Impeachment Vote on IRS Head Delayed by Deal to Hold Hearing
- Freedom Caucus had been trying to force Thursday House vote
- House leaders agree to hold Judiciary Committee hearing
Internal Revenue Service Commissioner John Koskinen listens to a question from the press after speaking during a luncheon at the National Press Club March 24, 2016 in Washington, DC. / AFP / Brendan Smialowski (Photo credit should read BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images)
Photographer: BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty ImagesConservative Republicans backed off their demands for an immediate vote on impeaching Internal Revenue Service Commissioner John Koskinen after U.S. House leaders promised to hold a Judiciary Committee hearing.
The sponsors of the resolution, Representative John Fleming of Louisiana and other members of the ultra-conservative House Freedom Caucus, said they abandoned their plan to force a vote on Thursday. Mike Long, a spokesman for Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, confirmed the deal.