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Column: Scowling face of the state
As soon as the Constitution permitted him to run for Congress, Al Salvi did. In 1986, just 26 and fresh from the University of Illinois law school, he sank $1,000 of his own money, which was most of his money, into his campaign to unseat an incumbent...Tags: Planned Parenthood, Computer Networking and Internet, Washington, DC, The New York Times, U.S. Congress
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Balto. Co. school board bill fails in final hours of Assembly session
Legislation to add elected members to the Baltimore County school board failed in the General Assembly late Monday, amid intense opposition from County Executive Kevin Kamenetz. The state Senate passed a measure last week to add six elected members to...Tags: Pikesville, Politics, Local Elections, Baltimore County, NAACP
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New IRS chief tells Congress he will clean up U.S. tax agency
ReutersBy Kim Dixon and John Whitesides WASHINGTON, June 3 (Reuters) - The new chief of the Internal Revenue Service told Congress on Monday the tax-collecting agency would fully investigate and repair the problems that led to the inappropriate targeting of...Tags: Labor Legislation, Taxation, Washington, DC, U.S. Congress, Career and Workplace
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Newly released IRS video shows employees dancing
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Internal Revenue Service has provided Congress with another video featuring its employees, this one showing about a dozen of them practicing dancing on a stage. The video, which lasts under three minutes, comes weeks after it...
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Pa. group's claim of IRS bias draws interest amid scandal
A Pennsylvania pro-Israel group's claim of being subject to improper scrutiny by the Internal Revenue Service has been thrust into the spotlight as a result of outrage over revenue officials' treatment of conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status....Tags: Trials, Taxation, IRS Tea Party Nonprofit Application Scandal (2013), Israel, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Top US tax breaks to cost $12 trln over decade, benefit wealthy-CBO
Reuters* Top 20 pct of earners get half the benefit of top breaks * Tax breaks on capital gains favor the wealthy * Study favors Obama's approach to tax reform -Democrats By David Lawder WASHINGTON, May 29 (Reuters) - The top ten U.S. tax deductions, credits...Tags: Sandy Levin, Taxation, Washington, DC, Public Finance, Christopher Van Hollen Jr.
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ANALYSIS-In any scandal, lying to Congress is tough to prove
Reuters(Repeats from earlier May 23 for wider distribution) By Joan Biskupic and Kim Dixon WASHINGTON, D.C., May 23 (Reuters) - When embattled Internal Revenue Service official Lois Lerner was called before a congressional committee Wednesday, she declared...Tags: Prosecution, U.S. Congress, Internal Revenue Service, U.S. Department of Justice, Richard Nixon
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Delaney looks to infrastructure funding in first bill
Maryland's newest member of the House of Representatives introduced his first bill on Wednesday, a new infrastructure funding proposal that has won bipartisan support in an otherwise divided Congress. Rep. John Delaney, the Potomac Democrat who has...Tags: Politics, U.S. House of Representatives, Tim Cook, U.S. Congress, Annapolis
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Amid rancor, a chance for U.S. action on trade bill
Reuters* Senator Baucus aiming for bipartisan bill by June * Representative Levin wants bill to cover currency * U.S. business gearing up to push for legislation By Doug Palmer WASHINGTON, May 22 (Reuters) - Major U.S. trade legislation appears...Tags: Washington, DC, Boeing Co., U.S. Congress, Trade Policy, Economic Organization
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Keeping a watchful eye on IRS
The popular impression is that President Barack Obama's Internal Revenue Service harassed only tea party and patriot-like groups seeking tax-exempt status. If it were only so. Allegations of IRS harassment of pro-life and religious groups reach as far...Tags: Planned Parenthood, Focus on the Family, Politics, Tea Party Movement, Taxation
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COLUMN: Tyranny is no longer 'lurking'
Given last week's revelation that the IRS targeted conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status, it's worth recalling President Barack Obama's Ohio State University commencement address. The president decried "voices" warning "that tyranny is always...Tags: Politics, Tea Party Movement, Ron Paul, Taxation, Barack Obama
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IRS probe ignored most influential groups
IRS probe ignored most influential groups KEN THOMAS,Associated Press STEVE PEOPLES,Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — There's an irony in the Internal Revenue Service's crackdown on conservative groups. The nation's tax agency has admitted to...
Tags: Pension and Welfare, Literature, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Christopher Van Hollen Jr., U.S. Congress
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