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Mich. disabled vets could see property tax relief
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Some disabled veterans living in Michigan could get some relief next tax season under legislation being debated in the state Senate. Two different bills passed by the Senate Finance Committee last week have one aim: to...Tags: Politics, Disabled American Veterans, Physical Disabilities, American Legion, Taxation
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Michigan lawmakers aim to provide property tax relief for some disabled veterans
Associated PressLANSING, Mich. (AP) — Some disabled veterans living in Michigan could get some relief next tax season under legislation being debated in the state Senate. One bill would allow cities and townships to provide a tax exemption on a veteran's principal...Tags: Physical Disabilities, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
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How the IRS spun out of control
WASHINGTON — Steven Miller, the top enforcement official at the Internal Revenue Service, thought he might have trouble on his hands. Election season was well underway in March 2012 when tea party organizations started to complain angrily of IRS...
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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: Tea Party Movement, Budget Control Act of 2011, Darrell E Issa, U.S. Congress, Politics
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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: Tea Party Movement, Republican Party, Kathleen Sebelius, Politics, The Washington Post
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House showdown set over IRS targeting of conservative groups
WASHINGTON -- The ousted top official of the Internal Revenue Service will appear before a House committee Friday morning, his first public appearance since controversy erupted last week over how the agency mishandled applications for tax-exempt status...Tags: George H.W. Bush, Politics, U.S. Congress, Internal Revenue Service, Barack Obama
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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: Tea Party Movement, Republican Party, U.S. Congress, Politics, Internal Revenue Service
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Ouster of IRS official isn't ending investigations
WASHINGTON (AP) — Don't look for the outcry over the Internal Revenue Service's improper targeting of tea party groups to subside with the ouster of the agency's acting commissioner. Three congressional committees are investigating and the FBI...Tags: Tea Party Movement, U.S. Congress, Politics, Eric Holder, Crime, Law and Justice
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Obama ousts IRS chief over inquiry
WASHINGTON — President Obama forced out the head of the IRS on Wednesday, seeking to restore the public's faith in the tax agency while asserting a measure of control over a rapidly growing political problem. Making a hastily scheduled statement...
Tags: Eric Holder, Interior Policy, John Boehner, Barack Obama, U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
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Casey, Toomey on Senate committee that will investigate IRS next week
Call Washington BureauPennsylvania's two U.S. senators sit on the powerful tax-writing Senate Finance Committee, which will begin its investigation of the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative groups at a hearing on Tuesday. Republicans and Democrats are...Tags: Tea Party Movement, Politics, Patrick J. Toomey, Robert P. Casey, Jr., Jim Gerlach
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U.S. lawmakers press for changes at scandal-plagued tax agency
ReutersBy Kim Dixon and Matt Spetalnick WASHINGTON, May 15 (Reuters) - As Republican lawmakers stepped up their calls for top Internal Revenue Service officials to resign, President Barack Obama planned to meet with Treasury officials on Wednesday to discuss...Tags: Tea Party Movement, Politics, Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. House of Representatives, Internal Revenue Service
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Republican Hatch says IRS acting chief should leave
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top Republican on the tax-writing Senate Finance Committee said on Tuesday it was time for the acting head of the Internal Revenue Service, Steven Miller, to leave his post amid a growing controversy over IRS scrutiny of...Tags: Tea Party Movement, Politics, U.S. House of Representatives, Orrin Hatch, Internal Revenue Service
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