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  • Hagel announces 11 days of furloughs for most DOD civilian staff

    Joel Gehrke

    Updated: Tue, May 14, 2013

    Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel announced that most of the DOD’s 800,000 civilian personnel will be furloughed up to 11 days, in response to budget cuts brought on by sequestration. “After extensive review of all options with the DoD’s senior military and civilian leadership on how we...

  • Rep. Stockman: Investigate IRS audits of Obamacare critics reported to White House

    Joel Gehrke

    Published: Tue, May 14, 2013

    Rep. Steve Stockman, R-Texas, asked two House committees to investigate  IRS audits of people reported to the White House as critics of Obamacare. “Government reforms adopted after Watergate prohibit the White House from coordinating with the IRS to target citizens,” Stockman said in...

  • White House: ‘No knowledge’ of DOJ seizing AP phone records

    Joel Gehrke

    Published: Mon, May 13, 2013

    President Obama had “no knowledge” that the Justice Department obtained two months of Associated Press reporters’ phone records, his spokesman said today. “Other than press reports, we have no knowledge of any attempt by the Justice Department to seek phone records of the AP,” White...

  • Obama: Republicans are making Americans ‘cynical about government’

    Joel Gehrke

    Updated: Mon, May 13, 2013

    President Obama resorted to his old “fever” analogy to complain to Democratic Party donors about ongoing Republican “hyper-partisanship.” He also admitted to failing to deliver the post-partisan era promised in 2008. “What’s blocking us right now is a sort of hyper-partisanship in...

  • Flashback: Nixon’s articles of impeachment included IRS scandal

    Joel Gehrke

    Updated: Mon, May 13, 2013

    Time’s Joe Klein wrote that the IRS scandal places President Obama “on the same page as Richard Nixon.” How so? Well, the articles of impeachment drafted for Nixon cited his misuse of the IRS to target political enemies.

  • IRS scandal delays Levin hearing about need to pressure political nonprofits

    Joel Gehrke

    Published: Mon, May 13, 2013

    Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., scheduled a hearing to call for the IRS to crack down on non-profit groups that engage in political activity, but the recent scandal of the IRS targeting conservatives has resulted in the postponement of that hearing. “The Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations...

  • Obama: ‘No patience’ with alleged IRS targeting of conservatives

    Joel Gehrke

    Published: Mon, May 13, 2013

    President Obama, though acknowledging that the IRS’s alleged targeting of conservative groups remains under investigation, emphasized that he has “no patience” with the reported misconduct, though he stopped short of outlining consequences for the perpetrators. “We’ll wait and see...

  • Obama: Benghazi talking points a ‘sideshow’ — GOP fundraising hook

    Joel Gehrke

    Updated: Mon, May 13, 2013

    President Obama dismissed questions about the editing of the Benghazi talking points as a “sideshow” driven by political animosity from Republicans, who, he noted, have raised money off the issue. “The whole issue of talking points, frankly, throughout this process has been a...


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