Treasury Secretary: Don’t blame IRS for its ‘bad performance record’

Treasury Secretary: Don’t blame IRS for its ‘bad performance record’

(CNSNews.com) – "I find it unacceptable to preside over an agency that has no choice but to have such a bad performance record, because it doesn't have people answering the phones," Treasury Secretary Jack Lew told Congress on Tuesday.

"You go to the call centers, and there are empty seats. That's why the phones don't get answered." He called it "terrible."

Senate Democrats confronted with Joyce queries
Massachusetts

Senate Democrats confronted with Joyce queries

State House News Service

BOSTON – Democratic senators making their way to a private hotel caucus in Boston likely focusing on political matters Wednesday morning received a taste of what may be in store for them in the months leading up to Nov. 8.

Democrats in Massachusetts hold supermajorities in both the House and Senate, the entirety of the Washington delegation and all of the statewide offices except for governor and lieutenant governor.

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