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Toomey: It's hard to conclude that IRS scrutiny wasn't politically motivated
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey said Tuesday that without knowing who at the Internal Revenue Service is responsible for the extra scrutiny applied to tea party groups, it's impossible to conclude it was not politically motivated. Toomey made the...Tags: Human Interest, Lehigh County, Barack Obama, Tea Party Movement, Internal Revenue Service
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Senate votes to make small cut to food stamps in farm bill
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate voted Tuesday to keep a $400 million annual cut — or roughly a half of 1 percent — to the food stamp program as part of a major five-year farm bill. Food stamps now cost almost $80 billion annually and are...Tags: Barack Obama, Agriculture, Politics, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Insurance
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Apple in the hot seat: Expect tough questioning at tax hearing
WASHINGTON -- Apple Inc. Chief Executive Tim Cook and other company officials will be in a legendary hot seat Tuesday as they try to defend the company's tax practices -- in front of Sen. Carl Levin. The veteran Michigan Democrat chairs the Senate's...
Tags: Tim Cook, Politics, Apple Inc., John McCain, Parties and Movements
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At heart of IRS scandal: flawed 501(c)(4) rules
Congress passes laws and usually the appropriate agency can write regulations implementing the law. However, the regulations cannot contradict the law. Nevertheless, with respect to the tax law provision 501(c)(4), that is exactly what happened. Under...
Tags: Tea Party Movement, Internal Revenue Service, Politics, Elections, U.S. Congress
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Walker Delivers Pep Talk To State GOP
The Hartford Courant— Scott Walker, the governor of Wisconsin and hero to conservatives across the nation for his efforts to quash public employee unions, delivered a pep talk to Connecticut Republicans Monday night. Walker reminded the crowd at the state GOP's...Tags: Gun Control, Barack Obama, Dannel P. Malloy , Politics, John McKinney
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Union of federal workers opposes immigration bill
WASHINGTON — Senators pushed forward Monday with changes to a sweeping immigration overhaul over the objections of a union of immigration officers that announced its opposition to the bill. The legislation, written by a bipartisan group of...
Tags: Immigration, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Orrin Hatch, Politics
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RNC chairman on impeachment: 'There's a few chapters before we get to the last one'
Associated PressCONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The Republican National Committee chairman and a leading conservative, Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, urged caution Monday for Republican critics calling for President Barack Obama's impeachment, but would not rule out impeachment...Tags: Barack Obama, Tea Party Movement, Internal Revenue Service, Politics, Michele Bachmann
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Toomey, Casey to grill officials on IRS controversy
WASHINGTON – Pennsylvania's two U.S. senators both worry the controversy surrounding the Internal Revenue Service could slow progress in an already divisive and stymied Washington. Democrat Bob Casey and Republican Pat Toomey spoke out Monday...Tags: Barack Obama, Tea Party Movement, Internal Revenue Service, Politics, White House
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Congress, the tea party and the IRS: Sentence first, then the trial
On Wednesday, President Barack Obama fired the head of the Internal Revenue Service, the first sacrificial lamb brought down after the alleged "targeting" of conservative political groups by the IRS. Mr. Obama declared, "Americans are right to be angry...
Tags: Barack Obama, Internal Revenue Service, Tea Party Movement, Politics, Elections
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UPDATED: Republican statewide candidates crisscross Virginia
Assignment ManagerFresh off last weekend's Republican convention, the party's statewide ticket is crisscrossing Virginia. Gubernatorial candidate and current Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli led the candidates at a stop at the Roanoke Regional Airport Monday morning. ...Tags: Lynchburg (Lynchburg, Virginia), Martinsville (Martinsville, Virginia), Chesapeake (Chesapeake, Virginia), Politics, Executive Branch
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Ed Koch, mayor who became a symbol of NYC, dies
NEW YORK (AP) — Ed Koch's favorite moment as mayor of New York City, fittingly, involved yelling. Suddenly inspired to do something brash about the rare transit strike that crippled the city in 1980, he strode down to the Brooklyn Bridge to...
Tags: Saturday Night Live (tv program), Human Interest, Heart Failure, Ed Koch, Politics
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White House Social Secretary Desiree Rogers steps down
WGN NewsDesiree Rogers is stepping down as White House social secretary, an Obama administration official said today. The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, did not say why Rogers is leaving the administration. An official White House comment was...Tags: Washington (U.S. state), Barack Obama, Jim Edgar, Local Elections, Politics
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