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Tea Party leaders vent anger at IRS for targeting them
Susan Ferrechio
Published: Thu, May 16, 2013
Tea Party leaders from around the country gathered in Washington Thursday to vent outrage at the Internal Revenue Service for targeting them and other conservative organizations seeking tax-exempt status and threatened to sue the agency for damages. "They lost membership and donations, they...
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Senate debate on immigration reform bill could start first week of June
Susan Ferrechio
Published: Thu, May 16, 2013
The “Gang of Eight” immigration reform bill could be up for a vote before the full Senate by the first week of June, Majority Leader Harry Reid said Thursday. Reid, D-Nev., vowed in a floor speech to take up the legislation, “as soon as it is ready,” even if it means interrupting work...
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Eric Holder calls IRS scrutiny of conservative groups 'outrageous'
Susan Ferrechio
Published: Wed, May 15, 2013
Attorney General Eric Holder said Internal Revenue Service employees may have committed criminal civil rights violations when they targeted conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status. Holder, in testimony before the House Judiciary Committee, labeled as "outrageous" the revelations in a...
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House speaker on IRS targeting: ‘Who is going to jail?’
Susan Ferrechio
Updated: Wed, May 15, 2013
House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, Wednesday said the Internal Revenue Service broke the law when it decided to target conservative groups for extra scrutiny when they applied for tax exempt status. “Now, my question isn’t about who’s going to resign,” Boehner told reporters after...
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Report: IRS targeting conservative groups since 2010
Susan Ferrechio
Published: Tue, May 14, 2013
Internal Revenue Service employees were told as early as 2010 to "Be On the Look Out" for Tea Party groups and other conservative organizations seeking tax exempt status, according to a lengthy inspector general report released Tuesday. An investigation by the Treasury Department's inspector...
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RNC chairman calls for Holder's resignation
Susan Ferrechio
Published: Tue, May 14, 2013
RNC Chairman Reince Priebus believes Attorney General Eric Holder should resign for tapping the phones of the Associated Press, calling the move a violation of the First Amendment. Here is his statement: “Freedom of the press is an essential right in a free society. The First Amendment...
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Congress to probe IRS targeting of conservative groups
Susan Ferrechio
Published: Mon, May 13, 2013
Irate lawmakers vowed Monday to hold congressional hearings on the Internal Revenue Service after the tax agency admitted that it closely scrutinized the tax-exempt status of conservative groups that opposed President Obama and other Democrats. The Republican-run House Ways and Means Committee...
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Immigration reform backers struggling to build support in Senate
Susan Ferrechio
Published: Sun, May 12, 2013
The Senate will spend this week reshaping an immigration-reform bill in hopes of building bipartisan support for the measure. But that detailed scrutiny of the measure is scaring off the very lawmakers that its authors hoped to win over. By the time the Senate Judiciary Committee votes on the...
