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Obama says he's committed to fixing problems at tax agency
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama said on Thursday he was committed to fully fixing problems at the Internal Revenue Service, saying any employees involved in targeting conservative groups for extra scrutiny would be held accountable...Tags: Washington, DC, Barack Obama, Internal Revenue Service, White House, Taxation
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Tea party tax filings show low-budget activism, with some million-dollar exceptions
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — Dozens of tea party groups and other conservative organizations of the kind subjected to improper scrutiny by the Internal Revenue Service operated with small budgets and rarely displayed overt partisan activities, according to...Tags: The Associated Press, Jacksonville (Duval, Florida), Federal Election Commission, Elections, Washington, DC
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Virginia governor's race to test Tea Party Republicans' allure
ReutersBy Gary Robertson RICHMOND, Va., May 17 (Reuters) - The most nail-biting U.S. governor's race this year is centering on whether a Tea Party Republican can win Virginia, the southern state that has twice backed Democratic President Barack Obama. So far,...Tags: Regional Authority, Chris Christie, Elections, Bob McDonnell, David Koch
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IRS problem started with vague tax exemption rules
WASHINGTON — In spring 2010, agents in the Cincinnati office of the Internal Revenue Service, which handles applications for tax-exempt status, faced a surge of filings by new advocacy groups, with little guidance on how to treat them. Their...
Tags: Laws, Justice System, Elections, Federal Election Commission, Legal Services
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House chairman sees IRS errors as part of pattern
ALAN FRAM,Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — The Internal Revenue Service's improper use of tougher scrutiny of conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status seems part of a broader pattern of intimidation and cover-ups by the Obama administration, a top House Republican said...Tags: Washington, DC, Internal Revenue Service, U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Congress, White House
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Corporate money in politics: Liberals vs. liberals on Prop. C
The Times editorial board offended some liberal readers when it urged a no vote on Proposition C, which asks voters in the city of Los Angeles to “instruct” local members of Congress to support a constitutional amendment to overturn the...
Tags: University of California, Irvine, Elections, U.S. Congress, The Huffington Post, Politics
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CORRECTED-Virginia governor's race to test Tea Party Republicans' allure
Reuters(In 22nd paragraph, corrects to show that Johnson, Saban are top McAuliffe donors, not that McAuliffe is his own top donor. Removes reference to McAuliffe giving almost $300,000, as that was for a previous fundraising cycle.) By Gary Robertson RICHMOND,...Tags: Chris Christie, Bob McDonnell, Monroe (Fairfield, Connecticut), Star Scientific Incorporated, Abortion
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WRAPUP 1-Obama vows to fix IRS as Tea Party rallies on Capitol Hill
ReutersBy Jeff Mason and Thomas Ferraro WASHINGTON, May 16 (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama said on Thursday he would install new leadership at the Internal Revenue Service and vowed to ensure that the tax-collection agency will not single out any more...Tags: Washington, DC, Political Corruption, Labor Legislation, Mitch McConnell, Prisons
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IRS tactics sully rightful hunt for fraud
Detroit Free PressIf "taxes are what we pay for a civilized society" (as the Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes quotation engraved on the facade of the Internal Revenue Service's headquarters asserts), it follows that any partisan abuse of the tax-collecting process is an...Tags: Barack Obama, Elections, U.S. Supreme Court, Internal Revenue Service, Republican Party
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10 Stories that will be talked about today
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. COMMISSIONER OUSTED IN GROWING IRS SCANDAL Obama asked acting commissioner's Steven T. Miller to resign and Congress and the Justice...Tags: Central Intelligence Agency, U.S. Department of State, NATO
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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: Justice System, U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary, Elections, Washington, DC, Internal Revenue Service
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Margaret Carlson: Republicans smell blood, but may take it too far
Republicans in Congress are so hungry for scalps, they just can't leave well enough alone. The scandal engulfing the Internal Revenue Service is a story that's playing to their benefit. Monday, after having the weekend to think about it, Sen. Marco Rubio,...Tags: George W. Bush, Internal Revenue Service, Republican Party, U.S. Congress, Politics
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