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LOS ANGELES, Calif., Sept. 17, 2011, 11:05pm ET -- Rep. Ron Paul may have won the presidential straw poll at the California GOP 2011 Fall Convention pulling away, but at a party dinner Friday evening, where Rep.

White House spokesman Jay Carney brought up birtherism while answering questions Tuesday, mocking reporters for repeatedly asking questions on a number of recent scandals.

Democrat Jim Graves was feeling good as he sat down for an interview with Salon in Washington Monday, the same day his campaign released a poll showing him two points ahead of Rep.

Recently, I asked Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton, one of the most fiercely pro-choice members of Congress, why she thought the House of Representatives had been so muted this year in its introduction of anti-abortion and anti-Planned Parenthood bills.

While there has been plenty to find fault with in the revelation that the IRS targeted some tea party groups seeking tax exempt status, some of the Republican rhetoric has been an overreach.

A top GOP ad firm's split took a litigious turn earlier this month, when Rex Elsass, the CEO and founder of The Strategy Group for Media, filed suit against his company's former president, Nick Everhart.

New details in IRS probe : White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said that senior White House officials, including Chief of Staff Denis McDonough, learned last month of the inspector general's review of whether the IRS targeted conservative groups, but the aides did not tell President Obama.

Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., listens as Jenny Beth Martin, co-founder the Tea Party Patriots, speaks during a news conference.

The targeting of Tea Party and conservative groups applying for tax-exempt status by the Internal Revenue Service was initially disclosed by Lois G. Lerner, the IRS director of the exempt organizations division.

Last fall, Alex Gibney, a documentary filmmaker who won an Academy Award in 2008 for an expos of torture at a U.S. military base in Afghanistan, completed a film called "Park Avenue: Money, Power and the American Dream." It was scheduled to air on PBS on November 12th.

Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., warned viewers of looming problems with the Internal Revenue Service playing a role in implementing President Barack Obama's health care law.

Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., warned viewers of looming problems with the Internal Revenue Service playing a role in implementing President Barack Obama's health care law.

At the end of a truly dismal week in his presidency, President Obama remains lucky in one crucial category: his opposition.

With Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann facing a widening campaign finance probe, her Democratic challenger is out with a new poll showing him in a close race with the conservative firebrand.

Democrats aiming to retake the House next year against all odds tried to reassure themselves after President Barack Obama's week from hell: The election is still 18 months away, plenty of time for Republicans to turn today's gift into tomorrow's albatross.

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, a Republican, reportedly argued that the IRS officials responsible for targeting tea party and other conservative groups deserve jail time.

Over the last couple weeks, we've been talking about the 2014 House election, and in particular, which members might be especially vulnerable.

In this May 16, 2013 file photo Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., chair of the Tea Party Caucus, center, speaks during a news conference with Tea Party leaders about the IRS targeting Tea Party groups on Capitol Hill in Washington.

U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann , who represents Minnesota's Third District including St.

The WND story reported, "The IRS and the entire Obama administration are under scrutiny after revelations last week that hundreds of conservative organizations suffered undue harassment and intrusion by the IRS after applying for tax-exempt status - and now at least one tea-party leader tells WND the scandal interfered with with his group's ... (more)