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Obama in Baltimore: I’m looking forward to having a dredge named after me
Charlie Spiering
Updated: 15 hr ago
Speaking at Ellicott Dredges’ factory in Baltimore this afternoon, President Obama joked that he couldn’t wait to have a dredge named after him. After taking a tour of the factory, Obama explained that a customer of the factory once named a dredge after former President Bill Clinton....
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Congressman: IRS asked pro-life group about 'the content of their prayers'
Charlie Spiering
Published: Fri, May 17, 2013
During the House Ways and Means Committee hearing today, Rep. Aaron Schock R-Ill. grilled outgoing IRS commissioner Steven Miller about the IRS targeting a group in Iowa. “Their question, specifically asked from the IRS to the Coalition for Life for Iowa ‘Please detail the content of the...
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Outgoing IRS commissioner to Congress: ‘Targeting’ is a loaded term
Charlie Spiering
Updated: 18 hr ago
During the congressional hearing Friday morning with outgoing IRS Commissioner Steven Miller, Rep. Kevin Brady, R-Texas, asked why Miller couldn’t reveal who was responsible for targeting Tea Party groups. “I’m going to take exception to the concept of ‘targeting,’” Miller replied....
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IRS to Congress: 'We provided horrible customer service'
Charlie Spiering
Updated: 21 hr ago
During a congressional hearing with the House Ways and Means Committee, outgoing IRS commissioner Steven Miller admitted that the IRS provided "horrible customer service" by targeting Tea Party groups.
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Jay Carney: I dismiss the idea that these are scandals
Charlie Spiering
Updated: 22 hr ago
White House Press Secretary Jay Carney has come under heavy fire this week as journalists grilled him about the three scandals hitting President Obama’s administration at once. On CNN Thursday night, however, Carney explained to Piers Morgan that he has actually enjoyed his job this week....
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Jon Stewart ridicules media for stupid Hillary 2016 speculation
Charlie Spiering
Updated: 22 hr ago
Jon Stewart mocked the media Thursday night on “The Daily Show” for having “the attention span of a concussed goldfish,” suggesting that their distracted news coverage were Obama’s only hope for beating the scandals weighing down his second term. Stewart played several clips of cable...
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White House to Obamacare critics on Twitter: ‘It’s. The. Law.’
Charlie Spiering
Updated: Thu, May 16, 2013
Critics of Obamacare took to Twitter Thursday to describe the burdensome health care law in just three words using the hashtag #ObamaCareInThreeWords. It wasn’t long before the Obama administration responded using the official White House Twitter account.
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Obama 47 minutes late for his press conference; leaves reporters in the rain
Charlie Spiering
Updated: Thu, May 16, 2013
“I look forward to taking some questions at tomorrow’s press conference,” President Obama said last night, after announcing the resignation of the acting IRS commissioner Steven Miller. The president scheduled a noon press conference today with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan...
