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Obamacare's tax on innovation
Government leaders are asking us to out-innovate, out-export and out-work our competitors in order for the United States to turn this economy around. But what if our own government was instituting policies that proved to be some of the biggest obstacles...
Tags: Invention and Innovation, Government, University of Maryland, College Park, Politics, Instrument Engineering
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Trudy Rubin: Russia gives John Kerry very little on Syria
Those who oppose greater U.S. involvement in Syria were no doubt relieved at the announcement that Moscow and Washington want to convene an international conference to end the country's civil war. They shouldn't be. Secretary of State John Kerry's...Tags: Vladimir Putin, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Moscow (Russia), Politics, Weaponry
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Atty. Gen. Holder orders criminal investigation into IRS screening
WASHINGTON -- Atty. Gen. Eric H. Holder Jr. said Tuesday that he had ordered a criminal investigation into allegations that top IRS officials targeted conservative groups for extra scrutiny. “I have ordered an investigation to be begun,”...
Tags: Eric Holder, Criminals, U.S. Congress, Justice System, Politics
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Report cites poor oversight in IRS targeting of certain groups
WASHINGTON -- Lax management oversight at the IRS led the tax-collection agency to target conservative groups for extra scrutiny for more than 18 months, causing some of their applications for nonprofit status to languish for more than three years,...Tags: Politics, Taxation, White House, Tea Party Movement, Internal Revenue Service
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Report blames IRS scandal on lax oversight, confused staff
WASHINGTON -- The growing scandal at the IRS stemmed from a confused staff and lax oversight, according to an eagerly awaited inspector general’s report released Tuesday shortly after federal authorities began a criminal investigation into...Tags: Criminals, U.S. Congress, U.S. Senate, Politics, Crime, Law and Justice
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On IRS scandal, Speaker John Boehner asks, 'Who's going to jail?'
WASHINGTON -- 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: Mitch McConnell, U.S. Congress, U.S. Senate, U.S. Department of Justice, Politics
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Holder pledges to probe IRS handling of conservative groups
WASHINGTON – Testifying on Capitol Hill, Atty. Gen. Eric H. Holder Jr. promised a thorough criminal investigation of the targeting of conservative organizations by the IRS that will look at potential civil rights violations and false statements that...
Tags: Eric Holder, Criminals, U.S. Congress, U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary, Justice System
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Senate approves Obama choice to head Medicare
WASHINGTON – In an unusual break in the partisan warring over healthcare, the Senate on Wednesday confirmed President Obama's choice to oversee the mammoth Medicare and Medicaid health programs. Marilyn Tavenner, a former hospital executive and...
Tags: Tom Harkin, Health Insurance, Politics, Elections, Eric Cantor
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Acting IRS commissioner resigns, Obama says
WASHINGTON – President Obama announced the resignation Wednesday evening of Steven Miller, acting commissioner of the embattled Internal Revenue Service, a move the president said was essential to restore the public’s faith following...
Tags: USA Today, Mitch McConnell, U.S. Congress, U.S. Senate, Marco Rubio
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Counter-terrorism leak compromised an informant, sources say
WASHINGTON -- The unauthorized disclosure of a counter-terrorism operation in Yemen last year compromised an exceedingly rare and valuable espionage achievement: an informant who had earned the trust of hardened terrorists, according to U.S. officials....Tags: Al-Qaeda, Eric Holder, Arabian Peninsula, Explosions, Emergency Incidents
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Obama Cabinet picks advance after party-line votes
WASHINGTON – Two of President Obama’s second-term Cabinet nominees inched forward Thursday, while another was poised to win final confirmation by the Senate. Thomas E. Perez, Obama’s choice to lead the Labor Department, and EPA nominee...
Tags: Mitch McConnell, Gina McCarthy, Politics, Ernest J. Moniz, Republican Party
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Voter turnout highest in Westside and West Valley, analysis finds
A Los Angeles Times analysis of election data found sharp geographic disparities when it comes to voter turnout in March's primary election. At least two-thirds of registered voters failed to vote in every neighborhood in the city. The highest turnout...
Tags: Wendy Greuel, Eric Garcetti, Politics, Elections, Local Elections
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