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Ex-IRS chief apologizes in hearing for 'foolish mistakes'
WASHINGTON – The ousted head of the Internal Revenue Service apologized Friday morning for the agency's "foolish mistakes" in its handling of conservative groups applying for tax-exempt status and attributed the IRS' actions to a misguided pursuit...Tags: IRS Tea Party Nonprofit Application Scandal (2013), Washington, DC, Internal Revenue Service, Barack Obama, White House
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Questions on targeting are 'loaded,' IRS official says
WASHINGTON – The acting head of the IRS insisted Friday that he and other agency officials did not mislead Congress by failing to disclose that applications by conservative groups for tax-exempt status were mishandled, and he said to call it...Tags: U.S. Congress, Internal Revenue Service, Barack Obama, Taxation, Paul Ryan
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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: Labor Legislation, George H.W. Bush, Barack Obama, Internal Revenue Service, USA Today
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House chairman sees IRS errors as part of pattern
ALAN FRAM,Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — The Internal Revenue Service's improper use of tougher scrutiny of conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status seems part of a broader pattern of intimidation and cover-ups by the Obama administration, a top House Republican said...Tags: Charles W. Boustany, Jr., U.S. Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service, Barack Obama, Dave Camp
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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: Mitch McConnell, IRS Tea Party Nonprofit Application Scandal (2013), Interior Policy, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service
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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: Allyson Y Schwartz, Internal Revenue Service, Elections, Taxation, Tea Party Movement
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Myers won't seek another term in Md. House of Delegates
kaustuv.basu@herald-mail.comDel. LeRoy E. Myers, R-Washington/Allegany, announced Wednesday that he will not seek re-election to the Maryland House of Delegates in 2014, ending a run as a state legislator that began with an upset victory in 2002 over longtime House Speaker Casper R....Tags: Annapolis, Casper R. Taylor Jr., John Delaney, Elections, Politics
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Federal deficit shrinks at surprising rate
WASHINGTON — The federal deficit is shrinking more quickly than expected, and the government's long-term debt has largely stabilized for the next decade, the Congressional Budget Office said Tuesday in a report that could strengthen the Obama...
Tags: Fiscal Cliff, Debt Market, Barack Obama, Government Debt, Productivity
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With new revelations, outrage spreads about IRS targeting
WASHINGTON — Top career officials in the Internal Revenue Service withheld information from Congress for months about the tax agency's targeting of conservative organizations for extra scrutiny, according to documents released Monday as a...Tags: Government, Jay Carney, Political Fundraising, IRS Tea Party Nonprofit Application Scandal (2013), Interior Policy
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IRS official knew in 2011 that tea party was targeted
WASHINGTON — A top Internal Revenue Service official knew as early as June 2011 that conservative groups seeking nonprofit status were being singled out for additional scrutiny, raising questions about when senior officials were informed and why the...Tags: U.S. Congress, George W. Bush, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service, Taxation
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Budget a step in right direction
For average Hoosiers uninterested in political point-scoring, the budget crafted by the Indiana legislature inspires only muted, if any, fanfare. The extra $114 will help. Every dollar counts in a household living on $48,393 per year -- the median...Tags: Government, Justice System, Executive Branch, Taxation, Budgets and Budgeting
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Interests of candidate, supporter and spouse align
WASHINGTON — An issue at the top of U.S. Rep. Allyson Schwartz's legislative agenda is also of foremost concern to her biggest campaign contributor: the University of Pennsylvania, where her husband is a doctor. Schwartz, a suburban Philadelphia...
Tags: Allyson Y Schwartz, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Health and Safety at School, Health and Medical Professionals, Elections
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