New Bill Challenges IRS Double Standard; Holder Clears Committee


by Connie Hair

01/29/2009 Print This


Rep. John Carter (R-Texas) wants all U.S. taxpayers to enjoy the same immunity from IRS penalties and interest as House Ways and Means Chairman Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.) and Obama administration Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner apparently have. Carter yesterday introduced legislation to make that happen. Carter, who is fifth in line in Republican leadership as secretary of the House Republican Conference, introduced The Rangel Rule Act of 2009 (H.R. 735), which allows any taxpayer who wrote “Rangel Ruleâ€