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Building evacuated in Aberdeen after Congressional staffers find suspicious envelopes
Three envelopes without return addresses were sent to Aberdeen offices of South Dakota's congressional delegation, causing emergency officials to block off streets and a hazardous materials team to investigate Friday. About 20 people were evacuated...
Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Fires, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Barack Obama, Disasters and Accidents
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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, Justice System, Richard Nixon, Benghazi, Politics
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National sales tax would hurt poor and middle class
Robert J. Fisher's Your View proposing a national sales tax and balanced budget amendment is a win-win for conservatives but an out-and-out loser for most Americans. A 5 percent sales tax, for example, would reduce the standard of living for the middle...Tags: Whitehall
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The real IRS scandal
The real scandal is why the IRS approved for tax-exempt status organizations that were plainly political and not "social welfare" organizations, as section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code requires ("Taxing the tea party," May 14). The GOP's phony...
Tags: Internal Revenue Service
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The giant, shocking IRS scandal that wasn't
There's nothing Washington likes better than a scandal. So official Washington was absolutely orgasmic this week while dealing with not one, but three scandals at the same time. Not one of which, sadly, was a sex scandal. First, there were accusations...Tags: James Inhofe, Barack Obama, The Associated Press, Justice System, John Boehner
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The GOP pivots on the IRS scandal
The scandal surrounding the Internal Revenue Service's handling of applications for tax-exempt status by "tea party" groups and other right-leaning organizations took a sharp turn at the House Ways and Means Committee on Friday. In addition to decrying...
Tags: Barack Obama, The New York Times, White House, Justice System, Benghazi
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Fort Lauderdale Forum finds IRS requests taxing
Sun SentinelThe Fort Lauderdale Forum was turned down for tax-exempt status, it says, by IRS officials who told the nonprofit discussion group that “…a group of individuals reminiscing about the past … is not educational.” Now the group&...Tags: Fort Lauderdale, FBI, The New York Times, Barack Obama, Taxation
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Letters to the editor: Drunken driving, Ramirez, and conspiracy theories
On Tuesday, the National Transportation Safety Board proposed lowering the legal limit for a driver's blood alcohol from .08 percent to .05 percent. This is about two beers in an hour for a 155-pound woman. While one can argue whether or not that is too...Tags: Marco Rubio, National Transportation Safety Board, White House, U.S. Senate, Voting
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Corporate money in politics: Liberals vs. liberals on Prop. C
The Times editorial board offended some liberal readers when it urged a no vote on Proposition C, which asks voters in the city of Los Angeles to “instruct” local members of Congress to support a constitutional amendment to overturn the...
Tags: University of California, Irvine, Elections, The Huffington Post, U.S. Congress, Politics
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Factbox: Key players in the IRS scandal
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Three congressional committees and the Department of Justice are investigating the Internal Revenue Service's scrutiny of conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status as the scandal distracts from President Barack Obama's second-...Tags: Danny Werfel, U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, Barack Obama, White House
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Ousted IRS chief defends against partisan charges
WASHINGTON — The ousted head of the Internal Revenue Service apologized Friday for the agency's "foolish mistakes" in singling out conservative groups for intrusive and time-consuming scrutiny, but said that the effort was not driven by partisan...
Tags: Kevin Brady, Barack Obama, White House, Diane Black, Justice System
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George Michael: Obamacare - The coming train wreck
According to one national leader, Obamacare is “a huge train wreck coming down.” You might be tempted to dismiss this quote as another tea party attack on the president’s health care law. But you would be wrong. This statement was...Tags: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Healthcare Laws, Kathleen Sebelius, Transportation Accidents, U.S. Senate Committee on Finance
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