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Finding permanent IRS chief difficult job for Obama
ReutersPresident Barack Obama on Thursday chose a White House budget official to lead the beleaguered Internal Revenue Service and vowed to ensure that the tax-collection agency will not single out any more groups based on their political beliefs. Danny Werfel,...Tags: Dick Durbin, Budget Control Act of 2011, Max Baucus, Government, Tea Party Movement
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McAuliffe holds narrow lead over Cuccinelli in new poll
Richmond Times-DispatchDemocrat Terry McAuliffe has a slight lead of 43 percent to 38 percent over Republican Ken Cuccinelli in the 2013 Virginia governor's race, according to a poll released this morniong. And the state would break for Democrats Hillary Clinton and U.S. Sen....Tags: Marco Rubio, Government, Ken Cuccinelli, Paul Ryan, Elections
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Tax chief forced out in IRS scandal
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Washington's top tax official was fired on Wednesday as President Barack Obama sought to stem a rising tide of criticism over the Internal Revenue Service's improper targeting of conservative groups for special scrutiny. With three...Tags: Max Baucus, Tea Party Movement, Crime, Law and Justice, IRS Tea Party Nonprofit Application Scandal (2013), Labor Legislation
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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel No Quarter column
Milwaukee Journal SentinelMilwaukee County Sheriff David A. Clarke Jr. recently announced that he had been named the "sheriff of the year" for 2013 by the Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association. Clarke put out a press release saying he was "both honored and...Tags: Parties and Movements, Fluoride, Elections, Politics, Crime, Law and Justice
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Should Bill Nelson run for governor of Florida?
How many times can Bill Nelson say ‘no’ before we get the hint? It doesn’t matter that he likes his job in the U.S. Senate, or any of the initiatives he thinks will be good for his constituents. He’s needed by his desperate...
Tags: Bill Nelson, Regional Authority, Rick Scott, Government, Elections
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Repeal of Jordan Lake cleanup rules advances
The News & ObserverThe full Senate on Wednesday approved a bill repealing measures to clean up Jordan Lake that have been in place for several years. Republicans said the measures haven't improved water quality at the lake, but Democrats argued the environmental rules...Tags: Forestry and Timber, Government, Environmental Politics, Crime, Law and Justice, Labor Legislation
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State budget writers bound by pasts, not vision
The News TribuneAt a high school baseball game in his hometown last week helping sell raffle tickets to benefit his favorite charity, Andy Hill made his pitch with a personal story. "I'm a lung cancer survivor, was diagnosed four years ago this month," Hill told the...Tags: Leukemia, Soccer, Parties and Movements, Elections, Health Treatments
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GOP legislators use power to control local affairs
ATLANTA (AP) — Even with Republicans holding unprecedented political power across the South, Democrats remain mostly in charge of urban centers in otherwise conservative states. Yet increasingly that control is threatened, not at the ballot box, but...
Tags: Parties and Movements, Government, Elections, Environmental Politics, Politics
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Central Florida Republicans rally to take out Castor Dentel
Tallahassee Bureau ChiefTALLAHASSEE -- Republican House District 30 candidate Bob Cortes, who hopes to defeat freshman Democrat Karen Castor Dentel next year, is holding his campaign kickoff and fundraiser at 5:30 p.m. tonight at the Longwood Community Building. Castor Dentel ...Tags: Republican Party, Seminole County, Sanford, Longwood (Seminole, Florida), Parties and Movements
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The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson, Tim Steller column
The Arizona Daily Star, TucsonFor more than half an hour Tuesday, former Republican congressional candidate Martha McSally spoke enthusiastically to Pima County GOP activists. Not a word about Benghazi. Nothing on the IRS scandal. Naught about The Associated Press affair....Tags: Parties and Movements, Elections, Politics, Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. Military
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Not everyone is out to destroy Hillary all the time
In recent days, Foreign Policy magazine's tally of the number of Hillary Rodham Clinton references during last Wednesday's Benghazi hearing has become grist for politicians and reporters to extrapolate wider political truths about the House Oversight...
Tags: Yeast Infection, Elections, Politics, Witnesses, Prosecution
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U.S. Senate Democrat to examine tax-exempt group rules
ReutersWASHINGTON, May 15 (Reuters) - The Democratic chairman of the U.S. Senate Finance Committee said his tax code revamp will examine rules for nonprofit groups' political activities in hopes of preventing a repeat of the botched Internal Revenue Service...Tags: Max Baucus, Parties and Movements, U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, Economy, Business and Finance, Finance
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