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Targeting tax-exempt groups
One of the great outrages of the Watergate scandal was President Nixon's use of the Internal Revenue Service to harass his political opponents. Yet some IRS officials appear to have forgotten what happens when tax law enforcers pick their targets based on...Tags: White House, Lobbying, Taxation, Judges, Elections
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Newton: The mayoral money trap
There are good reasons for most of the city's campaign finance laws. Individual contribution limits are intended to keep a single donor from purchasing the support of a candidate. Public financing is intended to level the playing field between...
Tags: Wendy Greuel, Local Elections, Politics, Ethics, Religion and Belief
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RPT-Russia's Putin looks isolated in new Kremlin term
Reuters* Conservatives are gaining upper hand over liberals * Putin struggles to prevent slide into recession * Sign oligarchs are nervous, threat from protesters By Timothy Heritage MOSCOW, May 10 (Reuters) - Angry and intimidating, Russian President...Tags: Conservation, Labor Legislation, Finance, Political Corruption, Government
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TIMELINE-Events in U.S. IRS 'Tea Party' scrutiny scandal
ReutersBy Patrick Temple-West and Kevin Drawbaugh WASHINGTON, May 12 (Reuters) - The U.S. Internal Revenue Service is under investigation for extra scrutiny it gave to conservative groups that applied for tax-exempt status, a practice that elicited complaints...Tags: White House, Republican Party, U.S. Supreme Court, 2012 U.S. Presidential Election, Taxation
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Harvey Weinstein Hosts Obama as Justin Timberlake, Jessica Biel Watch
ReutersMay 13 (TheWrap.com) - It was Harvey Weinstein and President Obama again Monday. Weinstein, a longtime backer of the president, is hosting one of three Democratic fundraisers in New York with Georgiana Chapman that feature comments by the president....Tags: White House, Justin Timberlake, Politics, Tommy Hilfiger Corp., U.S. Senate
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Scott signs campaign finance, ethics reforms but vetoes alimony bill
TALLAHASSEE – Gov. Rick Scott signed a bill late Wednesday that would inject more cash into elections as part of a broader reform that eliminates some political slush funds politicians have used to support their "filet mignon" lifestyles. The...
Tags: Republican Party, Lobbying, Finance, Government, Regional Authority
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Wendy Greuel's campaign coffers low
Los Angeles mayoral candidate Wendy Greuel, after spending heavily on a TV advertising blitz that coincided with the start of early voting, entered the final stretch of the runoff campaign with roughly one-tenth the war chest of rival Eric Garcetti,...
Tags: Wendy Greuel, Mike Feuer, Voting, Carmen Trutanich, Polls
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Police union puts another $850,000 into bid to elect Greuel
The union that represents Los Angeles police officers put another $850,000 into the effort to elect mayoral candidate Wendy Greuel, according to a report posted Wednesday by the city’s Ethics Commission. The independent expenditure brings the...
Tags: Wendy Greuel, Career and Workplace, Finance, Politics, Economy, Business and Finance
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IRS targeted conservative groups, official says
WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service improperly singled out conservative groups for extra scrutiny of their applications for nonprofit status, a top agency official said Friday, setting off calls for investigations into an organization...
Tags: White House, U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Taxation, Elections
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USC steals 2 star brain researchers from UCLA
In a major case of academic poaching involving crosstown rivals, USC has lured away two prominent neuroscientists from UCLA with a promise to expand their internationally renowned lab that uses brain imaging techniques to study Alzheimer's disease,...
Tags: Finance, Autism, Teaching and Learning, European Union, Schizophrenia
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Douglas C. Lyons: State will go on break next year as politics trumps policy
Okay. State lawmakers obviously dropped the ball when it came to expanding health care by failing to take federal funding for Medicaid. Too close to Obamacare, a majority of Republicans in the Florida Legislature felt as they stood tall on partisan...Tags: Republican Party, Pam Bondi, Finance, Government, Joe Negron
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Legislative Proposals Dim The Lights On Freedom Of Information
The Hartford CourantEvery year the lights go out a little more on the public's right to know about its government, and they're growing dimmer again in 2013. Legislation pending in the Connecticut General Assembly could further erode the state's Freedom of Information Law...Tags: Finance, Regional Elections, Connecticut Economic Development, Regulatory Policy and Organizations, Connecticut General Assembly
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