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House immigration group sees resolution on disagreements as lawmakers return home to voters
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — House members writing a bipartisan immigration bill said Thursday they had patched over a dispute that threatened their efforts, even as they and the rest of Congress prepared to return home for a weeklong recess where many could...Tags: U.S. Congress, John Barrow, Republican Party, Bob Goodlatte, Justice and Rights
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House feels the heat on immigration reform
WASHINGTON — Committee approval of a sweeping Senate immigration overhaul has put pressure on the House, where Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) and top leaders have been pushing a bipartisan group of lawmakers to produce its own bill. House...
Tags: Republican Party, Justice and Rights, Healthcare Policies, John Boehner, Crime, Law and Justice
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Key House chairman slams Senate immigration bill as House immigration group struggles
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — A key House committee chairman on Wednesday sharply criticized a wide-ranging immigration bill just passed by a Senate committee, underscoring the difficulties ahead as the politically volatile measure moves forward in a divided...Tags: Xavier Becerra, Minority Groups, Bob Goodlatte, Orrin Hatch, Dianne Feinstein
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Aaron Gordon: Condo associations gain victory over banking lobby
For the second year in a row, Florida's condominium associations dodged a financial bullet when legislators opted to favor voters rather than the powerful banking lobby. It was an important victory for the state's struggling community associations,...Tags: Tampa, Crime, Law and Justice, Lobbying, Economy, Business and Finance, Interior Policy
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Beretta has no plans to leave, yet
The Baltimore SunDespite Beretta's threats that the company would leave Maryland if new gun laws were passed and signed by Gov. Martin O'Malley, Beretta USA has no current plans to abandon its headquarters in Prince George's County. In a statement sent to The Baltimore...Tags: Prince George's County, Crime, Law and Justice, Interior Policy, Lawyers, Firearms
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The Nixon false equivalence
"The only thing new in the world is the history you don't know," said Harry Truman, who made it his task to absorb a lot of it. Many people who have not followed his example are not averse to using what little they do know, with the inadvertent effect...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Personal Income, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Richard Nixon, Barack Obama
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Ouster of IRS official isn't ending investigations
WASHINGTON (AP) — Don't look for the outcry over the Internal Revenue Service's improper targeting of tea party groups to subside with the ouster of the agency's acting commissioner. Three congressional committees are investigating and the FBI...Tags: U.S. Congress, U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, Crime, Law and Justice, Mitch McConnell, FBI
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Watergate's lessons seem to be forgotten
"He has, acting personally and through his subordinates and agents, endeavored to … cause, in violation of the constitutional rights of citizens, income tax audits or other income tax investigations to be initiated or conducted in a...
Tags: Government, U.S. Congress, Benghazi, IRS Tea Party Nonprofit Application Scandal (2013), Crime, Law and Justice
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COLUMN: Watergate's lesson forgotten
Washington Post Writers Group"He has, acting personally and through his subordinates and agents, endeavored to . . . cause, in violation of the constitutional rights of citizens, income tax audits or other income tax investigations to be initiated or conducted in a discriminatory...Tags: U.S. Congress, Government, Benghazi, IRS Tea Party Nonprofit Application Scandal (2013), Philosophy
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White House to renew bid for bill to protect journalists
WASHINGTON — Facing questions about the Justice Department's secret seizure of reporters' phone records, the White House says that it will renew its push for legislation that would offer federal protections to journalists and their sources....
Tags: The Associated Press, Crime, Law and Justice, Chuck Schumer, Arbitration, Journalism
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Obama says IRS commissioner has resigned amid scandal
WASHINGTON (AP) — Hurrying to check a growing controversy, President Barack Obama ousted the acting commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service late Wednesday amid an outcry over revelations that the agency had improperly targeted tea party...Tags: U.S. Congress, IRS Tea Party Nonprofit Application Scandal (2013), U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, Media Industry, Justice and Rights
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Holder pledges to probe IRS handling of conservative groups
WASHINGTON – Testifying on Capitol Hill, Atty. Gen. Eric H. Holder Jr. promised a thorough criminal investigation of the targeting of conservative organizations by the IRS that will look at potential civil rights violations and false statements that...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Crime, Law and Justice, FBI, Lawyers, Barack Obama
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