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Verdugo Views: Spend some time with war-bond history
When the United States entered World War II, the nation needed financing in order to build up its defense system. So the government issued a new series of war bonds. The first one, Series A, had been issued in 1935, as a way of promoting safe...
Tags: Finance, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, American Red Cross, World War II (1939-1945), Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.
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Political Landscape: A divided Congress will collide in 2011
A divided Congress will collide in 2011 Rep. Brad Sherman (D-Sherman Oaks) is bracing for rough seas when Congress convenes in January. With a Republican majority looking to reverse key Obama administration policies, Sherman said he foresees several...Tags: Foreign Aid, China, Barack Obama, Glendale (Los Angeles, California), Washington (U.S. state)
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Political Landscape: Pelosi hoped to recognize Armenian geocide
This year House Speaker Nancy Pelosi indicated she would do everything in her power to bring to a vote the legislation recognizing the Armenian Genocide at the hands of Ottoman Turks in 1915. But Pelosi's power is much diminished since the Nov. 2...Tags: Kevin McCarthy, Barack Obama, Crimes, Glendale (Los Angeles, California), Bob Menendez
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Editorial: IRS stonewalling makes the case for a special prosecutor
"If you refuse to answer, you will leave us no choice but to ask for a special counsel or the appointment of a special prosecutor to get to the bottom of this. I hope that's not the approach of the IRS going forward, because there will be hell to pay."...Tags: Orrin Hatch, IRS Tea Party Nonprofit Application Scandal (2013), Prosecution, Tea Party Movement, Lewis Libby
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McManus: Obama's IRS choice
Message to the president: Resistance is futile. There are plenty of juicy targets for investigators in the IRS scrutiny of conservative organizations that applied for tax-exempt status, but the most dangerous for President Obama is this: Did bureaucrats...
Tags: Orrin Hatch, Barack Obama, Prosecution, Central Intelligence Agency, Max Baucus
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IRS' last two commissioners deny lying; official to take the 5th
WASHINGTON — As the Internal Revenue Service's last two directors struggled to provide answers Tuesday about the agency's improper scrutiny of conservative groups, a lawyer for another key IRS official said she would invoke the 5th Amendment...Tags: Orrin Hatch, IRS Tea Party Nonprofit Application Scandal (2013), Federal Election Commission, Barack Obama, Parties and Movements
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White House fights back on IRS as GOP keeps up pressure
This post has been corrected, as indicated below.WASHINGTON — A senior White House aide insisted Sunday that President Obama learned only from news reports that an IRS office had singled out dozens of tea party organizations and other conservative groups for questionable scrutiny, while...Tags: Television Industry, Mitch McConnell, Barack Obama, Rob Portman, Rand Paul
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Congress expands inquiry into IRS handling of conservative groups
WASHINGTON — Congressional investigators are broadening their inquiry into the Internal Revenue Service's mishandling of groups seeking tax-exempt status, indicating that they plan to examine how the agency dealt with a wide swath of nonprofit...
Tags: Orrin Hatch, IRS Tea Party Nonprofit Application Scandal (2013), Barack Obama, Karl Rove, Interior Policy
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White House officials knew of IRS audit findings weeks in advance
WASHINGTON — Top officials in the White House learned in April that an investigation of the IRS would probably end up showing that the agency targeted conservative groups for special scrutiny, the White House spokesman conceded Monday, contrary to...
Tags: Orrin Hatch, Barack Obama, Max Baucus, Taxation, Denis R. McDonough
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IRS probe ignored most influential groups
IRS probe ignored most influential groups KEN THOMAS,Associated Press STEVE PEOPLES,Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — There's an irony in the Internal Revenue Service's crackdown on conservative groups. The nation's tax agency has admitted to...
Tags: Barack Obama, Karl Rove, Interior Policy, Pension and Welfare, Tea Party Movement
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3 big banks nearly halt foreclosure sales after U.S. tweaks orders
Sales of homes in foreclosure by Wells Fargo & Co., JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Citigroup Inc. ground nearly to a halt after regulators revised their orders on treatment of troubled borrowers during the 60 days before they lose their homes. The banks...Tags: JPMorgan Chase & Co., Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Financial and Business Services, Foreclosures, Citigroup Incorporated
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The Nixon false equivalence
"The only thing new in the world is the history you don't know," said Harry Truman, who made it his task to absorb a lot of it. Many people who have not followed his example are not averse to using what little they do know, with the inadvertent effect...
Tags: Richard Nixon, Barack Obama, Parties and Movements, U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary, Tea Party Movement
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