Because they're doing such a great job, right? The Hill: The IRS has given the green light to tens of millions of dollars in employee bonuses, a decision that congressional Republicans immediately rebuked. IRS employees will receive around $43 million in bonuses this spring under an agreement reached with the National Treasury Employees Union, which represents some agency employees. Union officials said that total was well short of the $75 million that the employees were owed under their labor agreement. But in the wake of last year's targeting controversy, Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) quickly and sharply criticized the decision to give bonuses at all. "It's hard to think of a group of people less deserving of bonuses than IRS employees. Frankly, this is outrageous," Hatch, the top Republican on the Finance Committee, said in a statement.  "I understand that not every IRS worker was responsible, but this just is the wrong signal to send the American people who...(Read Full Post)