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House Republicans repudiate Obama healthcare program -- again
WASHINGTON – House Republicans voted for the 37th time Thursday evening to repeal all or part of President Obama’s healthcare law, underscoring once again the deep partisan divide over the landmark 2010 legislation. The bill to roll back the...Tags: Parties and Movements, Barack Obama, Consumers, Lawyers, Politics
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House immigration group reaches 'agreement in principle'
WASHINGTON -- A bipartisan group of House lawmakers has reached an "agreement in principle" on a sweeping immigration bill that would parallel work underway in the Senate, sources said Thursday. The consensus, reached after a private evening meeting,...
Tags: Immigration, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Migration, Politics
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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: Barack Obama, U.S. Congress, Mitch McConnell, U.S. Senate, Politics
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White House announces new IRS leadership
WASHINGTON – Continuing to move quickly to try to put the IRS controversy behind him, President Obama named a new acting commissioner Thursday to replace the one he ousted the day before. Daniel Werfel, current controller of the Office of...
Tags: Barack Obama, Media Industry, Jack Lew, Tea Party Movement, Politics
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Benghazi questions asked and answered
In response to The Sun editorial claiming that "Benghazi deserves a real review," (May 10), all I can say is, no, it does not! What we need to do is stop the political charade concerning this issue. The Accountability Review Board asked and answered all...Tags: U.S. Army, Benghazi
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GOP demands more despite Benghazi email release
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House release of some 100 pages of emails and notes about the deadly attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, last year has failed to satisfy congressional Republicans, who are demanding more information....Tags: Barack Obama, Benghazi, U.S. Congress, Al-Qaeda, Eric Holder
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Plugging leaks the right way
When it comes to prosecutors' investigations of leaks, you can count on journalists to dispense with impartiality and scream bloody murder. Upon learning that the Justice Department had seized the phone records of its reporters, The Associated Press...
Tags: Verizon Communications, Barack Obama, U.S. Congress, The Associated Press, Eric Holder
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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: Pension and Welfare, Barack Obama, U.S. Congress, Eric Holder, Internal Revenue Service
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Tuesday Morning Reads: College Prez pay, insurance and lawmaker health care
TALLLAHASSEE -- Good morning and happy Tuesday. Here's what we're reading this morning. * The Orlando Sentinel writes that despite U.S. House Speaker John Boehner's insistence that they were done with earmarking, Florida legislators have still...Tags: Environmental Politics, Environmental Issues, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Palm Beach (Palm Beach, Florida)
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Mark Sanford sworn into Congress, calls himself 'humbled'
WASHINGTON -- Mark Sanford, after a detour to the governor's office and, infamously, to Argentina, is back in Washington as a member of Congress. The former three-term congressman and two-term governor was sworn in Wednesday as the representative for...Tags: Parties and Movements, U.S. Congress, Appalachian National Scenic Trail, Executive Branch, Politics
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Obama: Acting IRS commissioner has resigned over scandal
The acting commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service was fired on Wednesday as President Barack Obama sought to stem a rising tide of criticism over the agency's targeting of conservative groups for special scrutiny. Seeking to regain the...Tags: Barack Obama, Parties and Movements, Republican Party, U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. Congress
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DOCUMENTS: White House releases trove of Benghazi emails
WASHINGTON (AP) — Then CIA-Director David Petraeus objected to the final talking points the Obama administration used after the deadly assault on a U.S. diplomatic post in Benghazi, Libya, because he wanted to see more details revealed to the...
Tags: Parties and Movements, Barack Obama, U.S. Congress, Benghazi, Al-Qaeda
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