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Political storm over IRS targeting scandal shifts to U.S. Congress
Reuters* Outgoing IRS head Miller to testify at first hearing * Witnesses to face grilling on targeting of conservatives * Three congressional probes of IRS under way By John Whitesides WASHINGTON, May 17 (Reuters) - A U.S. House of Representatives panel...Tags: Taxation, Sandy Levin, Barack Obama, U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, Internal Revenue Service
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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: Taxation, U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, Barack Obama, Jack Lew, Pension and Welfare
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Casey, Toomey on Senate committee that will investigate IRS next week
Call Washington BureauPennsylvania's two U.S. senators sit on the powerful tax-writing Senate Finance Committee, which will begin its investigation of the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative groups at a hearing on Tuesday. Republicans and Democrats are...Tags: Taxation, U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, Jack Lew, Internal Revenue Service, Elections
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Lawmakers denounce IRS actions
The Register-Herald, Beckley, W.Va.A hearing is scheduled Friday on Capitol Hill by the House Ways and Means Committee to explore the political tactics the Internal Revenue Service allegedly used against the Tea Party and other conservative organizations. Another hearing is planned...Tags: Taxation, U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, Barack Obama, Executive Branch, Internal Revenue Service
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US Republicans vow to fight for spending cuts as deficit shrinks
Reuters* Lawmakers reaffirm 10-year balanced budget goal * Seek to tie debt limit hike to tax reform By David Lawder and Rachelle Younglai WASHINGTON, May 15 (Reuters) - Republicans in the House of Representatives vowed on Wednesday to press on with their...Tags: Kevin Brady, James Lankford, Congressional Budget Office, George W. Bush, Republican Party
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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: Sandy Levin, Taxation, Barack Obama, Jack Lew, Eric Holder
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Myers won't seek another term in Md. House of Delegates
kaustuv.basu@herald-mail.comDel. LeRoy E. Myers, R-Washington/Allegany, announced Wednesday that he will not seek re-election to the Maryland House of Delegates in 2014, ending a run as a state legislator that began with an upset victory in 2002 over longtime House Speaker Casper R....Tags: Casper R. Taylor Jr., John Delaney, Elections, Maryland General Assembly, Annapolis
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Federal deficit shrinks at surprising rate
WASHINGTON — The federal deficit is shrinking more quickly than expected, and the government's long-term debt has largely stabilized for the next decade, the Congressional Budget Office said Tuesday in a report that could strengthen the Obama...
Tags: Fiscal Cliff, Barack Obama, Gross Domestic Product, Republican Party, Public Finance
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Attorney general orders FBI investigation of IRS targeting of conservative groups
The News Virginian, Waynesboro, Va.Attorney General Eric Holder said Tuesday that the FBI will conduct a criminal investigation into allegations that Internal Revenue Service officials targeted conservative groups seeking tax-exempt designation, including the Shenandoah Valley Tea Party...Tags: Taxation, Eric Holder, Internal Revenue Service, Elections, Waynesboro (Waynesboro, Virginia)
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Higher education reform moving slowly
The Post and Courier, Charleston, S.C.Changing the way South Carolina pays for and evaluates its public colleges and universities isn't going to be easy or fast. Gov. Nikki Haley began meeting with presidents of the state's higher education institutions soon after she took office in 2011 to...Tags: Government, Executive Branch, Colleges and Universities, Nikki Haley
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With new revelations, outrage spreads about IRS targeting
WASHINGTON — Top career officials in the Internal Revenue Service withheld information from Congress for months about the tax agency's targeting of conservative organizations for extra scrutiny, according to documents released Monday as a...Tags: Taxation, Barack Obama, Pension and Welfare, Internal Revenue Service, Elections
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Buchanan: A lot still unknown about IRS scandal
Bradenton HeraldThe House Ways and Means Committee, according to U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-Sarasota, will continue to pursue what went wrong at the Internal Revenue Service. "I don't think we got all the answers that we wanted," Buchanan told the Bradenton Herald on...Tags: Taxation, Consumers, Barack Obama, Internal Revenue Service, Elections
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