How the GOP establishment teamed with Nancy Pelosi to save the corrupt IRS chief
By: Maria Jeffrey | December 07, 2016
Nancy Pelosi
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The last nail in the coffin went in handily.
After Rep. Jim Jordan R-Ohio (A, 94%), Freedom Caucus’ outgoing chairman, invoked a privileged resolution on Tuesday to force an impeachment vote on IRS Commissioner John Koskinen, the House voted 342-72 to refer the measure back to the Judiciary Committee, where it will gather dust for the indefinite future.
It was the last maneuver available to the House Freedom Caucus’s hopes of impeaching Koskinen, who they say has lied to Congress about the targeting of conservative groups.
Wednesday afternoon, Rep. Tim Huelskamp R-Kan. (A, 91%) posted an instructive timeline of events on Facebook, outlining just how GOP leaders worked with Democratic Minority Leader Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Ca. (F, 11%) to kill the impeachment effort:
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