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There's a fly in my soup
WASHINGTON – "Horrible customer service." That's what the newly fired IRS commissioner averred was the agency's only sin in singling out conservative political groups for discriminatory treatment. In such grim proceedings one should be grateful...Tags: Foods and Beverages, Soups, Tea Party Movement, Taxation, Consumers
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Transparency isn't coming easily to Obama White House
WASHINGTON — The White House decided to release internal emails about the deadly attack on the diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya — but only after summaries of the exchanges had leaked. The president's spokesman disclosed details of...Tags: Jay Carney, Tea Party Movement, Freedom of the Press, Parties and Movements, Washington, DC
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McManus: Obama's IRS choice
Message to the president: Resistance is futile. There are plenty of juicy targets for investigators in the IRS scrutiny of conservative organizations that applied for tax-exempt status, but the most dangerous for President Obama is this: Did bureaucrats...
Tags: Charles B. Rangel, Jay Carney, Denis R. McDonough, Orrin Hatch, Taxation
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IRS puts head of problem office on leave
WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service has replaced the head of the office under fire for improperly targeting conservative groups, a day after she invoked the 5th Amendment and refused to answer questions before a congressional committee. Lois...
Tags: FBI, Tea Party Movement, Taxation, Parties and Movements, Chuck Grassley
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IRS' last two commissioners deny lying; official to take the 5th
WASHINGTON — As the Internal Revenue Service's last two directors struggled to provide answers Tuesday about the agency's improper scrutiny of conservative groups, a lawyer for another key IRS official said she would invoke the 5th Amendment...Tags: Jay Carney, Sherrod Brown, Orrin Hatch, Tea Party Movement, Taxation
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Showing the IRS some love after witch hunt
You may not have discerned this through the fog and mist of recent weeks, but the Internal Revenue Service is pretty durn good at its job. Some experts would go further. "I think they do an extraordinary job, considering that they're historically...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Conservation, Jackie Speier, Tea Party Movement, Personal Income
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Obama presidency helped created climate for IRS scandal
''Horrible customer service." That's what the newly fired IRS commissioner averred was the agency's only sin in singling out conservative political groups for discriminatory treatment. In such grim proceedings one should be grateful for unintended humor....
Tags: U.S. Department of Justice, Fox News Channel (tv network), Tea Party Movement, Taxation, News Media
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Lawmakers grill Apple execs over tax strategy
WASHINGTON — Apple Inc. Chief Executive Tim Cook was supposed to face a hostile Capitol Hill crowd but instead he wielded the company's popularity like a shield to deflect some of the most aggressive questioning over the company's...
Tags: Tim Cook, Claire McCaskill, Washington, DC, Republic of Ireland, Economy, Business and Finance
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FACTBOX-Four key questions in the unfolding IRS scandal
ReutersWASHINGTON, May 22 (Reuters) - U.S. Congressional and Justice Department investigators are examining the Internal Revenue Service over its inappropriate scrutiny of conservative groups that applied for tax-exempt status. President Barack Obama, seeking...Tags: Jay Carney, Denis R. McDonough, Eric Holder, Labor Legislation, Tea Party Movement
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Amid rancor, a chance for U.S. action on trade bill
Reuters* Senator Baucus aiming for bipartisan bill by June * Representative Levin wants bill to cover currency * U.S. business gearing up to push for legislation By Doug Palmer WASHINGTON, May 22 (Reuters) - Major U.S. trade legislation appears...Tags: U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means, Orrin Hatch, Washington, DC, Jim Kolbe, Barack Obama
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IRS officials still don't have full explanation of targeting
WASHINGTON – The outgoing head of the IRS said the agency still doesn’t know which staff members were responsible for using politically loaded language to screen out nonprofit groups, as senators pressed them to explain how certain...Tags: White House, IRS Tea Party Nonprofit Application Scandal (2013), Sherrod Brown, Tea Party Movement, Taxation
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Former IRS commissioner 'dismayed' by inspector general's report
WASHINGTON -- The former top official of the Internal Revenue Service told senators Tuesday he was “dismayed and saddened” by an inspector general’s report detailing how, during his tenure as IRS commissioner, the agency...
Tags: White House, U.S. Senate, Orrin Hatch, Tea Party Movement, Taxation
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