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1 hr ago | KONO-FM San Antonio

GOP Raises Concerns About a Sebelius Shakedown'

As the GOP-controlled House of Representatives prepares again to vote this week on a repeal of the 2010 health law, some key Republican senators have seized on recent news developments to show their ire.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Senator Dean Heller, Representative Dean Heller, US House of Representatives, Tax, Lamar Alexander

5 hrs ago | Seattle Times

Why is any political group exempt from taxes?

The IRS scandal has caused consternation on Capitol Hill. U.S. Senate Minority Leader Sen.

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Related Topix: Tax, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Senator Rand Paul, Democrat, Max Baucus, Non-Profit

Fri May 17, 2013

Common Dreams

Farm Bill Fiasco: What Next for the Food Movement?

Deciding how America will nourish itself and sustain its farms would seem a top policy priority - yet as the US Farm Bill demonstrates, sustainably grown, healthy food and livable incomes for farmers and workers remain an afterthought in a process controlled almost entirely by agribusiness and a handful of farm-state legislators.

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Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, Science / Technology, CPU, Life, Food, Nutrition, US News, US Senate, Democrat, US Politics, Debbie Stabenow, Republican, Weather, Natural Disasters, Drought

The Orlando Sentinel

Mitch McConnell on 'Meet the Press'; Paul Ryan on 'Fox News Sunday'

The Sunday morning talk shows will find a lot to talk about in the Washington controversies over the IRS , the Department of Justice and the Benghazi attack.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Paul Ryan, US Senate, Dave Camp, The Washington Post Company, Washington Post, Publishing, Xavier Becerra, Democrat, Entertainment

Common Dreams

Greenpeace calls out Mitch McConnell's IRS hypocrisy with full page ad in Lexington Herald-Leader

May 17 - Today Greenpeace placed a full-page ad in the Lexington Herald-Leader reminding Senator McConnell that "Free Speech Isn't Just for People You Agree With." The Kentucky Senator has stated he is "deeply disturbed" by the recent allegedly politically motivated audits of tea party groups by the IRS, though he was notably silent during similar ... (more)

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Related Topix: US Senate, Republican, US Politics, US News, Liberal Political News

Roll Call

McConnell's Chief of Staff Asks Politico to Remove Ad Promotion Video

A video posted on the Politico website featuring Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's chief of staff has been taken down after the Kentucky Republican's office objected to its placement on a page designed to solicit advertisers.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Roll Call, Marketing

ABC News

Vowing to Sue IRS, Tea Partiers Hit DC

U.S. Senate Minority Leader Sen Mitch McConnell speaks as Sen. Ted Cruz , Rep. Michele Bachmann, Sen.

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Related Topix: Tax, US News, Tea Party, US Politics, US Senate, Republican, Senator Ted Cruz, Representative Michele Bachmann, US House of Representatives, Senator Rand Paul

Chattanoogan.com

Senate Unanimously Passes Alexander Immediate 2-Year Ban On Corps Fishing Restrictions

Senator Lamar Alexander announced that the U.S. Senate on Thursday passed his legislation that would immediately ban the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers from implementing fishing restrictions for two years, the second time in as many days senators have supported "the freedom to fish below publicly owned dams on the Cumberland River." Thursday's action ... (more)

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Lamar Alexander, US Senate, Republican, Ed Whitfield, US House of Representatives, Senator Rand Paul, Bob Corker, Kentucky

Thu May 16, 2013

Roll Call

IRS Scandal Falls Right in McConnell's Wheelhouse

On Thursday, McConnell found himself flanked by tea-party-backed Bachmann, left, and King at a news conference outside the Capitol.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Representative Michele Bachmann, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, US Senate, Senator Rand Paul, Senator Mike Lee, Steve King, John McCain

Voice of America

Controversies Threaten to Derail Obama Agenda

Obama may be on the verge of joining a long list of his predecessors who ran into severe political problems in their second terms in office.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Tax, Tea Party, Immigration Reform, US Senate, Republican

Real Clear Politics

Mitch McConnell Enabled Obama

In 1964, an ambitious young student at the University of Louisville made an impassioned plea to his classmates, urging them to march in solidarity with Martin Luther King Jr.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY

Anorak

Eric Holder does not know about IRS but does secretive Obama? Abuse of power round-up and great video

US Attorney General Eric Holder sat before the House Judiciary Committee and told them all the things he does not know.

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Related Topix: Tax, Eric Holder, US News, Tea Party, US Politics, US Senate, Republican

Reuters

Senate panel backs Obama labor nominee Perez

A Senate committee voted along party lines on Thursday to send President Barack Obama's controversial nominee for secretary of labor, Thomas Perez, to the full Senate for a confirmation vote.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, US Senate, Republican, John Cornyn

Philly.com

Obama Fires Acting Leader of IRS

Moving to quell a growing scandal, President Obama on Wednesday fired the acting chief of the IRS and vowed to work closely with Congress in determining who ordered lower-level employees to target tea party groups and other conservative organizations.

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Related Topix: Tax, US News, US Treasury, George Bush, US Politics, John Boehner, Republican, US House of Representatives, US Senate

Wed May 15, 2013

WDRB-TV Louisville

Effort to educate the public about Kentucky's health benefit exchange

It's called kynect: Kentucky's Healthcare Connection. Kentucky's Office of the Health Benefit Exchange will run it.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Kentucky, Kentucky Government, Healthcare Law, Law, Medicaid, Health, Health Insurance

WDRB-TV Louisville

Gov. Beshear seeks Democrat to challenge Sen. McConnell

Historically, an open-air train ride has been a central part of the Zoo experience, but no rides have been available since the June 2009 train crash.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, US Governors, Steve Beshear, Louisville, KY

Business Journal

Lunsford gives $1M gift to NKU law school

Bruce Lunsford is an NKU graduate and Louisville-based investor. He was the Democratic nominee for Kentucky's U.S. Senate seat in 2008, but was defeated by Mitch McConnell.

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Related Topix: US Senate, Republican, US Politics, US News, Northern Kentucky University

Roll Call

Mikulski Pushing Spending Bills, Even Absent a Budget | #WGDB

Senate appropriators are moving forward with spending bills for the next fiscal year, even without a House-Senate agreement on the budget.

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Related Topix: Roll Call, US News, US Politics, Nita Lowey, US House of Representatives, Democrat, US Senate, Ron Wyden, Republican, Harry Reid

WHAS11

Beshear active in seeking McConnell challenger

Gov. Steve Beshear says he's part of efforts to recruit a Democrat to challenge Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell in next year's election in Kentucky.

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Related Topix: US Governors, Steve Beshear, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Louisville, KY

WTVF Nashville

Act To Halt Dam Fishing Restrictions Passes Senate

The U.S. Senate has passed a bill that includes legislation aimed at halting controversial fishing restrictions near Cumberland River dams.

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Related Topix: US Senate, Republican, US Politics, US News, Lamar Alexander