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House GOP pushes full repeal of Obama's health care law _ 37th vote to scale back or kill it
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — One more time, with feeling! The Republican-led House voted yet again Thursday to repeal President Barack Obama's health care law, knowing full well that won't stop it. Only months away from the rollout of coverage for uninsured...Tags: Interior Policy, Insurance, Prescription Drugs, Michele Bachmann, Barack Obama
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House bill protects homeland security budget from cuts facing other agencies
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — A Republican-controlled House panel moved Thursday to protect the Department of Homeland Security from the big cuts facing other domestic agencies under the party's budget slashing plan. The move came as the Appropriations...Tags: National Security, Paul Ryan, Barack Obama, Health and Safety at Work, Politics
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House immigration group reaches an agreement in principle on sweeping legislation
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan group of House members announced a deal Thursday on sweeping immigration legislation, a breakthrough that could boost chances for one of President Barack Obama's top second-term priorities. It came after months of...Tags: Interior Policy, Chuck Grassley, Employees, Jeff Flake, Sam Johnson
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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: White House, Barack Obama, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Taxation, Politics
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FACTBOX-Benghazi attacks and U.S. politics
ReutersWASHINGTON, May 15 (Reuters) - Republicans and Democrats are waging a political battle over attacks on U.S. diplomatic facilities in Benghazi in September that killed Washington's ambassador to Libya and three other Americans. Republicans say the attacks...Tags: Mitt Romney, Benghazi, Christopher Stevens, Barack Obama, Joint Chiefs of Staff
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Panel clears Obama's EPA pick on party-line vote, hurdles ahead in full Senate
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's pick to lead the Environmental Protection Agency has moved one step closer to getting the job, but it came without Republican support. The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on Thursday voted...Tags: Roy Blunt, Barack Obama, Politics, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC
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Republican targets IRS employees in Tea Party probe
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans investigating the Internal Revenue Service want to question five employees about the tax agency's targeting of the Tea Party and other conservative groups, an effort that a key lawmaker said was part of a fact-finding...Tags: Employees, Barack Obama, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Karl Rove, U.S. House of Representatives
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Tax chief forced out in IRS scandal
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Washington's top tax official was fired on Wednesday as President Barack Obama sought to stem a rising tide of criticism over the Internal Revenue Service's improper targeting of conservative groups for special scrutiny. With three...Tags: Jim Jordan, FBI, Benghazi, Barack Obama, U.S. Department of the Treasury
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Reuters World News Highlights at 1645 GMT, May 16
ReutersMay 16 (Reuters) - TOP STORIES ----------- WASHINGTON - U.S. Republicans probing the Internal Revenue Service want to question five employees about the tax agency's targeting of the Tea Party and other conservative groups, an effort that a key...Tags: Vatican City, White House, Habitat for Humanity International, U.S. Senate, Career and Workplace
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IRS tactics sully rightful hunt for fraud
Detroit Free PressIf "taxes are what we pay for a civilized society" (as the Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes quotation engraved on the facade of the Internal Revenue Service's headquarters asserts), it follows that any partisan abuse of the tax-collecting process is an...Tags: U.S. Supreme Court, Elections, Primaries, Internal Revenue Service, White House
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White House releases Benghazi emails, seeks to defuse controversy
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House on Wednesday sought to defuse controversy over its handling of last year's killing of four Americans in Benghazi, releasing emails that show how Obama administration officials presented a scrubbed-down version of the...Tags: FBI, White House, Benghazi, Hillary Clinton, Christopher Stevens
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RPT-ANALYSIS-As scandals mount, White House springs into damage control
Reuters(Repeats with no changes to text) * White House fights back on all three budding scandals * With effort to limit damage, Obama answers critics By John Whitesides WASHINGTON, May 16 (Reuters) - With no sign of an end to three mushrooming scandals,...Tags: Eric Holder, White House, Benghazi, Barack Obama, U.S. Senate
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