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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: Judges, The Washington Post, Chuck Grassley, Kathleen Sebelius, Max Baucus
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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: Career and Workplace, George W. Bush, Jack Lew, Internal Revenue Service, Labor Legislation
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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: White House, FBI, Tea Party Movement, Elections, Crime, Law and Justice
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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: U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Marco Rubio, Crime, Law and Justice, Interior Policy, Jack Lew
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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: Americans for Prosperity, Tea Party Movement, Elections, Patrick J. Toomey, Jack Lew
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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: Max Baucus, Joe Manchin III, White House, Tea Party Movement, Marco Rubio
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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, Media Industry, White House, FBI, Civil Rights
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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: E-Commerce Industry, Max Baucus, Amazon.com Inc., U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary, Justice System
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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, Jackie Speier, Republican Party, Crime, Law and Justice, Economy, Business and Finance
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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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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, Consumers, Max Baucus, Aetna Inc., U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce
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A presidential bystander
WASHINGTON -- It's never a good sign for a president when he feels compelled to assure the public he still has a pulse. This is the unenviable position President Obama was in Tuesday morning when he held a news conference in the White House briefing...
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