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Key IRS official refuses to testify
WASHINGTON — In a contentious climax Wednesday to a series of congressional hearings, Lois Lerner, a key IRS manager, invoked her right to not testify about the agency's targeting of conservative groups, igniting howls from Republicans and...
Tags: Tea Party Movement, Witnesses, Barack Obama, Georgetown, Parties and Movements
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Performances worthy of an audit
WASHINGTON — They were the speak-no-evil and see-no-evil duo of the Internal Revenue Service. Lois Lerner, who runs the IRS office that targeted tea party and similar conservative groups for extra scrutiny, took the Fifth, when she appeared...Tags: Witnesses, Tea Party Movement, Barack Obama, Trey Gowdy, U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
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Julian Bond: Race relations progress still has long way to go
I have always suspected racists didn't like being called out for their racism. Now I have proof. When I told MSNBC's Thomas Roberts on May 14th that the tea party was "the Taliban wing of American politics", a firestorm erupted. Arguing the IRS was...Tags: Tea Party Movement, NAACP, Sociology, Culture, Social Issues
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Toomey: It's hard to conclude that IRS scrutiny wasn't politically motivated
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey said Tuesday that without knowing who at the Internal Revenue Service is responsible for the extra scrutiny applied to tea party groups, it's impossible to conclude it was not politically motivated. Toomey made the...Tags: Tea Party Movement, Lehigh County, Occupy Wall Street, Barack Obama, The Washington Post
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With Obama in the dark, administration planned how to stage-manage news of IRS scandal
McClatchy Washington BureauWASHINGTON Weeks before the world and apparently President Barack Obama himself heard about the details of the Internal Revenue Service scandal, top people in his administration started planning how to stage-manage the release of the information....Tags: Tea Party Movement, Jack Lew, Mike Crapo, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Barack Obama
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The IRS was doing its job
After listening to the news reports for the past week, I think I must be the only person in America who thinks that the IRS is supposed to look for people and groups who might try to evade taxes ("Taxing the tea party," May 13). I am an honest person...
Tags: Politics, Tea Party Movement, Taxation, Transportation Security Administration
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Top IRS official pleads the 5th Amendment at testy House hearing
WASHINGTON — A top Internal Revenue Service official invoked the 5th Amendment and declined to testify Wednesday before a House committee investigating the agency’s mishandling of applications by some conservative groups for tax-exempt status....
Tags: Tea Party Movement, Barack Obama, Lawyers, Parties and Movements, Trey Gowdy
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Former IRS chief tells U.S. lawmakers 'dismayed' by targeting
ReutersWASHINGTON, May 21 (Reuters) - The former head of the Internal Revenue Service told U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday he was "dismayed" to learn that the tax agency had subjected conservative groups to extra scrutiny under his watch. At a congressional hearing,...Tags: Politics, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Taxation
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U.S. Senate panel hammers Apple over offshore tax strategies
ReutersBy Patrick Temple-West WASHINGTON, May 21 (Reuters) - Apple Inc came under fire on Tuesday at a Senate hearing over an investigation that alleged the U.S. high technology icon has kept billions of dollars in profits in Irish subsidiaries and paid...Tags: Tim Cook, Politics, Government, National Government, Republic of Ireland
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Mail Call - May 23
“I firmly believe that the gay community has the right to marry. Why shouldn’t they be as miserable as we heterosexuals. Sometimes wishing for something is better than having it.” — Clear Spring “To all the people out...Tags: Health and Safety at School, Tea Party Movement, Punishment, Waynesboro (Waynesboro, Virginia), Barack Obama
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FACTBOX-Who knew what when in the IRS 'Tea Party' scandal
ReutersMay 22 (Reuters) - The U.S. Internal Revenue Service has been under intense scrutiny since May 10, when the tax-collection agency acknowledged that workers had used partisan criteria to intensely scrutinize conservative groups' applications for tax-exempt...Tags: Tea Party Movement, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Barack Obama, U.S. Department of Justice, Taxation
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Under fire from loyalists, White House admits 'potholes' in handling IRS scandal
Reuters* "Been some legitimate criticisms" * Shifting story puts White House under glare * Appearance of clumsiness By Steve Holland WASHINGTON, May 22 (Reuters) - Facing criticism from Democratic loyalists, the White House acknowledged on Wednesday that...Tags: George W. Bush, Denis R. McDonough, Government, Public Officials, U.S. Department of the Treasury
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