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The House Freedom Caucus will force a vote this week on a resolution to impeach IRS Commissioner John Koskinen, a caucus source confirmed to POLITICO on Tuesday.

Outgoing Rep. John Fleming (R-La.), a caucus member, is expected to file a privileged motion sometime Tuesday that's required ahead of filing the formal impeachment document. Under chamber rules, that means anyone in the House can call up the resolution after two days, so the vote will happen on Thursday.


It's the kind of move that could wreck Speaker Paul Ryan’s dream of a quiet, drama-free December.

Conservatives have been trying to impeach the IRS chief for more than a year now. Each time they try, however, GOP leadership and more moderate members of the conference have convinced them to back down in return for other, less extreme action against Koskinen, such as a hearing.

This time, around, insiders say the vote will happen. Republican leaders and chairmen are unlikely to offer anymore concessions to try to get the Freedom Caucus to drop the issue.

Conservatives believe Koskinen lied to Congress about agents deleting sensitive emails pertaining to the IRS’s targeting of conservative groups, which exploded into the headlines in spring of 2013. Koskinen said he has told the truth.

Koskinen lied a to Congress and destroyed evidence in the IRS investigation of targeting Tea Party groups and when a vote to hold him accountable for his actions and impeach him, Paul Ryan and the Republican leadership voted with the Dems to stop the process and send the case back to committee where it has been sitting for over a year now. Will anyone ever be held accountable as long as the Republican leadership is covering even the Dems azzes when one is threatened with impeachment. :mad: :mad: :mad:
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