Guess Who's Looking at Your Tax Records
It could have been two powerful members of the U.S. Congress if keen Senate staff had not noticed a provision in the omnibus appropriations legislation recently passed by the House of Representatives. The provision would have allowed two members of the U.S. House to read any person's tax return filed with the IRS. The Senate struck that language from the appropriations bill prior to passage, but it will require another vote by the House, minus the language for the bill to become law.
Pelosi: 'Assault on Taxpayer Privacy Was Not a Simple Mistake; Democrats Will Not Let Republicans Sweep It Under the Rug'l, Yahoo Financial News, November 23, 2004
