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Government: How badly do Democrats want that payroll tax cut?
Opinion L.A.House Republicans indicated last week that if the Obama administration wants to extend the payroll tax cut for another year, it would have to agree to approve or reject the controversial Keystone XL pipeline proposal within 60 days. As it turns out, that'... -
Government: The wrong criticisms of the Senate's payroll tax bill
Opinion L.A.This post has been updated, as indicated below. After The Times' editorial board blasted the House Republican majority for rejecting the Senate's bipartisan payroll-tax compromise, several readers argued that a) the Senate's two-month extension was bad... -
Debt ceiling: What voting to raise the debt limit really means
Opinion L.A.Warming up for a vote Wednesday on whether to raise the debt ceiling, Rep. Randy Hultgren (R-Ill.) declared that he would vote no in order to "send a clear message that we do not condone the president's wasteful fiscal policies...... -
House transportation bill: Traffic is heavy -- against it
Nation NowMass transit bill: Environmentalists, unions and conservative groups all agree on a highway and mass transit bill headed to the House this week -- they hate it.... -
On Location: Mississippi bill aims to raise incentive caps
Company TownMississippi film production rebate incentive caps could rise with pending legislation that follows the success of "The Help," which filmed in Mississippi. The bill has passed the Mississippi House Ways and Means Committee.... -
Delaney looks to infrastructure funding in first bill
Maryland's newest member of the House of Representatives introduced his first bill on Wednesday, a new infrastructure funding proposal that has won bipartisan support in an otherwise divided Congress. Rep. John Delaney, the Potomac Democrat who has...Tags: John Delaney, Roscoe G Bartlett, Elections, Politics, U.S. House of Representatives
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ANALYSIS-In any scandal, lying to Congress is tough to prove
ReutersBy Joan Biskupic and Kim Dixon WASHINGTON, D.C., May 23 (Reuters) - When embattled Internal Revenue Service official Lois Lerner was called before a congressional committee Wednesday, she declared that she had done nothing wrong - but said she did not...Tags: Sports, Lewis Libby, Prosecution, Eric Holder, Internal Revenue Service
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Analysis: In any scandal, lying to Congress is tough to prove
ReutersWASHINGTON, D.C. (Reuters) - When embattled Internal Revenue Service official Lois Lerner was called before a congressional committee Wednesday, she declared that she had done nothing wrong - but said she did not intend to testify. Her defiance only...Tags: Sports, Lewis Libby, Prosecution, Eric Holder, Internal Revenue Service
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Amid rancor, a chance for U.S. action on trade bill
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Major trade legislation appears increasingly likely to clear Congress this year despite an intensely partisan atmosphere made worse by scandals plaguing President Barack Obama's administration. Business groups are preparing to push...Tags: European Union, Trade Agreements, Max Baucus, White House, Orrin Hatch
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Factbox: Key players in the IRS scandal
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Three congressional committees and the Department of Justice are investigating the Internal Revenue Service's scrutiny of conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status as the scandal distracts from President Barack Obama's second-...Tags: Tea Party Movement, Taxation, Max Baucus, White House, IRS Tea Party Nonprofit Application Scandal (2013)
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Ex-IRS chief apologizes in hearing for 'foolish mistakes'
WASHINGTON – The ousted head of the Internal Revenue Service apologized Friday morning for the agency's "foolish mistakes" in its handling of conservative groups applying for tax-exempt status and attributed the IRS' actions to a misguided pursuit...Tags: Barack Obama, Sandy Levin, Tea Party Movement, Taxation, IRS Tea Party Nonprofit Application Scandal (2013)
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Questions on targeting are 'loaded,' IRS official says
WASHINGTON – The acting head of the IRS insisted Friday that he and other agency officials did not mislead Congress by failing to disclose that applications by conservative groups for tax-exempt status were mishandled, and he said to call it...Tags: Barack Obama, Consumers, Taxation, Politics, Internal Revenue Service
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