Republicans are reviving well-worn political scandals as they bid to seize control of Congress in mid-term elections while seeking to check Hillary Clinton's momentum towards a possible presidential bid in 2016. GOP leaders and strategists have steadily rolled out the plan in recent weeks, including the House voting to recommend the attorney general appoint a special counsel to probe IRS targeting of political groups. But Thursday marked a potential watershed, when the House, pushed by its Speaker John Boehner, voted to create a select committee to investigate the 2012 attack on the US mission in Benghazi. \"This is a story that's **t going to go away,\" conservative congressman Joe Barton said of Benghazi.
05-13-2014, 03:35 AM
Clinton, polls targeted as Republicans revive scandals
Republicans are reviving well-worn political scandals as they bid to seize control of Congress in mid-term elections while seeking to check Hillary Clinton's momentum towards a possible presidential bid in 2016. GOP leaders and strategists have steadily rolled out the plan in recent weeks, including the House voting to recommend the attorney general appoint a special counsel to probe IRS targeting of political groups. But Thursday marked a potential watershed, when the House, pushed by its Speaker John Boehner, voted to create a select committee to investigate the 2012 attack on the US mission in Benghazi. \"This is a story that's **t going to go away,\" conservative congressman Joe Barton said of Benghazi.
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