Editorial Board

No One Hates the IRS More Than House Republicans

Congress finds yet another way to waste time.

May 24, 2016 at 3:45 PM UTC

By The Editorial Board

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House Republicans are honking.
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Pity John Koskinen, who agreed to take one of the worst jobs in America and is now being punished for it.

In 2013, President Barack Obama asked Koskinen to take over at the Internal Revenue Service amid budgetary chaos, deteriorating morale and a simmering scandal. House Republicans, still angry about that scandal -- and about the concept of taxation generally -- are now trying to impeach him.