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Many vying for Troy Boro Council nominations
The Daily Review, Towanda, Pa.In the spring primary Tuesday in Troy Borough, several Republicans are vying for nominations for four four-year seats open on council, and two others for a two-year council seat. Those seeking the Republican nomination for the four four-year seats are...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Philosophy, Petroleum Industry, Public Officials, Business
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IRS official refuses to answer questions at scandal hearing
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Internal Revenue Service official at the center of a scandal about extra tax scrutiny of conservative groups told Congress on Wednesday she had done nothing wrong but invoked her constitutional right not to answer questions....Tags: U.S. Congress, White House, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Barack Obama
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Amid rancor, a chance for U.S. action on trade bill
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Major trade legislation appears increasingly likely to clear Congress this year despite an intensely partisan atmosphere made worse by scandals plaguing President Barack Obama's administration. Business groups are preparing to push...Tags: Sandy Levin, Economy, Business and Finance, U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, Dave Camp, Barack Obama
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Politics get local in Pennsylvania primary election
Former U.S. Speaker of the House Tip O’Neill once declared that “all politics is local,” and voters across Pennsylvania will be making choices in that vein as they head to the polls Tuesday. Tuesday’s primary election will...
Tags: Elections, Crime, Law and Justice, Voting, Franklin County (Pennsylvania), Local Elections
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Progress on immigration
Just when Washington looked like it was completely preoccupied with the scandals, real and imaginary, swirling around the White House, a group of Democrats and Republicans in the Senate managed the unexpected (and, these days, extraordinary): They...
Tags: Mitch McConnell, Population and Census, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Barack Obama, Heritage Foundation
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UPDATED: 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: Economy, Business and Finance, Budgets and Budgeting, Health Insurance, Barack Obama, Government Health Care
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Will Senate bid lure Rogers from his House seat?
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Rep. Mike Rogers has pulled off a rare feat in a bitterly divided Congress — a working, productive relationship with Democrats in overseeing the nation's 16 spy agencies. The question now is whether the...
Tags: North Korea, Gary Peters, Barack Obama, Saudi Arabia, Dianne Byrum
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FACTBOX-Four key questions in the unfolding IRS scandal
ReutersWASHINGTON, May 22 (Reuters) - U.S. Congressional and Justice Department investigators are examining the Internal Revenue Service over its inappropriate scrutiny of conservative groups that applied for tax-exempt status. President Barack Obama, seeking...Tags: U.S. Congress, U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, U.S. Department of the Treasury, White House, Denis R. McDonough
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WRAPUP 1-IRS official refuses to answer questions at scandal hearing
ReutersBy Kim Dixon and Patrick Temple-West WASHINGTON, May 22 (Reuters) - The Internal Revenue Service official at the center of a tax scandal about extra scrutiny of conservative groups told a congressional hearing on Wednesday she had done nothing wrong...Tags: U.S. Congress, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Barack Obama, Photography and Video
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Citadel's Kenneth Griffin exposes 'cronyism,' causes a stir at Economic Club
Citadel LLC founder Kenneth Griffin named and shamed local corporations that have taken tax incentives from the financially strapped state in a speech to a prominent Chicago business group. "The last election cycle I called a local CEO to talk to him...
Tags: Elections, Economy, Business and Finance, Rahm Emanuel, Political Corruption, Democratic Party
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House Leader Larry Cafero Fatally Tainted By Bribery Trial
The Hartford CourantThe just completed federal criminal trial of Robert Braddock, a fundraiser for former Speaker of the House Christopher Donovan's unsuccessful 2012 congressional campaign, revealed corruption at the highest levels of the General Assembly. Law enforcement...Tags: Elections, Lawyers, Trials, Parties and Movements, Crime, Law and Justice
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Hatch was the Republican to win over on immigration
WASHINGTON — When Sen. Orrin G. Hatch took his seat on the dais for the Senate Judiciary Committee's debates on the immigration reform bill, the 79-year-old was not just one of 18 senators. He was the most sought-after vote. A towering but genteel...
Tags: Elections, Immigration, AFL-CIO, Personal Data Collection, Mark Zuckerberg
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