White House fights back on IRS as GOP keeps up pressure - latimes

 WASHINGTON — A senior White House aide insisted Sunday that President Obama learned only from news reports that an IRS office had singled out dozens of tea party organizations and other conservative groups for questionable scrutiny, while Republicans vowed to investigate any White House involvement in the growing scandal - White House fights back on IRS as GOP keeps up pressure
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