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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: Politics, Political Corruption, Parties and Movements, Crime, Law and Justice, Labor Legislation
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On IRS scandal, Speaker John Boehner asks, 'Who's going to jail?'
WASHINGTON -- Republican congressional leaders, faced with an array of crises threatening to overwhelm the White House, appear to have singled out the targeting of conservative political groups by the IRS as the most fertile -- and politically...Tags: Politics, Internal Revenue Service, U.S. Senate, Barack Obama, U.S. Congress
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Acting IRS commissioner resigns, Obama says
WASHINGTON – President Obama announced the resignation Wednesday evening of Steven Miller, acting commissioner of the embattled Internal Revenue Service, a move the president said was essential to restore the public’s faith following...
Tags: Politics, USA Today, White House, U.S. Senate, Internal Revenue Service
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Obama Cabinet picks advance after party-line votes
WASHINGTON – Two of President Obama’s second-term Cabinet nominees inched forward Thursday, while another was poised to win final confirmation by the Senate. Thomas E. Perez, Obama’s choice to lead the Labor Department, and EPA nominee...
Tags: Politics, Career and Workplace, Ernest J. Moniz, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, David Vitter
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WRAPUP 2-Obama picks temporary IRS head as Tea Party rallies on scandal
Reuters(Updates with Obama naming new temporary IRS chief) By Jeff Mason and Thomas Ferraro WASHINGTON, May 16 (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama on Thursday chose a White House budget official to lead the beleaguered Internal Revenue Service...Tags: Politics, Political Corruption, Parties and Movements, Crime, Law and Justice, Laws
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WRAPUP 3-Obama picks temporary IRS head as Tea Party decries scandal
Reuters* Conservative Tea Party groups rally on Capitol Hill * Ousted IRS chief to testify before House panel on Friday * Republican McConnell alleges 'government intimidation' (Adds details, background) By Jeff Mason and Patrick Temple-West WASHINGTON, May...Tags: Politics, Parties and Movements, Dick Durbin, Crime, Law and Justice, IRS Tea Party Nonprofit Application Scandal (2013)
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One Cabinet pick approved, two narrowly advance
WASHINGTON — President Obama's nominee to lead the Energy Department won unanimous confirmation by the Senate on Thursday while two other Cabinet choices narrowly advanced out of committee, amid complaints from Democrats over Republican delaying...
Tags: Politics, John McCain, Ernest J. Moniz, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Marco Rubio
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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: Politics, Eric Holder, Washington, DC, Jack Lew, U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary
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Obama ousts IRS chief over inquiry
WASHINGTON — President Obama forced out the head of the IRS on Wednesday, seeking to restore the public's faith in the tax agency while asserting a measure of control over a rapidly growing political problem. Making a hastily scheduled statement...
Tags: Politics, Eric Holder, Parties and Movements, Marco Rubio, Crime, Law and Justice
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WRAPUP 1-U.S. tax chief forced out in IRS scandal
Reuters* Obama says he 'will not tolerate' partisan actions by IRS * Republicans vow to continue probes of agency * Investigations will look for any links to White House By Matt Spetalnick and Kim Dixon WASHINGTON, May 15 (Reuters) - Washington's top tax...Tags: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Politics, Charles W. Boustany, Jr., Jim Jordan, Eric Holder
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Senate Republican leader says Congress able to handle IRS probe
ReutersWASHINGTON, May 14 (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell said on Tuesday that Congress is "fully capable" of handling by itself an investigation of the Internal Revenue Service. McConnell made the comment when asked by reporters if he...Tags: Politics, U.S. Senate, Internal Revenue Service, U.S. Congress
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FBI to probe U.S. tax agency's actions on conservative groups
Reuters* Embattled acting IRS chief Miller goes to Capitol Hill * Growing calls in Congress for Miller's resignation * House tax panel set to hold hearing on Friday By David Ingram and Matt Spetalnick WASHINGTON, May 14 (Reuters) - Attorney General Eric...Tags: Politics, Eric Holder, Washington, DC, Max Baucus, Vern Buchanan
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