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Courtney Cunningham: Transportation trust fund is going broke
The transportation trust fund is broke. The transportation trust fund is how we pay for transit and transportation projects. It's funded through gas taxes. When you fill up, the U.S. government sets money aside that's collected for the federal gas tax....Tags: Transportation, Travel
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Poor IRS; it didn't mean to target tea parties
Well, this would explain my $25,000 tax bill. Looks like I picked the wrong year to start up a right-wing militia group. I called it “Tim’s Teas,” and well, who knew? I swear, we were simply a “social welfare”...
Tags: Internal Revenue Service, The Herald-Mail, David Foster Wallace, Politics, Google Inc.
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Attorney general orders criminal review of IRS
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department began a criminal investigation Tuesday into overzealous scrutiny by the IRS of applications for tax exemptions by conservative groups, an improper targeting that an inspector general's report blamed on a...
Tags: Tea Party Movement, IRS Tea Party Nonprofit Application Scandal (2013), Washington, DC, Criminals, Internal Revenue Service
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Alarmed by deaths, regulators urge states to lower drunk driving limit
WASHINGTON -- With drunk driving still a stubborn national problem that accounts for one-third of all traffic deaths, federal safety regulators on Tuesday called on states to take a dramatic step: lower the legal limit for drivers’ blood-alcohol...Tags: Transportation Industry, National Transportation Safety Board, Criminals, Carrollton, Car Safety Tips and Advice
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Obama administration to tighten pressure on Iran, aide says
WASHINGTON – The Obama administration said Wednesday that it would add more sanctions on Iran in an effort to dissuade Tehran from continuing its nuclear program, but stopped short of backing tough new penalties that lawmakers are considering....
Tags: Energy Resources, Washington, DC, Bob Corker, Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
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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: IRS Tea Party Nonprofit Application Scandal (2013), Tea Party Movement, Media Industry, Washington, DC, Internal Revenue Service
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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: Executive Branch, Mark Sanford, Argentina, Washington, DC, Parties and Movements
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Chinese military unit said to resume cyber spying
WASHINGTON -- A Chinese military unit that a private U.S. computer security company accused of launching more than 115 cyber attacks against American companies over seven years has resumed hacking after a three-month hiatus, the firm’s chief...
Tags: Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, National Security Agency, Security, Computer Crime, National Government
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IRS demands alarm Florida tea partyers
WASHINGTON — When the South Florida Tea Party applied last year for tax-exempt status as a nonprofit group, the IRS demands were probing and relentless: Provide copies of all 7,000 Web pages. All blog posts, newsletters, bulletins, fliers and...
Tags: IRS Tea Party Nonprofit Application Scandal (2013), Tea Party Movement, U.S. Department of Justice, Internal Revenue Service, Parties and Movements
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White House to renew bid for bill to protect journalists
WASHINGTON — Facing questions about the Justice Department's secret seizure of reporters' phone records, the White House says that it will renew its push for legislation that would offer federal protections to journalists and their sources....
Tags: Executive Branch, The Associated Press, Prosecution, Judges, U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary
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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: Jack Lew, John Boehner, Richard Nixon, Barack Obama, Tea Party Movement
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Florida just clamped down on 'gun rights'
Perhaps you missed it, but the Florida Legislature recently launched an all-out assault on the Second Amendment. As a result, many law-abiding Floridians may be prohibited from exercising their constitutional right to bear arms. The citizens I'm...
Tags: Florida Legislature, Firearms, Physical Fitness and Exercise, National Government, National Rifle Association of America
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