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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Wednesday confirmed Marilyn Tavenner, a former nurse and hospital company executive, as the first full-fledged administrator for the Medicare and Medicaid healthcare programs since 2006. In a rare show of...

As we approach the summer months, we get closer and closer to 2014 and the dreaded  launch of Obamacare. We still face major uncertainty in how this massive takeover of health care will actually work. Families and small businesses in the 9th District don'...

* Obama says he 'will not tolerate' partisan actions by IRS * Republicans vow to continue probes of agency * Investigations will look for any links to White House By Matt Spetalnick and Kim Dixon WASHINGTON, May 15 (Reuters) - Washington's top tax...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said on Tuesday he had ordered the FBI to open a criminal probe in a growing scandal over the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative political groups for extra tax scrutiny. Holder'...

* Embattled acting IRS chief Miller goes to Capitol Hill * Growing calls in Congress for Miller's resignation * House tax panel set to hold hearing on Friday By David Ingram and Matt Spetalnick WASHINGTON, May 14 (Reuters) - Attorney General Eric...

* "Insufficient oversight" led to problems at IRS -report * Embattled acting IRS chief meets lawmakers * House tax panel is set to hold hearing on Friday By David Ingram and Matt Spetalnick WASHINGTON, May 14 (Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General Eric...

WASHINGTON – President Obama on Monday condemned the targeting of conservative groups by the Internal Revenue Service and vowed to punish anyone who may have taken part in it, as senators called for top IRS officials to resign and congressional...

By Jeff Mason and Thomas Ferraro WASHINGTON, May 13 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama sought on Monday to neutralize two crises that threatened his second term agenda, calling the apparent targeting of conservative groups by tax officials "outrageous"...

By Kim Dixon WASHINGTON, May 9 (Reuters) - The political goal is the same as it was in the mid-1980s - seed grass-roots support for an overhaul of the U.S. tax code - but the approach launched Thursday relies on email, not snail mail. The chairmen of...

By Linda Stern WASHINGTON, May 8 (Reuters) - Just when you may have thought that federal tax policy was set - that January's "fiscal cliff" deal meant you could go about your financial life with multi-year certainty - Washington is again talking of...

WASHINGTON -- A key House committee chairman said his panel would take a "more thoughtful" approach to legislation allowing states to force retailers to collect sales taxes on Internet purchases. His comments signaled that momentum from Monday's easy...

WASHINGTON — House Speaker John A. Boehner said he probably won't support legislation allowing states to require that larger retailers collect sales taxes on Internet purchases. And a key House committee chairman said his panel would take a...