He votes to McCarthy on whether to hold former IRS official Lois Lerner in contempt . Republican Darrell Issa of California is chairman of the House Intelligence Committee . In addition , Issa is releasing what he says is new evidence Cummings contacted the IRS that Issa says may have helped spur inappropriate IRS questions to True the Vote . `` Several of your requests are virtually identical to the information requests sent by the IRS to True the Vote in February 2012 , '' wrote Issa . The House 's top Democrat , Rep. Jim Cummings , says it 's a tactic worthy of McCarthy . Sen. Joseph McCarthy 's anti - communism efforts are seen as a dark page in American history .
He votes to McCarthy on whether to hold former IRS official Lois Lerner in contempt . Republican Darrell Issa of California is chairman of the House Intelligence Committee . The House 's top Democrat , Rep. Jim Cummings , says it 's a tactic worthy of McCarthy . Sen. Joseph McCarthy 's anti - communism efforts are seen as a dark page in American history .