Lois Lerner, the IRS official in charge of oversight of tax-exempt groups will decline to answer questions about controversial targeting practices

In effort to address voting issues, Obama taps Democrat, GOP election lawyers to co-chair presidential commission

White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said it's "too early" to assess the long-term needs of Oklahoma tornado victims, and emphasized the administration's focus on short-term relief efforts.

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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., called on lawmakers to "act quickly" to provide relief to Moore, Okla. - a community destroyed by a monstrous tornado that killed dozens, including many children.

President Obama has declared a major disaster in Oklahoma, and is now sending federal help to the area devastated by a tornado. CBS News chief White House correspondent Major Garrett reports on the disaster response.

As the investigation continues into potentially discriminatory activities at the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), former commissioner Douglas Shulman said Tuesday he was "saddened" that the agency had been judged as having acted in a way that was not "non-political and non-partisan," though he said he couldn't say exactly what happened to lead to the practices now under fire.

House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, and Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., joined Oklahoma Republican Reps. James Lankford and Frank Lucas to offer words of encouragement to a Moore, Okla., community destroyed by a monstrous tornado. "We have a lot of tornados in Oklahoma but we don't have tornados like this," Lankford said.

In light of IRS controversy, former commissioner says he's "saddened" by appearance that service was "not acting as it should"

President Obama addressed the nation about the destructive tornado that struck Oklahoma and promised federal aid to help them rebuild their lives.