Senator calls for probe of BP tax plans

[Kernel Sanders]

Kernel, respectfully, Congress has many other fish to fry.

The first three actions the Senate took on friday were introducing the following bills

* Authorizing the use of the rotunda of the Capitol for the photo exhibition "Being Untouchable" and a ceremony in honor of the exhibition.
* Expressing support for the designation of the third Thursday of April as "Rachel's Challenge: A Day of Kindness and Compassion" in honor of the triumph and hope stemming from the life of Rachel Scott and in memoriam of the Columbine High School tragedy.
* Recognizing the 50th anniversary of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and the pioneering of college students whose determination and nonviolent resistance led to the desegregation of lunch counters and places of public accommodation over a 5-year period.

The wheels of democracy will hardly grind to a halt by adding a probe to that list. This will not affect Congress's time available to devote to other matters one way or the other

Why would Congress be involved in what is so obviously an IRS responsibility....if not for the face time?

That's exactly the reason. So what?

 

[apdst]

What you don't seem to understand is BP made a move of questionable legality. That is not a question "a IRS audit" can answer. Legal experts are split on it.

What you don't seem to understand, is that it's not Congress' jurisdiction to do audits on corporations.

What Congress wants to do, is seperate the legal deductions from the illegal deductions. That's what audits are for.

This? This is nothing but political theater.