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Take responsibility for Lehigh County tax increase
It's hard not to be disappointed in how Dean Browning is running his campaign for Lehigh County executive. His current effort to deny his responsibility for the 16 percent tax increase of 2010 — and to accuse his opponent Scott Ott of being...Tags: Don Cunningham, Politics, Emmaus, Elections
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IRS watchdog: Low-level workers reversed bid to fix Tea Party review
ReutersWASHINGTON, May 14 (Reuters) - An Internal Revenue Service auditor said on Tuesday that a top Washington official, when she learned that agents were targeting conservative groups for extra scrutiny of their tax status, immediately changed the policy to...Tags: Politics, Career and Workplace, Internal Revenue Service, Labor Legislation, Taxation
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Today's Buzz: Allen West for Lt. Gov?
Orlando Sentinel Editorial BoardThe lieutenant governor’s job in Florida has been open since Jennifer Carroll’s surprise resignation in March because of her prior work for an Internet café operator. Gov. Rick Scott said he would take his time filling the position, but told a...Tags: Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Executive Branch, Politics, Regional Authority, Allen West
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Will Republicans let Obama have his scandal?
Republicans in Congress are so hungry for scalps, they just can't leave well enough alone. The scandal engulfing the Internal Revenue Service is a story that's playing to their benefit. On Monday, after having the weekend to think about it, Sen. Marco...Tags: Robert Gates, Google Inc., George W. Bush, Internal Revenue Service, U.S. Department of State
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U.S. IRS agrees that some Tea Party targeting was 'inappropriate'
ReutersMay 14 (Reuters) - In response to a scathing report by a watchdog about its targeting of some conservative groups for extra scrutiny, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service said on Tuesday that it agreed that "inappropriate shortcuts were used" to screen...Tags: Politics, Internal Revenue Service, Taxation, Barack Obama
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FACTBOX-Major findings of watchdog report on IRS targeting
ReutersMay 14 (Reuters) - Ineffective management and bureaucratic confusion at the Internal Revenue Service fueled the agency's inappropriate targeting of conservative political groups for extra tax scrutiny, a government watchdog said on Tuesday. The report by...Tags: Politics, Internal Revenue Service, Taxation
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New details -- good and bad -- from the IRS inspector general's report
A new report by the Internal Revenue Service's inspector general offered a few new details Tuesday about the scandal revolving around the IRS' treatment of "tea party" groups seeking tax-exempt status. Those details were in part damning and in part...
Tags: Internal Revenue Service, Labor Legislation, Elections, Lobbying, U.S. Department of the Treasury
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IRS scandal report: Poor management cited for targeting of conservatives
A government watchdog criticized the Internal Revenue Service today for singling out conservative groups for extra scrutiny and warned that the agency's actions made it appear that it was not politically impartial. Citing poor management and substantial...Tags: Politics, Career and Workplace, Internal Revenue Service, Labor Legislation, Taxation
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McManus: Mother knows best
There are two things you can do for your mother on Mother's Day. One is to say "thank you." (Over lunch, with flowers.) The other is to ask her for advice — even if she's not convinced you really want it. "I don't think kids take any advice from...
Tags: Ronald Reagan, Safeway Inc., Mother's Day, Television Industry, Executive Branch
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IRS focus on Tea Party "inappropriate" if true - White House
ReutersWASHINGTON, May 10 (Reuters) - If the Internal Revenue Service targeted conservative Tea Party groups for special scrutiny as reported, that action would have been inappropriate and warrants consequences, White House spokesman Jay Carney said on Friday....Tags: Internal Revenue Service, Washington, DC, Jay Carney
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By request: Open thread on the IRS controversy
Change of SubjectStory: WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A senior Internal Revenue Service official knew in 2011 that IRS agents were giving extra scrutiny to conservative Tea Party groups, according to documents from a watchdog office obtained by Reuters on Saturday.... White... -
IRS unites nation with shoddy treatment of tea party groups
Finally, a small cadre of busybody bureaucrats has discovered a way to bring this divided country together. Thank you, IRS, for pulling off what no politician has been able to do. Mortal political enemies on both sides of the aisle agree: The IRS...
Tags: Fox News Channel (tv network), Politics, Internal Revenue Service, The Washington Post, Taxation
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May 12, 2013
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May 10, 2013
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