BREAKING: House Committee Rules IRS Official Lois Lerner Waived Her Fifth Amendment Right, Paves Way For Issa To Force Her To Testify

(CNN) - Republicans on a House committee overcame strenuous Democratic objections in voting Friday that Internal Revenue Service official Lois Lerner waived her constitutional right against self-incrimination at a prior hearing. 

The resolution was the first step in an effort by the House Oversight Committee’s GOP chairman to force Lerner to return to answer questions about targeting of conservative groups by the unit she headed.