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Corbett's public welfare chief disputes financial gains of Medicaid expansion
HARRISBURG — The Legislature's Independent Fiscal Office has been praised for its thorough, fair number-crunching and for being as nonpartisan as its name suggests since opening last year. But that pristine image may be tarnished now that the...Tags: Elections, Economy, Business and Finance, Pension and Welfare, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, Interior Policy
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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: Robert P. Casey, Jr., Tea Party Movement, Taxation, Patrick J. Toomey, IRS Tea Party Nonprofit Application Scandal (2013)
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Senate panel passes immigration bill; Obama praises move
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Senate panel on Tuesday approved legislation to give millions of illegal immigrants a path to citizenship, setting up a spirited debate next month in the full Senate over the biggest changes in immigration policy in a generation....Tags: Justice and Rights, Elections, Orrin Hatch, Democratic Party, Immigration
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Newton R. Russell dies at 85; veteran California legislator
Newton R. Russell, a veteran state senator known as an expert on California's complex public pension system and a stickler for upholding legislative rules, died Saturday of lung cancer at his La Cañada Flintridge home, his family said. He was 85. A...
Tags: Elections, Pension and Welfare, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Health and Safety at Work, Richard Nixon
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Obama pledges all necessary help for storm-hit Oklahoma
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday offered condolences for the victims of a deadly tornado in Oklahoma and pledged to focus the nation's resources on recovery and rebuilding. "As a nation, our full focus right now is on the...Tags: Tom Coburn, Executive Branch, Tornadoes, Barack Obama, Craig Fugate
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U.S. CFTC watchdog faults Gensler for recusal from MF Global probe
ReutersBy Sarah N. Lynch and Douwe Miedema WASHINGTON, May 21 (Reuters) - The chairman of the U.S. derivatives regulator made a questionable call when he chose to distance himself from probing the demise of futures broker MF Global, the agency's internal...Tags: Richard Shelby, Bankruptcy, Ethics, Religion and Belief, Values
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Oklahoma senators embrace disaster aid after opposing Sandy relief bill
ReutersBy David Lawder WASHINGTON, May 21 (Reuters) - Amid expressions of horror, grief and resolve over the devastating tornado that smashed into suburban Oklahoma City, many U.S. lawmakers expressed relief on Tuesday that they took action in January to bulk...Tags: Tom Coburn, James Inhofe, Barbara A. Mikulski, Albert Tom, Parties and Movements
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Gov. Snyder, GOP lawmakers agree to budget targets
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Republican Gov. Rick Snyder and leaders of the GOP majority in the Legislature reached a budget agreement Tuesday for next fiscal year that doesn't include an expansion of government health insurance for low income-adults and...
Tags: Executive Branch, Budgets and Budgeting, Economy, Business and Finance, Government, Rick Snyder
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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: Elections, Tea Party Movement, Taxation, Democratic Party, U.S. Congress
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COLUMN - It's not Watergate, it's Whitewater
Reuters(Nicholas Wapshott is a Reuters columnist but his opinions are his own.) By Nicholas Wapshott May 21 (Reuters) - The trifecta of scandals - Benghazi, the IRS and snooping on journalists - that has broken upon the heads of the Obama administration is...Tags: Monica Lewinsky, Tea Party Movement, Hillary Clinton, Bob Woodward, Parties and Movements
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An Alabama senator's lost cause
WASHINGTON — Not since George Wallace, perhaps, has an Alabamian taken as passionate a stand for a lost cause as the one Jeff Sessions is taking now. Bipartisan immigration legislation is making its way inexorably through the Senate Judiciary...Tags: Elections, Orrin Hatch, Immigration, Christopher A. Coons, Chuck Schumer
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At heart of IRS scandal: flawed 501(c)(4) rules
Congress passes laws and usually the appropriate agency can write regulations implementing the law. However, the regulations cannot contradict the law. Nevertheless, with respect to the tax law provision 501(c)(4), that is exactly what happened. Under...
Tags: Elections, Judges, Tea Party Movement, Taxation, U.S. Congress
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