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How the IRS spun out of control
WASHINGTON — Steven Miller, the top enforcement official at the Internal Revenue Service, thought he might have trouble on his hands. Election season was well underway in March 2012 when tea party organizations started to complain angrily of IRS...
Tags: Justice System, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Politics, Taxation, Crime, Law and Justice
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George Michael: Obamacare - The coming train wreck
According to one national leader, Obamacare is “a huge train wreck coming down.” You might be tempted to dismiss this quote as another tea party attack on the president’s health care law. But you would be wrong. This statement was...Tags: Chuck Grassley, Judges, Board of Directors, Max Baucus, Elections
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House showdown set over IRS targeting of conservative groups
WASHINGTON -- The ousted top official of the Internal Revenue Service will appear before a House committee Friday morning, his first public appearance since controversy erupted last week over how the agency mishandled applications for tax-exempt status...Tags: USA Today, Jack Lew, U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means, Politics, Taxation
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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: Jack Lew, Elections, Justice System, Politics, Taxation
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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: Marco Rubio, Jack Lew, Max Baucus, Justice System, Taxation
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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: Jack Lew, Montgomery County (Pennsylvania), Elections, U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means, Politics
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Obama says IRS commissioner has resigned amid scandal
WASHINGTON (AP) — Hurrying to check a growing controversy, President Barack Obama ousted the acting commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service late Wednesday amid an outcry over revelations that the agency had improperly targeted tea party...Tags: Judges, Jack Lew, Civil Rights, Justice System, IRS Tea Party Nonprofit Application Scandal (2013)
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Obama, lawmakers denounce IRS for targeting conservative groups
WASHINGTON – President Obama on Monday condemned the targeting of conservative groups by the Internal Revenue Service and vowed to punish anyone who may have taken part in it, as senators called for top IRS officials to resign and congressional...
Tags: Marco Rubio, Max Baucus, Politics, Taxation, White House
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KABATA Officials Defend Bridge Project Despite Audit
Channel 2 NewsBattered and bruised by some lawmakers during the legislative session, Knik Arm Bridge and Toll Authority (KABATA) officials dusted themselves off Monday and defended the need for a bridge connecting Port MacKenzie with the Port of Anchorage before the...Tags: Accounting and Auditing
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Key lawmaker: House will be 'more thoughtful' on Internet sales tax
WASHINGTON -- A key House committee chairman said his panel would take a "more thoughtful" approach to legislation allowing states to force retailers to collect sales taxes on Internet purchases. His comments signaled that momentum from Monday's easy...
Tags: Max Baucus, Justice System, Steve Womack, Politics, Bob Goodlatte
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House Speaker Boehner unlikely to support Internet sales tax bill
WASHINGTON — House Speaker John A. Boehner said he probably won't support legislation allowing states to require that larger retailers collect sales taxes on Internet purchases. And a key House committee chairman said his panel would take a...
Tags: Jackie Speier, Max Baucus, Justice System, Politics, Crime, Law and Justice
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Obama seeks to allay healthcare law concerns
WASHINGTON — President Obama sought to tamp down fears Tuesday that his landmark healthcare law would raise insurance costs and cause other disruptions, saying most Americans were already benefiting from it and others soon would. "Any time you'...
Tags: Judges, Max Baucus, Aetna Inc., Justice System, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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