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Obama's conduct at heart of scandals
I find it unbelievable that The Sun would editorialize that the story is not the IRS going after conservative groups or the Benghazi situation being mismanaged and the administration misinforming the public but how the GOP is overreaching ("GOP can't help...
Tags: Politics, Benghazi, Taxation, Barack Obama
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Boxing Obama in
Greater than the risk of being accused of criminality in the three scandals now gripping the Obama administration is the peril that the president's substantive agenda is being hopelessly knocked off track. The liberal Illinois senator who entered the...Tags: Executive Branch, Human Interest, U.S. Senate, Barack Obama, Darrell E Issa
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IRS closed today
As part of the sequester to cut federal spending, the IRS will be closed today. Offices, toll-free hotlines, the taxpayer advocate service and hundreds of taxpayer assistance centers — closed. Workers at the agency won’t be paid. This is...
Tags: Politics, Taxation, Layoffs and Downsizing
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First Amendment clause-trophobia
Jonah Goldberg"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a...Tags: Church and State Relations, Fox News Channel (tv network), Physical Fitness and Exercise, Nancy Pelosi, The New York Times
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Letters to the Editor - May 24
Let us do more than just change gun laws To the editor: A look at the world through gun ownership will confirm that a higher percentage of gun availability increases the murder rate. For example, I traveled to Morocco and was told that gun ownership...Tags: Car Safety Tips and Advice, Politics, Barack Obama, Disasters and Accidents, Elections
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IRS puts head of problem office on leave
WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service has replaced the head of the office under fire for improperly targeting conservative groups, a day after she invoked the 5th Amendment and refused to answer questions before a congressional committee. Lois...
Tags: Darrell E Issa, Barack Obama, Parties and Movements, Carl Levin, FBI
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IRS scandal fails to dent Obama's standing
For more than two years, GOP lawmakers have sought - and failed - to find a scandal to take down the presidency of Barack Obama. It's not been for lack of trying. There was Solyndra, an expensive, failed effort to underwrite a firm promising solar...Tags: Solyndra LLC, Barack Obama, CNN (tv network), Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Politics
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Will Justice Department grant request?
After IRS official Lois Lerner exercised her Fifth Amendment right not to testify before the House Committee on May 22, Chairman Darrell Issa said he would seek Department of Justice cooperation in granting Lerner criminal immunity in return for her...Tags: Pompano Beach, Eric Holder, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice
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No need to fear IRS
Many of us harbor the fear of an IRS letter when opening our mailbox. After watching the congressional hearings and listening to the testimony of Lois Lerner, who heads the exempt organizations unit at the IRS, I realized this fear was unwarranted. All...Tags: Politics, Taxation
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Does the IRS scandal give the tea party a boost?
The tea party must be loving this IRS scandal. I mean, the tea party hates everything the IRS represents — taxes, big government, you name it. And now, with the IRS stonewalling over the tax exempt status scandal, the tea party must be...
Tags: Politics, Taxation, Tea Party Movement, Parties and Movements
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Voice of the People, May. 24
Loss of a dog I read a newspaper every day. No matter what city I am in, I immediately tune into the editorial and op-ed pages. I have read columns from so many diverse writers, Jonah Goldberg to Mike Royko. The column "Losing the gift of best dog ever"...Tags: Politics, Chicago Tribune Columnists, Taxation, Barack Obama, Eric Zorn
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IRS, Benghazi, DOJ etc.
Change of SubjectIn an email, commenter Beth writes: I am perplexed as to why you have not addressed some of the major news of the past week or so. The last you had about any of the issues — and they're important......
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