A tea party member wears a patriotic tie while listening to Republican presidential candidate and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum speak at a tea party rally in Punta Gorda, Fla., Jan. 24, 2012. Paul Sancya/AP
A woman holds an upside-down flag during a tea party rally protesting extra IRS scrutiny of their groups, May 21, 2013, in Cherry Hill, N.J. Tea party activists waving flags and signs, singing patriotic songs, and chanting anti-IRS slogans protested outside federal buildings across the country to protest the agency's extra scrutiny of conservative groups applying for tax-exempt status. Mel Evans/AP
Patty Baker (l.) of Pittsburgh strikes a pose like the Statue of Liberty for her husband, Dan Baker, to take a picture. The couple climbed aboard one of two 'Tea Party Express' buses to embark on an 11-day, 20-city tour starting April 27, 2012, from Cranberry, Pa. Keith Srakocic/AP
A man with the Naples Tea Party holds an anti-Obama sign during a gathering at a park in Naples, Fla., on Nov. 19, 2011. Melanie Stetson Freeman/Staff
Dom Buccola of Port St. Lucie, Fla., holds a sign autographed by Republican presidential candidate and former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum after he spoke at a Treasure Coast Tea Party campaign rally in Stuart, Fla., Jan. 24, 2012. Joe Skipper/Reuters
Tea party enthusiasts attend the 'Gateway to November' rally hosted by the St. Louis Tea Party and Tea Party Patriots on Sept. 12, 2012, at the Gateway Arch in St. Louis. Whitney Curtis/AP
People attend the 'Gateway to November' rally hosted by the St. Louis Tea Party and Tea Party Patriots on Sept. 12, 2012, at the Gateway Arch in St. Louis. Whitney Curtis/AP
People hold signboards during a 'tea party' protest in Flagstaff, Ariz., on Aug. 31. Organizers say the event is an effort to work against members of Congress who voted for higher spending and taxes. Joshua Lott/Reuters
A rancher stands at the border wall with Mexico on Aug. 15 in Hereford, Ariz., during a United Border Coalition Tea Party event in support of Arizona's immigration law, SB1070, along with other conservative tea party activists. Matt York/AP
A woman has tea bags hanging from her hat as she attends a tea party rally at the New Jersey Statehouse in Trenton, N.J, on April 15, 2012. Mel Evans/AP/FILE
Fred Polnisch of Clifton Park, N.Y., dressed as Uncle Sam, salutes during the national anthem at a tea party rally in Albany, N.Y., on April 13. Mike Groll/AP
A woman dressed as the Statue of Liberty attends a Tax Day tea party demonstration in Pleasanton, Calif., on April 15, 2009. Paul Sakuma/AP/FILE
A man waves a tea kettle at a tea party protest in Atlanta on April 15, 2009. John Bazemore/AP/FILE
Hundreds of people from New Mexico line Main Street in front of the Thomas Branigan Memorial Library in Las Cruces, N.M., to protest taxes as part of the Las Cruces Tax Day tea party on April 15, 2009. Norm Dettlaff/Las Cruces Sun-News/AP/FILE
The IRS suffered a 'fundamental failure' of management, the new chief told Congress on his 12th day in office. Daniel Werfel said he had already replaced leadership 'at several critical levels.'
Newly appointed Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Daniel Werfel said the agency has lost the public’s trust because of a “fundamental failure” by IRS management that included allowing the political targeting of conservative groups.
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