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IRS targeted conservative groups, official says
WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service improperly singled out conservative groups for extra scrutiny of their applications for nonprofit status, a top agency official said Friday, setting off calls for investigations into an organization...
Tags: Politics, Barack Obama, U.S. Senate, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Interior Policy
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REFILE-EXCLUSIVE-Elon Musk quits Zuckerberg's immigration advocacy group
Reuters(Fixes misplaced apostrophe in senators' in 5th para) * Advertising tactics turn some groups against Facebook * Support for positions of three lawmakers, including oil drilling * Musk and David Sacks removed from donor list on website By Sarah McBride...Tags: Social Media, Immigration, Barack Obama, Chris Christie, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013)
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Senate to take up farm bill in May
WASHINGTON - Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., said April 25 that she plans to hold a markup of a new farm bill in May, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., signaled that he intends to bring it to the Senate floor...Tags: Thad Cochran, Amy Klobuchar, Politics, Immigration, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013)
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Alaska Democrats Endorse Senator Mark Begich
Channel 2 NewsAlaska Democrats have endorsed U.S. Sen. Mark Begich for re-election. The endorsement is somewhat unusual in that the party typically doesn't announce its support for any one candidate in a primary. Party spokesman Zack Fields says the party can...Tags: Politics, Joe Miller, U.S. Senate, Parties and Movements, Sean Parnell
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Amid budget cutbacks, U.S. shipping sector seeks more federal funds
Reuters* In Washington, barge industry courts lawmakers from river states * Critics question plan to boost already large subsidies for waterway traffic * Shipping industry has a history of support in Congress By Andy Sullivan WASHINGTON, May 6 (Reuters) - As...Tags: Robert P. Casey, Jr., Barack Obama, Washington, DC, Interior Policy, Political Fundraising
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Zuckerberg's advocacy ads under fire
SAN FRANCISCO — Mark Zuckerberg is the public face of one of the world's most prominent companies. But now it's his actions as a private citizen that are making him — and Facebook Inc. — a target of environmentalists and progressive...Tags: Social Media, Public Officials, Immigration, Joe Green, U.S. Senate
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Mark Zuckerberg's Fwd.us in heated controversy over political ads
SAN FRANCISCO -- Mark Zuckerberg is being unfriended by progressives angered by television ads from his political advocacy group Fwd.us that praise lawmakers for supporting the expansion of the Keystone XL oil pipeline and drilling in the Arctic...Tags: Social Media, Migration, Public Officials, Politics, Immigration
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Sarah Palin for Senate? Some tea party activists want her to run
SEATTLE — Sarah Palin’s last elective position in Alaska ended early when in 2009 she abandoned the governorship midway through her first term. But tea party activists appear eager for a comeback, urging supporters to contribute money toward...Tags: Politics, Polls, Republican Party, U.S. Senate, Lisa Murkowski
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Officials: Democratic Sen. Baucus to retire
Democratic Sen. Max Baucus of Montana, the chairman of the powerful Senate Finance Committee who steered President Barack Obama's health care overhaul into law but recently broke with his party on gun control legislation, has decided to retire, Democratic...Tags: Frank Lautenberg, Barack Obama, North Fork, Tom Harkin, Interior Policy
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Pro-Obama group will go after Democrats on guns
WASHINGTON — The nonprofit advocacy group backing President Obama’s second-term agenda plans to mobilize constituents against the U.S. senators who helped defeat a measure to expand background checks Wednesday – including four members of...Tags: Online Advertising, Politics, Federal Gun Control Legislation (2013), Barack Obama, Republican Party
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Background check 'win-win' amendment gets a 'no, thanks' from Senate minority
Change of SubjectSenate deals setback to gun bill in vote on background checks tells the story of how the filibuster wins again: The final vote was, 54 (yes) to 46 (no), after Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) switched his vote to...... -
Shame on the Senate; send 'em all home
Let me begin this column with an apology. Once a week, I pick an important issue and offer my reasoned analysis, based on the facts, of what it all means and how we should react. But there are times when the intellect fails and the heart and gut take...Tags: Safety of Citizens, U.S. Senate, Susan Collins, Criminals, Richard Shelby
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