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Mark Sanford sworn into Congress, calls himself 'humbled'
WASHINGTON -- Mark Sanford, after a detour to the governor's office and, infamously, to Argentina, is back in Washington as a member of Congress. The former three-term congressman and two-term governor was sworn in Wednesday as the representative for...Tags: Comedy Central (tv network), Washington, DC, Elections, John Boehner, Internal Revenue Service
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US Republicans vow to fight for spending cuts as deficit shrinks
Reuters* Lawmakers reaffirm 10-year balanced budget goal * Seek to tie debt limit hike to tax reform By David Lawder and Rachelle Younglai WASHINGTON, May 15 (Reuters) - Republicans in the House of Representatives vowed on Wednesday to press on with their...Tags: George W. Bush, Fannie Mae, Justice System, Public Finance, Weather Reports
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Republicans vow to fight for spending cuts as deficit shrinks
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans in the House of Representatives vowed on Wednesday to press on with their campaign to further slash spending on U.S. government benefits programs despite evidence that the deficit is shrinking rapidly. The lawmakers...Tags: George W. Bush, Fannie Mae, Elections, Public Finance, Weather Reports
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IRS demands alarm Florida tea partyers
WASHINGTON — When the South Florida Tea Party applied last year for tax-exempt status as a nonprofit group, the IRS demands were probing and relentless: Provide copies of all 7,000 Web pages. All blog posts, newsletters, bulletins, fliers and...
Tags: Tea Party Movement, Michele Bachmann, IRS Tea Party Nonprofit Application Scandal (2013), Labor Legislation, Internal Revenue Service
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In new era, Brown has the clout to corral Legislature
SACRAMENTO — Dynamics have shifted dramatically in California's Capitol since Gov. Jerry Brown returned two years ago—both fiscal and political dynamics. The two are intertwined. And Brown is the beneficiary. In short, because the state'...
Tags: Connie Conway, Regional Authority, Voting, Government, Elections
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Obama: Acting IRS commissioner has resigned over scandal
The acting commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service was fired on Wednesday as President Barack Obama sought to stem a rising tide of criticism over the agency's targeting of conservative groups for special scrutiny. Seeking to regain the...Tags: Tea Party Movement, U.S. House of Representatives, Jack Lew, Barack Obama, John Boehner
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Key Witness Talks Of $5,000 In Refrigerator And Texts About Killing Smoke-Shop Bill
The Hartford CourantHarry Raymond Soucy, the key witness in the federal trial of Robert Braddock, gave explosive testimony Wednesday, claiming that he put $5,000 in a Republican legislative leader's refrigerator last year — and was featured in audiotapes and text...Tags: Telecommunication Service, Waterbury, Justice System, Bribery, Trials
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Lawmakers test Brown's no-tax resolve with calls to hike levies
SACRAMENTO — Releasing his latest budget plan this week, Gov. Jerry Brown repeated his assurance that the tax hikes voters agreed to last fall were enough, that he won't ask them to dig deeper into their pockets any time soon. "We just got a...
Tags: Regional Authority, Justice System, Consumer Goods Industries, Jerry Brown, Politics
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Analysis: As scandals mount, White House springs into damage control
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - With no sign of an end to three mushrooming scandals, the White House acknowledged the rising political dangers on Wednesday by launching a concerted effort at damage control. In a whirlwind few hours, the administration moved...Tags: Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Elections, U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary, Washington, DC, Internal Revenue Service
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WRAPUP 1-U.S. tax chief forced out in IRS scandal
Reuters* 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...Tags: Tea Party Movement, Washington, DC, Labor Legislation, Mitch McConnell, U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means
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Watergate's lessons seem to be forgotten
"He has, acting personally and through his subordinates and agents, endeavored to … cause, in violation of the constitutional rights of citizens, income tax audits or other income tax investigations to be initiated or conducted in a...
Tags: Tea Party Movement, Woodrow Wilson, Justice System, U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary, IRS Tea Party Nonprofit Application Scandal (2013)
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DOCUMENTS: White House releases trove of Benghazi emails
WASHINGTON (AP) — Then CIA-Director David Petraeus objected to the final talking points the Obama administration used after the deadly assault on a U.S. diplomatic post in Benghazi, Libya, because he wanted to see more details revealed to the...
Tags: Libya, Washington, DC, Elections, John Boehner, U.S. Congress
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