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Shuster: Time to repeal Obamacare
As we approach the summer months, we get closer and closer to 2014 and the dreaded launch of Obamacare. We still face major uncertainty in how this massive takeover of health care will actually work. Families and small businesses in the 9th District don'...Tags: Judges, Politics, Health Insurance, Family, Business
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Politicians promise IRS probe
McClatchy Washington Bureau (MCT)WASHINGTON -- Political Washington reacted with bipartisan outrage Monday to reports that the Internal Revenue Service targeted conservative organizations applying for special tax-exempt status -- though questions have been raised about politics and tax...Tags: Republican Party, Internal Revenue Service, Karl Rove, Politics, White House
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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: Republican Party, Joe Manchin III, Internal Revenue Service, Politics, White House
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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: Jack Lew, Internal Revenue Service, U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, White House, USA Today
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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: E-Commerce Industry, Republican Party, Politics, Amazon.com Inc., Crime, Law and Justice
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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, U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, Justice System, Politics, U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary
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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...
Tags: Television Industry, White House, Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. Congress, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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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, Health Insurance, CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, Consumers, Healthcare Laws
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Signs of grown-ups in charge
WASHINGTON -- Rep. Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas, chairman of the Financial Services Committee, has told Richard Cordray not to bother. This is part of the recent evidence that government is getting some adult supervision. Barack Obama used a recess...
Tags: U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Hybrid Vehicles, Automotive Equipment, Fuel-efficient Vehicles, Solyndra LLC
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Column: Signs of grown-ups in charge
Rep. Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas, chairman of the Financial Services Committee, has told Richard Cordray not to bother. This is part of the recent evidence that government is getting some adult supervision. President Barack Obama used a recess...Tags: U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, White House, Hybrid Vehicles, Automotive Equipment, U.S. Congress
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Internet sales tax bill advances, but final Senate passage delayed
WASHINGTON – The Senate on Thursday failed to pass bipartisan legislation that would allow states to collect sales taxes from larger Internet retailers, but the bill cleared a key procedural hurdle and is on track for approval after lawmakers return...
Tags: E-Commerce Industry, Politics, Harry Reid, Corporate Crime, Amazon.com Inc.
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Montana's Max Baucus announces retirement from Senate
Democratic Sen. Max Baucus of Montana, who sometimes crossed his party in the powerful role of Finance Committee chairman, announced Tuesday he would retire at the end of his term — complicating Democrats' efforts to keep control of the Senate in...
Tags: Republican Party, Gun Control, Brian Schweitzer, Politics, Democratic Party
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