,,iii  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session 
,s4 ,,res4 #aei  ,,in ,,the ,,senate    
,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states  ,june #d1 
#bjac ,mr4 ,paul submitted the following
 resolution2 which was referred to the  
,committee on ,finance  ,,resolution    
,expressing the sense of the ,senate    
condemning the targeting of ,tea ,party 
groups by the ,internal ,revenue        
,service and calling for an             
investigation4  ,whereas it is a        
well-founded principle that the power to
 tax involves the power to destroy2     
,whereas employees of the ,internal     
,revenue ,service 7commonly known as the
 ,,irs7 have publicly admitted that the 
,,irs targeted ,tea ,party groups in a  
manner that infringes on the free       
association rights and free speech      
rights of those groups2 ,whereas the    
,,irs admitted that employees of the    
,,irs engaged in politically            
discriminatory actions2 ,whereas the    
,,irs used the taxing power as a        
political tool to intimidate ,tea ,party

 groups from engaging in free speech2   
,whereas1 according to media reports1 as
 early as in #bjaj1 the ,,irs was       
targeting ,tea ,party groups2 ,whereas  
,president ,obama is aware that a       
,federal agency under his control has   
admitted to targeting ,tea ,party       
groups2 ,whereas1 according to media    
reports1 a report by the ,treasury      
,inspector ,general for ,tax            
,administration indicates that some ,tea
 ,party groups withdrew applications for
 tax-exempt status as a result of the   
discriminatory actions of the ,,irs2    
,whereas1 according to the ,washington  
,post1 in late ,june #bjaa1 employees of
 the ,,irs discussed giving special     
attention to case files in which groups 
made statements that criticized how the 
country is being run and educated the   
people of the ,united ,states on the    
,constitution and ,bill of ,rights and  
targeting groups interested in limiting 
government2 and ,whereas the            
discriminatory actions of the ,,irs     

impacted the free speech rights of the  
groups targeted by the ,,irs3 ,now1     
therefore1 be it  ,that it is the sense 
of the ,senate that--  7#a7 the         
,internal ,revenue ,service engaged in  
discriminatory behavior2  7#b7 ,congress
 should use existing authority--  7,a7  
to investigate potential criminal       
wrongdoing by individuals who authorized
 or were involved in targeting people of
 the ,united ,states based on their     
political views2 and  7,b7 to determine 
if other entities in the administration 
of ,president ,obama were involved in or
 were aware of the discrimination and   
did not take action to stop the actions 
of the ,internal ,revenue ,service2     
7#c7 ,president ,obama should terminate 
the individuals responsible for         
targeting and willfully discriminating  
against ,tea ,party groups and other    
conservative groups2 and  7#d7 the      
,senate condemns the actions of all     
individuals and entities involved in the
 infringement of the ,first ,amendment  

rights of members of the ,tea ,party and
 other affected groups4