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  • IRS official: I do not accept responsibility for IRS employees’ actions

    Charlie Spiering

    Published: Wed, May 22, 2013

    During a House Oversight and Government Reform hearing today former IRS Commissioner Doug Shulman refused to take responsibility for the IRS employees who targeted Tea Party groups under his watch. Shulman was asked by Rep. Tammy Duckworth D-Ill. whether he was willing to take responsibility...

  • IRS official: I discussed Obamacare during White House visits

    Charlie Spiering

    Updated: Wed, May 22, 2013

    Former IRS Commissioner Doug Shulman admitted during a House Oversight and Government Reform hearing Wednesday that he visited the White House multiple times and discussed the agency’s role in the implementation of Obamacare. Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, questioned Shulman as to why he visited...

  • AFL-CIO blasts immigration bill deal on high-tech visas, urges Senate to pass bill

    Sean Higgins

    Published: Wed, May 22, 2013

    AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka issued an angry statement yesterday blasting Senate immigration bill negotiators for agreeing to a package of amendments at the behest of the tech industry that expand the H-1B visa program. Trumka called the amendments, which were sponsored by Sen. Orrin Hatch,...

  • IRS boss visited White House 118 times during Tea Party probe

    Paul Bedard

    Updated: Wed, May 22, 2013

    Douglas Shulman, who led the IRS during the politically-charged targeting of Tea Party and conservative groups, visited the White House 118 times after that probe began, raising new questions about his claim he never revealed details of the probe to the president's staff. During today's...

  • Lanny Davis: IRS scandal threatens to kill Hillary's 2016 bid

    Paul Bedard

    Published: Wed, May 22, 2013

    The growing IRS-Tea Party scandal, which has robbed Democrats of the so-called "trust edge" they held over Republicans, is now jeopardizing the Democratic majority in the Senate and even hopes that Hillary Clinton will replace President Obama in 2016. "This hurts the Democratic Party and will...

  • Campaign gang returns to help Obama deal with scandals

    Charlie Spiering

    Updated: 1 hr ago

    Politico’s Glenn Thrush and Reid Epstein report Wednesday morning that White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough met with Obama campaign alums last week to help craft messaging to deal with the scandals. According to the report, former Campaign Manager David Plouffe, Senior Campaign...

  • Morning Examiner: Schumer’s Republicans help Obama advance amnesty in Senate

    Conn Carroll

    Updated: 1 hr ago

    To chants of “Si se puede” (Spanish for President Obama’s “Yes, we can!” campaign slogan), the Senate Judiciary Committee passed the S. 744 immigration bill out of committee Tuesday on a 13-to-5 vote. Sens. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.; Jeff Flake, R-Ariz.; and Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, were the...

  • IRS official Lois Lerner: ‘I have not done anything wrong’

    Charlie Spiering

    Updated: 1 hr ago

    During a House Oversight & Government Reform Committee hearing this morning, IRS official Lois Lerner declared that she would not answer any questions about her role in the IRS scandals. “I have not done anything wrong,” she stated flatly. “I have not broken any laws. I have not...

  • Congress takes aim at Eisenhower Memorial

    Eric P. Newcomer

    Updated: 1 hr ago

    As the House weighs legislation that would halt the controversial Frank Gehry plan for the Eisenhower Memorial, the chairman of the subcommittee with oversight over the project has requested documents showing how $63 million Congress already committed to the project has been spent. Rep. Rob...