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Why should tea party groups be tax exempt?
Like most people, I was originally horrified by the reported targeting of tea party groups ("IRS head forced to go," May 16). I am now less horrified. It is reported that various tea party groups were requesting tax exempt status as a "social welfare"...Tags: Same-Sex Marriage, Internal Revenue Service, Politics
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IRS follows Obama's lead
Of course the president deserves some of the blame. Yes, it's extremely unlikely he ordered the IRS to discriminate against tea party, pro-life or Jewish groups opposed to his agenda (though why anyone should take his word for it is beyond me). And...Tags: September 11, 2001 Attacks, White House, Max Baucus, U.S. Congress, Barack Obama
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IRS not only agency in disarray
This is probably the tip of the iceberg ("Report finds disarray at IRS," May 15). Most government employees believe in large government where can you work and get a pension that you do not pay into and have health care that you do not pay into as well...
Tags: Internal Revenue Service, Politics
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Top White House adviser says Obama learned of IRS scandal from news reports
WASHINGTON (AP) — A top White House adviser insisted Sunday that President Barack Obama learned the Internal Revenue Service had targeted tea party groups only "when it came out in the news" while Republicans continued to press the administration...Tags: White House, Barack Obama, Fox News Channel (tv network), Washington, DC, Bob Menendez
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White House announces new IRS leadership
WASHINGTON – Continuing to move quickly to try to put the IRS controversy behind him, President Obama named a new acting commissioner Thursday to replace the one he ousted the day before. Daniel Werfel, current controller of the Office of...
Tags: White House, Internal Revenue Service, Barack Obama, Jack Lew, Tea Party Movement
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McManus: The second-term scandal plague
What is it about presidents' second terms that makes them seem so scandal-ridden? Simple: The iron law of longevity. All governments make mistakes, and all governments try to hide those mistakes. But the longer an administration is in office, the more...Tags: White House, Barack Obama, Parties and Movements, Elections, U.S. Department of State
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Umbrage-gate: The scandalously premature diagnosis of a cancer on the presidency
Change of SubjectFrom the Sunday print column If it makes me a media lackey or a tail-wagging lap dog for President Barack Obama to hold out for, you know, actual evidence that he had anything to do with the various and glaring...... -
Amid damage control efforts, White House listens to outside advice
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senior White House officials responsible for navigating the administration through a trio of scandals met on Thursday with outside Democratic strategists for advice on how to get past the controversies and back on track advancing...Tags: White House, U.S. Department of Justice, Jay Carney, U.S. Congress, Eric Holder
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Government is trampling upon our right to freedom
In a democracy, the first rule of power is to know when not to use it. The sad results produced by leaders lacking this restraint are written far and wide across the yellowed pages of world history. That’s why we are greatly disturbed by news...Tags: Internal Revenue Service, Crime, Law and Justice, Freedom of the Press, Tea Party Movement, Politics
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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, U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Congress, Dave Camp, Barack Obama
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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: U.S. Congress, Barack Obama, U.S. House of Representatives, Employees, Tea Party Movement
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IRS bureaucrats saw Obama in rearview mirror
Of course the president deserves some of the blame. Yes, it's extremely unlikely he ordered the IRS to discriminate against tea party, pro-life or Jewish groups opposed to his agenda (though why anyone should take his word for it is beyond me). And...
Tags: September 11, 2001 Attacks, White House, Max Baucus, U.S. Congress, Barack Obama
May 20, 2013
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May 20, 2013
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May 19, 2013
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May 19, 2013
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May 16, 2013
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May 18, 2013
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May 18, 2013
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May 16, 2013
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May 16, 2013
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May 16, 2013
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May 16, 2013
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May 17, 2013
|Column| Chicago Tribune
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