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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: U.S. House of Representatives, Dave Camp, Jay Carney, Darrell E Issa, U.S. Department of the Treasury
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George Michael: Obamacare - The coming train wreck
According to one national leader, Obamacare is “a huge train wreck coming down.” You might be tempted to dismiss this quote as another tea party attack on the president’s health care law. But you would be wrong. This statement was...Tags: Judges, Labor Legislation, Career and Workplace, The Washington Post, Republican Party
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House showdown set over IRS targeting of conservative groups
WASHINGTON -- The ousted top official of the Internal Revenue Service will appear before a House committee Friday morning, his first public appearance since controversy erupted last week over how the agency mishandled applications for tax-exempt status...Tags: Labor Legislation, Career and Workplace, USA Today, Taxation, U.S. Congress
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Political storm over IRS targeting scandal shifts to U.S. Congress
Reuters* Outgoing IRS head Miller to testify at first hearing * Witnesses to face grilling on targeting of conservatives * Three congressional probes of IRS under way By John Whitesides WASHINGTON, May 17 (Reuters) - A U.S. House of Representatives panel...Tags: Dave Camp, U.S. Department of the Treasury, White House, U.S. Department of Justice, Republican Party
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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: U.S. Senate, White House, U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary, Elections, U.S. Congress
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Casey, Toomey on Senate committee that will investigate IRS next week
Call Washington BureauPennsylvania's two U.S. senators sit on the powerful tax-writing Senate Finance Committee, which will begin its investigation of the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative groups at a hearing on Tuesday. Republicans and Democrats are...Tags: Richard Nixon, Robert P. Casey, Jr., Elections, Taxation, Jack Lew
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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: White House, IRS Tea Party Nonprofit Application Scandal (2013), John Boehner, USA Today, U.S. Congress
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U.S. lawmakers press for changes at scandal-plagued tax agency
ReutersBy Kim Dixon and Matt Spetalnick WASHINGTON, May 15 (Reuters) - As Republican lawmakers stepped up their calls for top Internal Revenue Service officials to resign, President Barack Obama planned to meet with Treasury officials on Wednesday to discuss...Tags: U.S. House of Representatives, Jay Carney, U.S. Senate, U.S. Department of the Treasury, White House
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Obama's health secretary seeks donations from companies for healthcare law
Reuters* Sebelius has been asking companies for help since March * Administration says solicitations authorized by law * Republican senator says he will look for violations By David Morgan WASHINGTON, May 11 (Reuters) - U.S. Health and Human Services...Tags: Orrin Hatch, The Washington Post, White House, Healthcare Industry, Health Care Reform (2009)
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Senate confirms Tavenner to run health insurance programs with bigger budget than Pentagon
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — A former intensive care nurse with a businesslike approach to a politically divisive public policy area won Senate approval Wednesday to run Medicare and other major health insurance programs. By an overwhelming 91-7 vote, the...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Eric Cantor, Government, Healthcare Policies, Timothy M. Kaine
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U.S. Senate Democrat to examine tax-exempt group rules
ReutersWASHINGTON, May 15 (Reuters) - The Democratic chairman of the U.S. Senate Finance Committee said his tax code revamp will examine rules for nonprofit groups' political activities in hopes of preventing a repeat of the botched Internal Revenue Service...Tags: Parties and Movements, U.S. Senate, FBI, Finance, Politics
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US Senate confirms Tavenner as Medicare/Medicaid chief
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Wednesday confirmed Marilyn Tavenner, a former nurse and hospital company executive, as the first full-fledged administrator for the Medicare and Medicaid healthcare programs since 2006. In a rare show of...Tags: Orrin Hatch, Hospitals and Clinics, Health Care Reform (2009), Economy, Business and Finance, Elections
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