WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans voted Wednesday to hold a former Internal Revenue Service official in contempt of Congress for refusing to testify at a pair of committee hearings about her role in the agency’s tea party controversy.The House also passed a nonbinding resolution calling on the Justice Department to appoint a special counsel to investigate the IRS.Lois Lerner directed the IRS division that processes applications for tax-exempt status.

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