agency in charge of implementing and managing -- what Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT) calls -- the coming ObamaCare "train wreck"!   In fact, ABC News reports that the Internal Revenue Service official who was in charge of tax-exempt organizations at the time the scandal occurred, is now the director of the IRS's Affordable Care Act office -- and will hire 16,000 additional IRS agents to control your health care! Click here now to sign this important petition and send a message to the IRS, congressional leaders and, most importantly, the Obama administration. TELL THEM YOU DEMAND A FULL, CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION AND WILL NOT BE SILENCED! The Ways and Means Committee is one of six congressional committees looking into the IRS scandal. So today's hearing is only the first layer of the "onion." Many more layers need to be peeled back, which makes it imperative for the collective voices of grassroots patriots to be heard. Thank you, in advance, for taking a stand. The Grassfire Team P.S. After signing, please rally your friends and family. Urge them to stand with you and call for Congress to investigate IRS intimidation by going here now: www.grassfire.com/988/petition.asp Once the petition has 50,000 signatures, Grassfire representatives will hand-deliver your petition demanding that Congress conduct a full, criminal investigation into the IRS' activities.   +   +  +   +   +   +   +   +   +   +  +  +   +   +   +   +   + (Note: Please do not reply directly to this email. This address is not designed to receive your personal messages. 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