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Waiting on the punchline on tea party's push for tax exempt status
Republicans in general— and the tea party in particular — just can’t stop whining. Republicans, who hate anything President Obama, have tried very hard to turn Benghazi into Watergate, and it just hasn’t happened....
Tags: Tea Party Movement, Barack Obama
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Here's the audit on the IRS targeting Tea Party and other conservative organizations
Watchdog with Paul MuschickIt's one of the hottest stories in Washington this week, how the IRS was caught targeting Tea Party and other conservative organizations. You've read about the backlash. Now read the full report. Read the report issued Tuesday by the Treasury...... -
IRS scandal reminds me, it's time for the left to reclaim 'patriot'
Change of SubjectThis item, moved up from Monday, appears in the Sunday print column Allegations that the IRS targeted for special scrutiny groups with the word "patriot" in their name causes me to wonder, querulously, when the far right laid claim to...... -
Atty. Gen. Holder orders criminal investigation into IRS screening
WASHINGTON -- Atty. Gen. Eric H. Holder Jr. said Tuesday that he had ordered a criminal investigation into allegations that top IRS officials targeted conservative groups for extra scrutiny. “I have ordered an investigation to be begun,”...
Tags: Justice System, Jay Carney, Barack Obama, Eric Holder, Taxation
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Report cites poor oversight in IRS targeting of certain groups
WASHINGTON -- Lax management oversight at the IRS led the tax-collection agency to target conservative groups for extra scrutiny for more than 18 months, causing some of their applications for nonprofit status to languish for more than three years,...Tags: White House, Politics, Tea Party Movement, Jay Carney, Barack Obama
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IRS tactics sully rightful hunt for fraud
Detroit Free PressIf "taxes are what we pay for a civilized society" (as the Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes quotation engraved on the facade of the Internal Revenue Service's headquarters asserts), it follows that any partisan abuse of the tax-collecting process is an...Tags: Elections, White House, Parties and Movements, Republican Party, Politics
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What was the IRS thinking?
Well, this is a fine mess. After years of moaning about various "conspiracies" against them, conservative activists finally have a real (i.e., not manufactured by Fox or inflated by Rush Limbaugh) piece of evidence to take before the court of public...Tags: Rush Limbaugh, The Miami Herald, Politics, Tea Party Movement, Taxation
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RPT-ANALYSIS-As scandals mount, White House springs into damage control
Reuters(Repeats with no changes to text) * White House fights back on all three budding scandals * With effort to limit damage, Obama answers critics By John Whitesides WASHINGTON, May 16 (Reuters) - With no sign of an end to three mushrooming scandals,...Tags: U.S. Department of Justice, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Elections, Washington, DC, Republican Party
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Letters: Pick a scandal, any scandal
Re "Anger widens as IRS details emerge," May 14 While members of Congress want to know more about the IRS targeting of conservative 501(c)(4) groups, they should look no further than themselves for the blame. I tried to read the tax code regarding...Tags: U.S. Congress, Politics, Taxation
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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: Elections, Washington, DC, Justice System, U.S. Senate, Barack Obama
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Guillermo Martinez: Immigration currently takes back seat, but Rubio's task remains hard
The second term curse that many believe affect many presidents has kept discussion of President Barack Obama's agenda off the front pages and out of the television newscasts. Instead of covering the budget sequestration, journalists are covering what...Tags: Immigration, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Elections, Republican Party, Jay Carney
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Report blames IRS scandal on lax oversight, confused staff
WASHINGTON -- The growing scandal at the IRS stemmed from a confused staff and lax oversight, according to an eagerly awaited inspector general’s report released Tuesday shortly after federal authorities began a criminal investigation into...Tags: Washington, DC, Jay Carney, U.S. Senate, Barack Obama, Taxation
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