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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: Politics, Internal Revenue Service, Parties and Movements, U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, U.S. Congress
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Congress expands inquiry into IRS handling of conservative groups
WASHINGTON — Congressional investigators are broadening their inquiry into the Internal Revenue Service's mishandling of groups seeking tax-exempt status, indicating that they plan to examine how the agency dealt with a wide swath of nonprofit...
Tags: Max Baucus, Politics, Political Fundraising, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Parties and Movements
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Senate confirms new judge for Middle District of Florida
WASHINGTON -- By a vote of 90-0, the U.S. Senate on Monday confirmed Sheri Polster Chappell to serve as a new judge for the Middle District of Florida, which includes Orlando. The confirmation follows an unsuccessful bid by the White House last year to...Tags: Bill Nelson, Politics, Crime, Law and Justice, Orlando, Justice System
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White House officials knew of IRS audit findings weeks in advance
WASHINGTON — Top officials in the White House learned in April that an investigation of the IRS would probably end up showing that the agency targeted conservative groups for special scrutiny, the White House spokesman conceded Monday, contrary to...
Tags: Max Baucus, Politics, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service, U.S. Senate Committee on Finance
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Alaska governor launches bid to measure oil in Arctic refuge
For decades, war has been waged over the holy grail of America's Arctic frontier, the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The wide coastal plain on the edge of the Beaufort Sea contains stunning populations of caribou, grizzly, musk oxen and other wildlife...
Tags: Conservation, Environmental Issues, Politics, Petroleum Industry, U.S. Department of the Interior
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Report: Apple avoided billions in U.S. taxes on foreign income
This post has been corrected. See the note at the bottom for details WASHINGTON -- Apple Inc. has used an elaborate web of offshore subsidiaries to avoid paying billions of dollars in U.S. taxes on $44 billion in foreign income over the past four years,...
Tags: Carl Levin, Politics, Republic of Ireland, Microsoft Corporation, Apple Inc.
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Latest Missouri news, sports, business and entertainment
CROWDER COLLEGE RETIREMENT President of Crowder College in Neosho retiring (Information in the following story is from: The Joplin (Mo.) Globe, http://www.joplinglobe.com ) NEOSHO, Mo. (AP) — Crowder College President Alan Marble says he will...Tags: Yakov Smirnoff, Politics, Lawyers, Crime, Law and Justice, Employment Opportunities
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GOP can't help overreaching on Obama scandals
Well, that didn't take long. Just as several genuine scandals cast the Obama administration in an unfavorable light, Republicans in Congress are already overreaching — with hyperbolic comparisons to Watergate, calls for special prosecutors,...Tags: Eric Holder, Politics, Crime, Law and Justice, Rand Paul, Andrew P Harris
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How Obama can rescue his candidacy
Here's the White House view of the current trilogy of so-called scandals: Republicans are trying to destroy President Barack Obama's second term by magnifying bureaucratic miscues and distorting policy realities. This isn't without some merit. On none...Tags: Eric Holder, George W. Bush, Politics, John Ashcroft , Crime, Law and Justice
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Top item on Obama's agenda: damage control
As it must come to all American presidents, it seems, Barack Obama's policy agenda is being crowded out of the headlines by the imperative of damage control against administration scandal. The allegations of incompetence or worse in the IRS' targeting...Tags: Politics, Jimmy Carter, Immigration, Dwayne Johnson, Internal Revenue Service
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GOP ponders how to capitalize on Obama's woes
WASHINGTON (AP) — The scandals dogging President Barack Obama are a political gift to Republicans, who could use some good luck after recent election losses. It's not clear, however, how Republicans can best capitalize on Democrats' woes,...
Tags: Politics, Crime, Law and Justice, Parties and Movements, Bill Clinton, U.S. Department of Justice
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Past time for heads to roll in Washington
AUSTIN, Texas - The twin revelations of the Internal Revenue Service targeting conservative political organizations and, now, that the U.S. Justice Department was spying on the Associated Press -- all in a few days -- mean this: It is time to air the...Tags: Eric Holder, Politics, Crime, Law and Justice, Internal Revenue Service, Justice System
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