Rep. Darrell Issa teases 15 proposals to keep politics out of the IRS

Rep. Darrell Issa, Chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, today presented a report detailing 15 proposals to prevent political IRS targeting from happening again. You’ll have to click over to the full report to read all 15, but he did tweet the first eight.

1. Replace the #IRS Commissioner with a multi-member, bipartisan commission

— Darrell Issa (@DarrellIssa) July 29, 2014

2. Remove the #IRS as a regulator of political speech for social-welfare groups

— Darrell Issa (@DarrellIssa) July 29, 2014

3. Allow taxpayers, and not the #IRS, to control access to their confidential taxpayer information

— Darrell Issa (@DarrellIssa) July 29, 2014

4. Create a private right of action for victims of willful and injurious leaks by #IRS officials of confidential taxpayer information

— Darrell Issa (@DarrellIssa) July 29, 2014

5. Establish transparent and objective criteria for scrutiny of applicants. #IRS

— Darrell Issa (@DarrellIssa) July 29, 2014

6. Establish clear and transparent rules for information-collecting purposes. #IRS

— Darrell Issa (@DarrellIssa) July 29, 2014

7. Prohibit political and policy communications between the #IRS and Executive Office of the President

— Darrell Issa (@DarrellIssa) July 29, 2014

8. Remove the #IRS from implementation of the Affordable Care Act. #ACA #Obamacare

— Darrell Issa (@DarrellIssa) July 29, 2014

Removing the IRS from the implementation of Obamacare? Let’s make that one number one. Or just repeal Obamacare.

These eight proposals and seven more are outlined in detail in the @GOPoversight report. Read the report here: http://t.co/Zzuq77EqbJ #IRS

— Darrell Issa (@DarrellIssa) July 29, 2014