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1 hr ago | Daily Kos

Cummings releases full transcript of IRS screening manager interview

Rep. Elijah Cummings, the top Democrat on the House Government Oversight Committee, delivers on his promise to call committee Chairman Darrell Issa's bluff: Democrats on the House Oversight Committee have just released a full transcript of testimony from a key witness in the investigation of IRS targeting of conservatives - and it appears to ... (more)

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Elijah Cummings, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Republican, Liberal Political News

1 hr ago | The Washington Post

Rep. Cummings releases a full IRS interview

Rep. Elijah Cummings , ranking member of the committee, released interview transcripts in which an IRS manager in Cincinnati said he elevated the first tea party case that led the agency to begin singling out conservative groups for extra scrutiny.

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Related Topix: US House of Representatives, US Politics, Democrat, Elijah Cummings, US News, Republican

1 hr ago | Daily Kos

Cummings releases full transcript of IRS screening manager interview

Rep. Elijah Cummings, the top Democrat on the House Government Oversight Committee, delivers on his promise to call committee Chairman Darrell Issa's bluff: Democrats on the House Oversight Committee have just released a full transcript of testimony from a key witness in the investigation of IRS targeting of conservatives - and it appears to ... (more)

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Elijah Cummings, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Republican, Barack Obama

4 hrs ago | The Washington Post

Hearing will examine 'reinventing government'

The hearing with the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee will be the second of its kind this year.

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Related Topix: Republican, US House of Representatives, US Politics, US News

8 hrs ago | Daily Kos

The Morning F Bomb

It's Eat Your Vegetables Day? Do you? What veggies do you love? What veggies do you hate? Where do you stand in the War on Drugs? Do you advocate for any or all legalization? Please remember: we have a government, a president, and politics, but you have a regime, a strongman, and sectarian interests.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Republican, Marin County, CA

12 hrs ago | Daily Kos

Let the Red States Opt out of Obama Care?

It is hoped that Big Chuck will not be ejected from Daily Kos for suggesting that we should consider letting states opt out of Obamcare.

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Related Topix: African-American, US Governors, Jan Brewer, US News, US Politics, Republican, US House of Representatives, Liberal Political News

Mon Jun 17, 2013

Breitbart.com

IRS: 'Tea Party' Was Shorthand for Political

Internal Revenue Service director of rulings and agreements Holly Paz explained that the IRS simply used "tea party" as shorthand for politically-involved groups in profiling non-profit applicants.

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Related Topix: Tax, Non-Profit, Republican, US House of Representatives, US Politics, US News

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CCAGW Applauds House for FITARA Approval

Today, the Council for Citizens Against Government Waste praised members of the House of Representatives for agreeing to amendment #117, the Federal IT Procurement Reform Act , to the fiscal year 2014 National Defense Authorization Act .

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Related Topix: Republican, US House of Representatives, US Politics, US News

The Hill

Issa subpoenas ObamaCare files

House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa subpoenaed documents from a controversial ObamaCare program on Friday after charging that the Obama administration had denied his request several times.

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Related Topix: Republican, US House of Representatives, US Politics, US News, Maine

Politico

McCain hits Obama over private e-mails

President Barack Obama has shown "disdain" for Congress by not honoring its subpoenas, Sen. John McCain wrote to the president.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Barack Obama, US Senate, John McCain, Republican, US House of Representatives, Mitch McConnell

The Atlantic

Darrel Issa's Plan to Resuscitate the IRS Scandal

Over the weekend, USA Today reported on revelations that an agency executive in D.C. admitted to reviewing Tea Party applications.

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Related Topix: Tax, US News, Tea Party, US Politics, Republican, US House of Representatives, Elijah Cummings, Democrat, The Washington Post Company

The Nation

Congress Checks and Balances on Afghanistan; Will It Do So With Syria?

The US House of Representatives took an important step last week toward the restoration of the separation of powers that was established so that Congress would check and balance presidential warmaking.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Barbara Lee, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Representative John Garamendi, Nancy Pelosi, Steny Hoyer, Republican

Sun Jun 16, 2013

State Journal

Where's the Beef?

One of the best advertisements of the last 50 years was a television commercial for hamburgers.

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Related Topix: Life, Food, Hamburger, US News, US Politics, Republican, US House of Representatives

The Daily Beast

J. Scott Applewhite/APCongress's Spying Lovefest Finally, our...

Finally, our polarized political leaders have found their bipartisan spirit. Lloyd Green on why members of congress from both sides of the aisle like government data mining.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, US Senate, Republican, Senator Rand Paul, Eric Cantor, John Boehner, US House of Representatives, Mitch McConnell

USA Today

IRS official: 'Tea Party' cases included liberal groups

When front-line tax agents in Cincinnati used the term 'tea party,' they didn't just mean conservative groups.

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Related Topix: Tax, US News, Tea Party, US Politics, US House of Representatives, Republican

Free Republic

Obamacare co-ops are focus of four federal investigations

Multiple federal investigations are probing the $2 billion Obamacare co-op loan program at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, The Washington Examiner has learned.

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Related Topix: Healthcare Law, Law, US Politics, Fred Upton, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives

CBS News

Video: McDonough on Syria: Not going to rush into a war

White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough explains how the "scope and scale" of U.S. aid to Syrian rebels will expand.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Republican, US House of Representatives, Mike Rogers, US Senate, Democrat, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, Elijah Cummings, John Dingell

The Daily Beast

Top Dem Fires Back On IRS Probe

The top Democrat on the House's Oversight Committee tells Ben Jacobs that Chairman Darrell Issa is "scrambling .

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Elijah Cummings, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Republican

Sat Jun 15, 2013

Daily Kos

IRS officials threatened with violence again

If House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa's faltering inquisition of the IRS seems familiar, it should.

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Related Topix: Tax, US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Representative Jeff Duncan, Non-Profit, US Governors, Paul LePage

News Max

Holder to Meet With Judiciary Committee Over Testimony on Leaks

Attorney General Eric Holder has agreed to meet with House Republicans in their probe into whether he misled Congress or acted inappropriately in the Justice Department's investigation of leaks to media outlets, Rep. Bob Goodlatte of Virginia said.

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