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On IRS scandal, Speaker John Boehner asks, 'Who's going to jail?'
WASHINGTON -- Republican congressional leaders, faced with an array of crises threatening to overwhelm the White House, appear to have singled out the targeting of conservative political groups by the IRS as the most fertile -- and politically...Tags: Republican Party, Politics, Polls, Taxation, Elections
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Acting IRS commissioner resigns, Obama says
WASHINGTON – President Obama announced the resignation Wednesday evening of Steven Miller, acting commissioner of the embattled Internal Revenue Service, a move the president said was essential to restore the public’s faith following...
Tags: Internal Revenue Service, White House, U.S. Senate, Politics, USA Today
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IRS commissioner resigns, Obama calls IRS actions 'inexcusable'
(Reuters) - Washington's top tax official was fired on Wednesday as President Barack Obama sought to stem a rising tide of criticism in a scandal over the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative groups for special scrutiny. Seeking to...
Tags: Richard Nixon, U.S. House of Representatives, Republican Party, Politics, Taxation
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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: Politics, U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, John Boehner, Barack Obama, Marco Rubio
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U.S. lawmakers press for changes at scandal-plagued tax agency
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - As Republican lawmakers stepped up their calls for top Internal Revenue Service officials to resign, President Barack Obama planned to meet with Treasury officials on Wednesday to discuss how to respond to the growing uproar over...Tags: U.S. House of Representatives, Healthcare Provider, Politics, Barack Obama, John Boehner
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Senate confirms Tavenner to run health insurance programs with bigger budget than Pentagon
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — A former intensive care nurse with a businesslike approach to a politically divisive public policy area won Senate approval Wednesday to run Medicare and other major health insurance programs. By an overwhelming 91-7 vote, the...Tags: Insurance, Politics, Barack Obama, U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, Max Baucus
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US Senate confirms Tavenner as Medicare/Medicaid chief
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Wednesday confirmed Marilyn Tavenner, a former nurse and hospital company executive, as the first full-fledged administrator for the Medicare and Medicaid healthcare programs since 2006. In a rare show of...Tags: Health, Insurance, U.S. House of Representatives, Kathleen Sebelius, Tom Harkin
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WRAPUP 1-U.S. tax chief forced out in IRS scandal
Reuters* Obama says he 'will not tolerate' partisan actions by IRS * Republicans vow to continue probes of agency * Investigations will look for any links to White House By Matt Spetalnick and Kim Dixon WASHINGTON, May 15 (Reuters) - Washington's top tax...Tags: U.S. House of Representatives, Politics, Barack Obama, John Boehner, Dean Heller
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FBI opens criminal probe of tax agency, audit cites disarray
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said on Tuesday he had ordered the FBI to open a criminal probe in a growing scandal over the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative political groups for extra tax scrutiny. Holder'...Tags: Politics, Barack Obama, U.S. Department of Justice, Max Baucus, Vern Buchanan
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FBI to probe U.S. tax agency's actions on conservative groups
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Attorney General Eric Holder said on Tuesday he had ordered the FBI to open a criminal probe in a growing scandal over the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative political groups for extra tax scrutiny. Holder...Tags: Richard Nixon, U.S. House of Representatives, Politics, Taxation, Justice System
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Senate Republican leader says Congress able to handle IRS probe
ReutersWASHINGTON, May 14 (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell said on Tuesday that Congress is "fully capable" of handling by itself an investigation of the Internal Revenue Service. McConnell made the comment when asked by reporters if he...Tags: Internal Revenue Service, U.S. Senate, Politics, U.S. Congress
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U.S. Senate panel approves farm bill that expands crop insurance
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate Agriculture Committee approved a farm bill on Tuesday, costing $500 billion over a decade, that would expand the scope of the federally subsidized crop insurance program and modestly trim spending on food stamps for the...Tags: Insurance, Republican Party, U.S. House Committee on Agriculture, Politics, Debbie Stabenow
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