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Sen. Lee: 'We are no longer citizens but subjects'
Paul Bedard
Published: Wed, May 15, 2013
As all 45 GOP senators today united in a letter to President Obama demanding cooperation with congressional investigations into the IRS scandal, outspoken conservative Sen. Mike Lee said that the combined IRS and Benghazi affairs and the seizure of Associated Press source files prove the...
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10 of 12 IRS offices implicated in scandal are in Washington
Paul Bedard
Updated: Wed, May 15, 2013
The Treasury Inspector General's damaging report on the IRS-Tea Party scandal has destroyed the administration's claim that low-level workers in a Cincinnati, Ohio office are to blame, revealing that 10 of 12 agency offices referenced in the affair are in Washington. The report repeatedly...
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17 years later, 'It Takes A Village' becomes a federal program
Paul Bedard
Published: Wed, May 15, 2013
It's been over 17 years since former first lady Hillary Clinton urged a new community spirit in her book "It Takes A Village." Now President Obama's administration is doing something even her husband didn't--turning it into a $600,000, three-year federal program. "It Takes A Village: Building...
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Obamacare socks union health plans with 40% tax
Paul Bedard
Published: Wed, May 15, 2013
Deep in the list of taxes that the president's Obamacare plan will hit Americans with is a 40 percent excise tax on health plans typical union members have, especially in Midwest states, according to a new analysis. The Obamacare tax won't take place until 2018, but when it does it will smack...

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