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    May 21, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. 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: Lawyers, U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Jay Carney, U.S. Department of the Treasury, IRS Tea Party Nonprofit Application Scandal (2013)

    2. May 21, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. 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: U.S. Congress, IRS Tea Party Nonprofit Application Scandal (2013), U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, Tea Party Movement, Barack Obama

    3. May 10, 2013 |Story| Aberdeen News

  3. Thune, Klobuchar introduce Sodsaver Prairie Protection Act

    WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senator John Thune (R-S.D.) and Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) introduced legislation that would modify crop insurance premium assistance for insured crops grown on native sod converted to cropland and land that a producer cannot...

    Tags: Wildlife, Mike Johanns, John Thune, National Wildlife Federation, Conservation

    4. Apr 28, 2013 |Story| WSBT-TV

  4. Army says no to more tanks, but Congress insists

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Built to dominate the enemy in combat, the Army's hulking Abrams tank is proving equally hard to beat in a budget battle. Lawmakers from both parties have devoted nearly half a billion dollars in taxpayer money over the past...

    Tags: Washington, DC, Budget Control Act of 2011, Politics, U.S. Army, Saudi Arabia

    5. Apr 3, 2013 | Daily Press

  5. Pro ports privatization group accused of campaign finance violation

    A group that produced robocalls promoting the now-sunk port privatization efforts was accused of campaign finance violations by a watchdog group in Washington for election-season TV ads in Ohio. Citizens for Ethics and Responsibility in Washington, or...

    Tags: Privatization, Government, Hampton Roads, Barack Obama, Elections

    6. Mar 19, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. Senate panel approves Obama nominees to head SEC, consumer bureau

    WASHINGTON — A Senate committee on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved Mary Jo White's nomination to head the Securities and Exchange Commission, clearing the way for the former federal prosecutor to be confirmed soon as Wall Street's top watchdog.
    WASHINGTON — A Senate committee on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved Mary Jo White's nomination to head the Securities and Exchange Commission, clearing the way for the former federal prosecutor to be confirmed soon as Wall Street's top watchdog....

    Tags: Lawyers, U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Washington, DC, Richard Cordray, Justice System

    7. Mar 19, 2013 |Column| Allentown Morning Call

  7. Mary Jo White's spin at SEC's revolving door

    One of the oft-repeated justifications for why Wall Street must be regulated by Wall Streeters is that what goes on there is both so complex and so essential that only those who have been part of it can be trusted to oversee it. This argument is bunk, of...

    Tags: Eliot Spitzer, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Politics, Jack Lew

    8. Jan 28, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. The challenging math of passing immigration reform

    WASHINGTON – Senators from both parties are expressing enthusiasm for pushing a comprehensive overhaul of the nation’s immigration system.
    WASHINGTON – Senators from both parties are expressing enthusiasm for pushing a comprehensive overhaul of the nation’s immigration system. But while immigration politics appears to have changed in the wake of sweeping Republican rejection...

    Tags: John Thune, Maria Cantwell, Benjamin L. Cardin, Dick Durbin, Ron Wyden

    9. Jan 16, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  9. Time to break up the biggest Wall Street banks

    TARP, the infamous Troubled Assets Relief Program that bailed out Wall Street in 2008, is finally over. The Treasury Department recently announced it will soon be completing the sale of the remaining shares it owns of the banks and of General Motors.
    TARP, the infamous Troubled Assets Relief Program that bailed out Wall Street in 2008, is finally over. The Treasury Department recently announced it will soon be completing the sale of the remaining shares it owns of the banks and of General Motors....

    Tags: U.S. Department of the Treasury, Jeb Hensarling, U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, Federal Reserve, Finance

    10. Jul 10, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  10. 3 GOP senators join call for action on toxic flame retardants

    The first signs of bipartisan support for overhauling the nation's chemical safety law emerged Monday, as three Republicans joined 23 other senators calling for tough restrictions on toxic flame retardants.
    The first signs of bipartisan support for overhauling the nation's chemical safety law emerged Monday, as three Republicans joined 23 other senators calling for tough restrictions on toxic flame retardants. Citing the Tribune's "Playing With Fire"...

    Tags: Olympia J. Snowe, Maria Cantwell, Dick Durbin, Ron Wyden, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

    11. Nov 7, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. Democrats retain narrow majority in Senate

    WASHINGTON — Democrats retained a narrow majority in the Senate on Tuesday, but Republicans kept their grip on the House, delivering another divided, and highly polarized, Congress.
    WASHINGTON — Democrats retained a narrow majority in the Senate on Tuesday, but Republicans kept their grip on the House, delivering another divided, and highly polarized, Congress. The balance of power was likely to shift by no more than a seat...

    Tags: Olympia J. Snowe, Claire McCaskill, Bill Nelson, Dean Heller, Politics

    12. Nov 16, 2012 |Column| Orlando Sentinel

  12. Would you buy a used candidate from Karl Rove

    No doubt who the big winners were on November 6. Two years ago, he was considered toast. But President Obama scored a decisive victory: winning the popular vote by three and a half million, racking up a 126 margin in the Electoral College, locking up eight out of nine battleground states -- and losing North Carolina by less than 100,000 votes. Give that man a mandate.
    No doubt who the big winners were on November 6. Two years ago, he was considered toast. But President Obama scored a decisive victory: winning the popular vote by three and a half million, racking up a 126 margin in the Electoral College, locking up...

    Tags: Claire McCaskill, U.S. Electoral College, Michele Bachmann, Bill Nelson, Donald Trump

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