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Wastewater treatment plant legislation clears Senate Finance Committee
Legislation that would help Eastern Panhandle communities pay for upgrades to wastewater treatment plants to meet environmental standards targeting Chesapeake Bay cleanup cleared the Senate Finance Committee on Thursday. State Sen. Herb Snyder, D-...Tags: Water Supply, Chesapeake Bay, Crime, Law and Justice, Finance, West Virginia
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Bay cleanup bill passes hurdle in W.Va. Senate
Legislation that would help Eastern Panhandle communities pay for upgrades to wastewater treatment plants to meet environmental standards targeting Chesapeake Bay cleanup cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday. State Sen. Herb Snyder, D-...Tags: Local Government, Chesapeake Bay, Crime, Law and Justice, Water Supply, West Virginia
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How the IRS spun out of control
WASHINGTON — Steven Miller, the top enforcement official at the Internal Revenue Service, thought he might have trouble on his hands. Election season was well underway in March 2012 when tea party organizations started to complain angrily of IRS...
Tags: Parties and Movements, U.S. Congress, Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Pension and Welfare
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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: Parties and Movements, Allyson Y Schwartz, Richard Nixon, Montgomery County (Pennsylvania), Robert P. Casey, Jr.
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The chain of events leading to congressional and Justice Department probes of IRS actions
Associated PressA look at events leading to the disclosure that the Internal Revenue Service placed conservative groups under special scrutiny for 18 months before the 2012 elections, a practice that has prompted congressional inquiries, a Justice Department criminal...Tags: Labor Legislation, Social Movements, U.S. Congress, Crime, Law and Justice, Darrell E Issa
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IRS commissioner ousted over tea party targeting; Justice looks for civil rights violations
Associated PressWASHINGTON (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: Mitch McConnell, White House, Judges, Career and Workplace, Eric Holder
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Investigator says he told top Treasury officials of IRS probe in June of campaign year 2012
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — Senior Treasury officials were made aware in June 2012 that investigators were looking into complaints from tea party groups that they were being harassed by the Internal Revenue Service, a Treasury inspector general said Friday,...Tags: White House, Political Fundraising, Mike Kelly, Charles W. Boustany, Jr., Internal Revenue Service
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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, U.S. Congress, George W. Bush, George H.W. Bush, Career and Workplace
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Obama picks senior White House budget official to run troubled IRS as 2nd top official leaves
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama picked a senior White House budget official to become the acting head of the Internal Revenue Service on Thursday, the same day another top official announced plans to leave the agency amid the controversy...Tags: Mitch McConnell, White House, Pension and Welfare, Internal Revenue Service, Eric Holder
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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: Mitch McConnell, U.S. Congress, Crime, Law and Justice, White House, U.S. Senate
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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, White House, U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Pension and Welfare, Eric Holder
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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: U.S. Congress, White House, Republican Party, U.S. Senate, Barack Obama
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