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3 hrs ago | Cal Coast News

Fingerprints proposed for foreign travelers

A plan to require foreigners to be fingerprinted when they depart the nation's 10 busiest airports should be in place within two years, a Senate committee agreed Monday.

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

7 hrs ago | ComputerWorld

Skill shortages? Not if you pay or train

One of the most politically charged phrases in IT these days is "skills shortage." That phrase may come up Tuesday when the Senate Judiciary Committee, as expected, takes up a series of industry-sponsored amendments to the immigration bill.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, Social Software, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican

11 hrs ago | Long Island Business News

Officials: Senators reach deal on high-tech visas

Leading senators working to resolve a key issue on immigration legislation have agreed to a compromise covering expansion of a high-tech visa program, officials said Tuesday, resolving one of two major hurdles to committee passage of the landmark bill.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Patrick Leahy, Democrat, Gay/Lesbian, Senator Dick Durbin, Barack Obama

13 hrs ago | Fox News

Irs Scandal Fallout: Officials Get Senate Grilling On Tea Party Targeting

Senate lawmakers took their turn Tuesday grilling IRS officials over the agency's targeting of conservative groups, as they called them to account for a "scandal" they say has undermined the public's trust in government.

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Related Topix: US News, Tea Party, US Politics, US Senate, Democrat, Max Baucus, Republican, George Bush

17 hrs ago | SavannahNow

Former IRS commissioner heads to Hill amid scandal

In this Aug. 2, 2012, file photo, then-Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Douglas Shulman testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington.

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Related Topix: Washington, DC, US News, George Bush, W., US Politics, Barack Obama, US Senate, Republican

20 hrs ago | KFMB-am

Senators require fingerprinting at 30 airports

The facts laid out by prosecutors are plain: In 2008, a U.S. government employee on assignment in Zimbabwe drove through the capital of Harare in his government-issued Toyota Land Cruiser and struck and killed a... The facts laid out by prosecutors are plain: In 2008, a U.S. government employee on assignment in Zimbabwe drove through the capital of ... (more)

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Related Topix: World News, Zimbabwe, Africa, Oklahoma, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican

21 hrs ago | The Hill

Baucus had 'concerns' about Treasury inspector general in 2004

Sen. Max Baucus said nine years ago that he had " concerns " about whether the inspector general who outlined the extra scrutiny that the IRS gave to conservative groups was independent enough for the job.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Max Baucus, George Bush, W., Republican

Mon May 20, 2013

AdelaideNow...

US may fingerprint departing tourists

The US may expand its biometric entry-exit system to include taking fingerprints and photos of foreigners as they leave the country.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, us Travel, Travel, Jeff Flake, US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, US Senate, Senator Jeff Flake, Senator Marco Rubio

McClatchy

White House: More top aides knew about IRS probe

The White House acknowledged Monday that senior aides to President Barack Obama knew a month ago that the Internal Revenue Service had targeted conservative groups, expanding on previous administration statements about who in the White House knew about the inquiry and when they knew about it.

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Related Topix: US News, Entertainment, Drama, Television, Tax, US Politics, Barack Obama, US Senate, Republican, John Boehner, US House of Representatives

The Northwestern in Oshkosh

Poll: Ruckus over Benghazi, IRS is driven by politics

Americans are divided over whether to believe the White House on controversies over the Libyan attack that killed a U.S. ambassador and the Internal Revenue Service targeting of Tea Party groups, but they overwhelmingly agree on this: The furors are going to make it harder for President Obama to get things done in his second term.

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Related Topix: US News, Tax, Tea Party, US Politics, US Senate, Republican, Democrat, Max Baucus

USA Today

Poll: Ruckus over Benghazi, IRS is driven by politics

USA TODAY poll: Three of four Americans say controversies on Libya and the IRS will make it harder for Obama to get things done.

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Related Topix: Tax, US News, Tea Party, US Politics, US Senate, Democrat, Max Baucus, Republican

New Hampshire Public Radio -

Turnabout Is Fair Play: Senators Have Many Questions For IRS

The Internal Revenue Service is under fire for improperly singling out some conservative groups for extra scrutiny - putting them through months of questions that delayed or derailed the organizations' requests for tax-exempt status.

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Related Topix: Tax, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Max Baucus, Republican

The Daily Caller

Obama seems to support Sebelius amid fundraising scandal

One of the players in President Barack Obama's golf foursome this weekend is also a lead player in another administration scandal, Health and Human Services secretary Kathleen Sebelius.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Lamar Alexander, US Senate, Republican, Conservative Political News

Salt Lake Tribune

Paul Rolly: Dick Cheney and me, what a pair

I met former Vice President Dick Cheney when he was a Wyoming congressman in the 1980s and I was an officer for the Utah Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists.

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Related Topix: Dick Cheney, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Utah

KFVS12

Senate committee moves toward vote on immigration

The Senate Judiciary Committee is aiming this week to pass a landmark immigration bill to secure the border and offer citizenship to millions, setting up a high-stakes debate on the Senate floor.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Senator Dick Durbin, Gay/Lesbian, Patrick Leahy, Democrat, John Boehner, US House of Representatives

Sun May 19, 2013

Salt Lake Tribune

Paul Rolly: Will Mia Love learn from past errors?

Saratoga Springs Mayor Mia Love's announcement at the Republican State Convention Saturday that she once again will run for Democratic Congressman Jim Matheson's 4th Congressional District seat spelled deja vu in more ways than one.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Jim Matheson, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Utah County, UT, US Senate, Republican, Opinion

Salt Lake Tribune

Hatch has plan to attack public-lands pot farms

The Salt Lake Tribune) Irrigation lines are piled together amid heaps of trash, clothing and food items, the only remnants of a marijuana grove that once held more than 4,200 plants in Iron County, Thursday, November 1, 2012.

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Related Topix: Drugs, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Utah, Weather, Natural Disasters, Drought, Immigration Reform, Prison

Deseret News

GOP delegates reject changes to nominating system; petition drive next?

Efforts to change the way Utah Republicans select their nominees were soundly defeated Saturday at the party's annual state convention despite the threat of an initiative petition drive to establish an alternative route to the primary ballot.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Utah, Utah County, UT

Sat May 18, 2013

The Tennessean

How the IRS scandal unfolded

A look at events leading to the disclosure that the Internal Revenue Service placed conservative groups under special scrutiny for 18 months before the 2012 elections, a practice that has prompted congressional inquiries and a Justice Department criminal investigation: March-April: IRS agents begin giving extra attention to tax-exempt applications ... (more)

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Related Topix: Tax, Criminal Defense Law, Law, US News, Tea Party, US Politics, Republican, US House of Representatives, Charles Boustany, US Senate

American Academy of Family Physicians

Growing Influence of Primary Care Recognized at Congressional Conference

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Related Topix: Family Practice, Medicine, US News, Healthcare Law, Law, US Politics, US Senate, Democrat, Max Baucus, Republican