Boehner: ‘Talk to the RNC’ about abolishing IRS

Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) on Wednesday brushed aside the Republican National Committee’s push to abolish the IRS.

{mosads}Asked if the House GOP agreed with that stance, Boehner only told reporters: “Why don’t you go talk to the RNC about whatever they’ve got to say.”

The RNC started circulating a petition to allies and potential donors to get rid of the tax agency last year, in the wake of the IRS’s singling out of Tea Party groups applying for tax-exempt status. 

But top GOP lawmakers have never embraced the idea, even as Republican anger grew at what was already one of the least popular federal agencies. 

Some Republicans have proposed a national sales tax that would allow the government to shutter the IRS, but that idea also hasn’t gained traction among GOP leaders.