
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (left), Montana Democrat, accompanied by Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah, the committee's ranking Republican, questions ousted IRS Chief Steve Miller, former IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman and J. Russell George, Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, on Capitol Hill on May 21, 2013, during the committee's hearing on the IRS practice of targeting applicants for tax-exempt status based on political leanings. (Associated Press)

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (left), Montana Democrat, accompanied by Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah, the committee's ranking Republican, questions ousted IRS Chief Steve Miller, former IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman and J. Russell George, Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, on Capitol Hill on May 21, 2013, during the committee's hearing on the IRS practice of targeting applicants for tax-exempt status based on political leanings. (Associated Press)

Conservative activists are pressing Senate Republican leaders to tap Sen. Jim DeMint for an open seat on the Finance Committee. (Associated Press)

Wisconsin state Rep. Jennifer Shilling (left), a Democrat, questions Bob Lang (seated at desk), director of the Wisconsin Legislative Fiscal Bureau, on Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2011, at the state Capitol in Madison, Wis., during a joint Finance Committee meeting. (AP Photo/Andy Manis)