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Boy Scouts approve plan to accept openly gay boys as Scouts, but controversy likely to persist GRAPEVINE, Texas (AP) — After lengthy and wrenching debate, local leaders of the Boy Scouts of America have voted to open their ranks to openly gay...Tags: Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Fox News Channel (tv network), Authors, Judges, Islam
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IRS puts head of problem office on leave
WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service has replaced the head of the office under fire for improperly targeting conservative groups, a day after she invoked the 5th Amendment and refused to answer questions before a congressional committee. Lois...
Tags: Civil and Public Service, Government, Chuck Grassley, U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, U.S. Congress
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Arrogance, Intolerance Filters Down From Dear Leader
The Hartford Courant"Horrible customer service." That's what the newly fired IRS commissioner averred was the agency's only sin in singling out conservative political groups for discriminatory treatment. In such grim proceedings one should be grateful for unintended humor....Tags: Consumers, Internal Revenue Service, Fox News Channel (tv network), U.S. Department of Justice, Crime, Law and Justice
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IRS replaces official who supervised agents involved in targeting tea party groups
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — Moving quickly to stem a raging controversy, the new acting head of the Internal Revenue Service started cleaning house Thursday by replacing the supervisor who oversaw agents involved in targeting tea party groups. A day after...Tags: Jay Carney, Mitch McConnell, Government, U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, John McCain
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McManus: Obama's IRS choice
Message to the president: Resistance is futile. There are plenty of juicy targets for investigators in the IRS scrutiny of conservative organizations that applied for tax-exempt status, but the most dangerous for President Obama is this: Did bureaucrats...
Tags: Jay Carney, U.S. Congress, Prosecution, Max Baucus, Barack Obama
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Lawmakers grill Apple execs over tax strategy
WASHINGTON — Apple Inc. Chief Executive Tim Cook was supposed to face a hostile Capitol Hill crowd but instead he wielded the company's popularity like a shield to deflect some of the most aggressive questioning over the company's...
Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Claire McCaskill, Apple Inc., Companies and Corporations, Washington, DC
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IRS' last two commissioners deny lying; official to take the 5th
WASHINGTON — As the Internal Revenue Service's last two directors struggled to provide answers Tuesday about the agency's improper scrutiny of conservative groups, a lawyer for another key IRS official said she would invoke the 5th Amendment...Tags: Federal Election Commission, Jay Carney, Washington, DC, U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, U.S. Congress
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Toomey: It's hard to conclude that IRS scrutiny wasn't politically motivated
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey said Tuesday that without knowing who at the Internal Revenue Service is responsible for the extra scrutiny applied to tea party groups, it's impossible to conclude it was not politically motivated. Toomey made the...Tags: Patrick J. Toomey, Republican Party, Barack Obama, Tea Party Movement, Lehigh County
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IRS officials still don't have full explanation of targeting
WASHINGTON – The outgoing head of the IRS said the agency still doesn’t know which staff members were responsible for using politically loaded language to screen out nonprofit groups, as senators pressed them to explain how certain...Tags: John Cornyn, Sherrod Brown, White House, Internal Revenue Service, Politics
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Former IRS commissioner 'dismayed' by inspector general's report
WASHINGTON -- The former top official of the Internal Revenue Service told senators Tuesday he was “dismayed and saddened” by an inspector general’s report detailing how, during his tenure as IRS commissioner, the agency...
Tags: White House, Internal Revenue Service, Politics, Orrin Hatch, U.S. Congress
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Toomey, Casey to grill officials on IRS controversy
WASHINGTON – Pennsylvania's two U.S. senators both worry the controversy surrounding the Internal Revenue Service could slow progress in an already divisive and stymied Washington. Democrat Bob Casey and Republican Pat Toomey spoke out Monday...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Patrick J. Toomey, U.S. Congress, Republican Party, Barack Obama
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Congress expands inquiry into IRS handling of conservative groups
WASHINGTON — Congressional investigators are broadening their inquiry into the Internal Revenue Service's mishandling of groups seeking tax-exempt status, indicating that they plan to examine how the agency dealt with a wide swath of nonprofit...
Tags: Jay Carney, Elections, Karl Rove, U.S. Congress, Carney (music group)
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