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U.S. Democrats call for controls on tax-exempt groups at IRS hearing
Reuters* Senators put focus on "loophole" for political activity * "There are two scandals here," Senator Menendez says * Former IRS chief says enforcement "very, very difficult" By Gabriel Debenedetti and David Lindsey WASHINGTON, May 21 (Reuters) - As they...Tags: IRS Tea Party Nonprofit Application Scandal (2013), Politics, Karl Rove, Tea Party Movement, Political Fundraising
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IRS official will refuse to answer questions at U.S. House hearing
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Lois Lerner, an Internal Revenue Service official who revealed that the agency was giving extra scrutiny to conservative groups, will assert her constitutional right not to answer questions from a congressional committee on...Tags: Politics, Criminals, Tea Party Movement, Barack Obama, Trials
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WRAPUP 1-U.S. tax official at center of scandal won't testify -lawyer
ReutersBy Kim Dixon WASHINGTON, May 21 (Reuters) - Lois Lerner, the Internal Revenue Service official at the center of a scandal about the targeting of conservative groups for extra tax scrutiny, plans to assert her constitutional right not to answer...Tags: Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Criminals, White House, Career and Workplace, Barack Obama
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LETTER: Questions IRS Article
The May 19 article "IRS Exemption Unit An Island" [news] is at best misleading. It says "nothing yet suggests the IRS agents ... had a political agenda." If there was no political agenda, why target investigations based on organization names implying...Tags: Politics, Internal Revenue Service
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LETTER: IRS Problem Isn't Obama's
Regarding "IRS Boss: Policy Not Partisan" [May 18, news]: First, let's remember that the head of the IRS when the stepped-up examination of conservative groups' applicatiions for tax-exempt staus began was appointed by George Bush. So I have to question...Tags: Politics, Gerald Ford, George W. Bush, Barack Obama, Richard Nixon
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RPT-IRS officials back on Capitol Hill hot seat over targeting
Reuters(Repeats with no changes to text) * Former IRS head Shulman to give first public testimony * Lawmakers seek specifics about who knew of practice, and when By John Whitesides WASHINGTON, May 21 (Reuters) - A U.S. Senate panel will try on Tuesday to pry...Tags: Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Politics, White House, Tea Party Movement, George W. Bush
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Top IRS official will invoke 5th Amendment
WASHINGTON — A top IRS official in the division that reviews nonprofit groups will invoke the 5th Amendment and refuse to answer questions before a House committee investigating the agency’s improper screening of conservative nonprofit groups....Tags: Politics, Tea Party Movement, Natural Disasters, Barack Obama, Internal Revenue Service
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IRS not only agency in disarray
This is probably the tip of the iceberg ("Report finds disarray at IRS," May 15). Most government employees believe in large government where can you work and get a pension that you do not pay into and have health care that you do not pay into as well...
Tags: Politics, Internal Revenue Service
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Top White House adviser says Obama learned of IRS scandal from news reports
WASHINGTON (AP) — A top White House adviser insisted Sunday that President Barack Obama learned the Internal Revenue Service had targeted tea party groups only "when it came out in the news" while Republicans continued to press the administration...Tags: White House, Political Fundraising, Barack Obama, CNN (tv network), Rand Paul
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Republican cites IRS scandal in close Virginia governor's race
ReutersBy Gary Robertson RICHMOND, Va., May 18 (Reuters) - Virginia Republicans on Saturday formally nominated Ken Cuccinelli for governor in the nation's marquee 2013 political race, and the conservative attorney general wasted no time reminding voters of...Tags: The Washington Post, Bob McDonnell, Regional Authority, Politics, Tea Party Movement
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Umbrage-gate: The scandalously premature diagnosis of a cancer on the presidency
Change of SubjectFrom the Sunday print column -- anyone who ends up here via James Taranto might like to see my response to the blogger here If it makes me a media lackey or a tail-wagging lap dog for President Barack Obama...... -
Congress expands inquiry into IRS handling of conservative groups
WASHINGTON — Congressional investigators are broadening their inquiry into the Internal Revenue Service's mishandling of groups seeking tax-exempt status, indicating that they plan to examine how the agency dealt with a wide swath of nonprofit...
Tags: IRS Tea Party Nonprofit Application Scandal (2013), Politics, Karl Rove, White House, Carney (music group)
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