ROLL CALL: IRS Oversight Reignites Tea Party Ire: Agency’s Already Controversial Role Is in Dispute After Questionnaires Sent to Conservative Groups.

In the past two months, dozens of tea party groups that have applied for nonprofit status in the past year say they have received lengthy and intrusive questionnaires, some of which request the names of donors and volunteers.

Lawyers who work with nonprofits seeking exempt status said the questions are unprecedented but agreed that they are within legal bounds.

Sounds like an appropriate subject for congressional oversight. And is it any surprise that the IRS is using its legal authority in “unprecedented” ways — against Tea Party groups?