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EDITORIAL: Wake up the IRS watchdogs
Seattle TimesENFORCEMENT of federal tax laws has key benchmarks that must be respected. The rules and regulations must be applied in an equitable, nonpartisan and timely manner. The Internal Revenue Service appears to have broken all the rules with its treatment...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Internal Revenue Service, Taxation, Budget Control Act of 2011, Barack Obama
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President's remarks at Ellicott Dredges
Remarks by President Barack Obama this afternoon at Ellicott Dredges in Baltimore, from the White House.  THE PRESIDENT: Hello, Baltimore! (Applause.) Well, it is wonderful to see all of you. Give Duncan a big round of applause for the great...
Tags: Ray Lewis, White House, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Family, Government
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EDITORIAL: Department of Justice grab of AP phone records is shameful
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, TexasThe Avalanche-Journal's Friday editorial ... The U.S. Justice Department's seizure of two months' worth of telephone records of Associated Press journalists is an outrageous assault against the First Amendment and any American who values our Bill of...Tags: Chuck Schumer, Civil Rights, Central Intelligence Agency, Crime, Law and Justice, Al-Qaeda
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What Congress should ask IRS, but probably won't
Reuters(Reuters) - The House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee on Friday will hold the first of three hearings on the Internal Revenue Service "Tea Party" targeting scandal. Tax experts hope the hearings go beyond finger-pointing and get to the...Tags: Internal Revenue Service, Taxation, Tea Party Movement, U.S. House of Representatives, Politics
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Farm Bill cultivated in Congress
While farmers are struggling to get seeds in the ground and ranchers are moving livestock to pasture, Congress is stepping closer to piecing together the 2013 Farm Bill. Â Issues, some big and some small, still divide lawmakers and the process will take...Tags: U.S. House Committee on Agriculture, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Agriculture, Science and Technology, U.S. Senate
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Walorski, Upton vote to repeal health care law
U.S. Rep. Jackie Walorski, R-Jimtown, was among 227 House Republicans and two House Democrats to vote Thursday to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare. The vote was 229-195 in favor of repeal. Four Democrats...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Jackie Walorski, Elections, Republican Party, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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Questions on targeting are 'loaded,' IRS official says
WASHINGTON – The acting head of the IRS insisted Friday that he and other agency officials did not mislead Congress by failing to disclose that applications by conservative groups for tax-exempt status were mishandled, and he said to call it...Tags: Internal Revenue Service, Taxation, U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means, Consumers, Paul Ryan
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Defense official says U.S. has authority to target terrorists anywhere
WASHINGTON — A senior Pentagon official told a Senate committee Thursday that the U.S. would be at war with Al Qaeda for 15 to 20 more years and said the military could target terrorists anywhere under a law passed after the Sept. 11 terrorist...
Tags: U.S. Department of Defense, Central Intelligence Agency, Crime, Law and Justice, Al-Qaeda, George W. Bush
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Obama responds to criticism with 'fix it' strategy
WASHINGTON — At a news conference in a rainy Rose Garden on Thursday, President Obama and the Turkish prime minister had weighty matters to discuss — the bloody civil war in Syria, a disastrous Syrian refugee crisis and Turkey's strained...Tags: White House, Al Gore, Sex Crimes, Chuck Hagel, Joint Chiefs of Staff
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House votes for more scrutiny of economic impact of SEC rules
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - A divided House of Representatives on Friday passed a Republican-sponsored bill that would force federal securities regulators to conduct more economic analysis before adopting rules for Wall Street. The bill, which is not expected...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Crime, Law and Justice, Elections, Laws, Parties and Movements
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Dollar tops 103 yen, a 4-1/2-year high, on robust U.S. data
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - The dollar rallied across the board on Friday, topping the 103-yen level as it hit a 4-1/2-year high against the Japanese currency, after data showing a robust rebound in U.S. consumer sentiment prompted investors to add to bullish...Tags: Gross Domestic Product, Elections, European Debt Crisis, Mutual Funds, Stock Market
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Tri-Cities tea-party group says it was IRS target
Seattle TimesAn Eastern Washington tea-party group says it was among those targeted by the Internal Revenue Service for extra scrutiny when it applied for nonprofit status. Organizers with the Tri-Cities Tea Party said they received two rounds of detailed...Tags: Internal Revenue Service, Taxation, Tea Party Movement, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Barack Obama
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