tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post4388231961099611048..comments2023-10-19T21:48:56.560-05:00Comments on meaning in history: Bill Barr, Trump's Tax Records, And The Impeachment Fishing Expeditionmark wauckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-1847488924911068862019-02-17T12:23:43.066-06:002019-02-17T12:23:43.066-06:00Heh. Something like that.Heh. Something like that.mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-39461554304767231322019-02-17T12:16:59.507-06:002019-02-17T12:16:59.507-06:00Ok, I see- Congress is held to the exact same stan...Ok, I see- Congress is held to the exact same standard as the IRS itself.Yancey Wardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16427042729449397357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-83148733186706440042019-02-17T06:56:44.672-06:002019-02-17T06:56:44.672-06:00No, otherwise there'd be no point. What the st...No, otherwise there'd be no point. What the statute is saying is this:<br /><br />A written request is made by the chairman of one of the specified committees, and it can be made for "any return"--obviously, the request has to identify the person or entity behind the return.<br />Upon receipt of the request "the Secretary SHALL furnish" the requesting committee with "mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-46998890913227019262019-02-17T00:31:56.125-06:002019-02-17T00:31:56.125-06:00Correct me if I am wrong, but I read that statute ...Correct me if I am wrong, but I read that statute as saying Congress can only get returns from the IRS as long as those returns are stripped of all material that can be used to pierce the confidentiality of the person/s filing the return. This means that Congress cannot subpoena the tax returns of any identifiable individual.Yancey Wardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16427042729449397357noreply@blogger.com