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One Cabinet pick approved, two narrowly advance
WASHINGTON — President Obama's nominee to lead the Energy Department won unanimous confirmation by the Senate on Thursday while two other Cabinet choices narrowly advanced out of committee, amid complaints from Democrats over Republican delaying...
Tags: Barack Obama, Republican Party, Government Health Care, Thomas Edward Perez, Environmental Politics
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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: Barack Obama, Republican Party, Max Baucus, Darrell E Issa, Democratic Party
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Ouster of IRS official isn't ending investigations
WASHINGTON (AP) — Don't look for the outcry over the Internal Revenue Service's improper targeting of tea party groups to subside with the ouster of the agency's acting commissioner. Three congressional committees are investigating and the FBI...Tags: Barack Obama, Jack Lew, U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, U.S. Senate, White House
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Senate panel backs Obama labor nominee Perez
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Senate committee voted along party lines on Thursday to send President Barack Obama's controversial nominee for secretary of labor, Thomas Perez, to the full Senate for a confirmation vote. The 12-10 vote by the Health and...Tags: Barack Obama, Republican Party, John Cornyn, Thomas Edward Perez, Environmental Politics
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McConnell sponsors amendment to stop ban on fishing near dams
Commonwealth Journal, Somerset, Ky.Washington, D.CThe U.S. Senate has passed a bill which contains an amendment by Senator Mitch McConnell that would stop the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers from restricting access to fishing and water activities near Wolf Creek and Barkley dams. McConnell'...Tags: Fishing, Arbitration, U.S. Senate, Trials, Government
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Obama ousts IRS chief over inquiry
WASHINGTON — President Obama forced out the head of the IRS on Wednesday, seeking to restore the public's faith in the tax agency while asserting a measure of control over a rapidly growing political problem. Making a hastily scheduled statement...
Tags: Barack Obama, Max Baucus, Darrell E Issa, White House, U.S. Congress
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On IRS scandal, Boehner asks, 'Who's going to jail?'
Tribune Washington BureauWASHINGTON _ Republican congressional leaders, faced with an array of crises threatening to overwhelm the White House, appear to have singled out the targeting of conservative political groups by the IRS as the most fertile _ and politically...Tags: Republican Party, Tribune Company, U.S. Senate, White House, U.S. Congress
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U.S. lawmakers press for changes at scandal-plagued tax agency
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - As Republican lawmakers stepped up their calls for top Internal Revenue Service officials to resign, President Barack Obama planned to meet with Treasury officials on Wednesday to discuss how to respond to the growing uproar over...Tags: Republican Party, Barack Obama, Max Baucus, Jay Carney, White House
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US Senate confirms Tavenner as Medicare/Medicaid chief
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Wednesday confirmed Marilyn Tavenner, a former nurse and hospital company executive, as the first full-fledged administrator for the Medicare and Medicaid healthcare programs since 2006. In a rare show of...Tags: Republican Party, Barack Obama, Max Baucus, Government Health Care, Health and Medical Professionals
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WRAPUP 1-U.S. tax chief forced out in IRS scandal
Reuters* Obama says he 'will not tolerate' partisan actions by IRS * Republicans vow to continue probes of agency * Investigations will look for any links to White House By Matt Spetalnick and Kim Dixon WASHINGTON, May 15 (Reuters) - Washington's top tax...Tags: Barack Obama, Republican Party, Max Baucus, Democratic Party, Charles W. Boustany, Jr.
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FBI opens criminal probe of tax agency, audit cites disarray
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said on Tuesday he had ordered the FBI to open a criminal probe in a growing scandal over the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative political groups for extra tax scrutiny. Holder'...Tags: Barack Obama, Republican Party, Max Baucus, Jay Carney, Vern Buchanan
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Panel's approval of farm bill version riles Roberts
The Hutchinson News, Kan.Kansas Sen. Pat Roberts voted against the Senate Agriculture Committee markup of the farm bill Tuesday, calling it a "rear-view-mirror bill" instead of moving forward with reform. "This is an invitation to farm for the government," he told The News...Tags: Debbie Stabenow, Republican Party, U.S. House Committee on Agriculture, Mike Johanns, U.S. Congress
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