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2 hrs ago | The Hill

GOP: Energy high on IRS

GOP lawmakers home for the Memorial Day recess predict they won't have to do anything to further fan the flames over the IRS's targeting of conservative groups.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Kevin Brady, Republican, US House of Representatives, Representative James Lankford, Representative Diane Black, Tea Party

Thu May 23, 2013

WHIO

Dayton Tea Party to hold rally downtown

From left, Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration J. Russell George, former IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman, Lois Lerner, head of the IRS unit that decides whether to grant tax-exempt status to groups, and Deputy Treasury Secretary Neal Wolin, are sworn in on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 22, 2013, prior to testifying ... (more)

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

NOLA.com

La. House members offer bill to delay flood insurance premium hikes

Louisiana House members Thursday proposed legislation that would delay key provisions of a 2012 federal flood insurance reform bill that, if unchanged, will lead to substantial premium hikes for tens of thousands of state policyholders.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Representative Cedric Richmond, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Mary Landrieu, US Senate, Rodney Alexander, Representative John Fleming, Republican, Representative Bill Cassidy

New York Magazine

The IRS Scandal Is Becoming a Conspiracy Theory

The Internal Revenue Service scandal remains alive and well as an agency screwup story.

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

CBS 3 Springfield

Tea party storm largely inside IRS _ so far

Three days of congressional hearings about the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative political groups have lawmakers looking for ways to widen an investigation that has so far been largely contained within the tax collection agency.

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Related Topix: Tax, US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Darrell Issa, US Senate, Mitch McConnell, Orrin Hatch

WKYC-TV

More hearings expected in IRS probe

Three days of congressional hearings have revealed plenty of wrongdoing within the IRS.

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

Tue May 21, 2013

The Advocate

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Louisiana rice and sugar farmers fare better in the Senate and House farm bills that are currently under or nearing floor debate, according to state and congressional delegation officials.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, David Vitter, Mary Landrieu, US Senate, Democrat, Louisiana, Agriculture, Science

Sat May 18, 2013

The Atlantic

The IRS's Bizarre Parsing of the Word 'Targeted'

In March 22, 2012, then-IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman testified before a House Ways & Means subcommittee that there was no targeting of Tea Party groups for special scrutiny by the agency.

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Related Topix: Tax, US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Louisiana, Representative Tom Reed, Offbeat

US News & World Report

Taxing Days Ahead for Everyone in IRS Scandal

Few taxpayers will be upset to see the unloved Internal Revenue Service going through its worst crisis in decades although tax experts and lawyers say they probably should be.

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

Fri May 17, 2013

NOLA.com

Boustany in the spotlight for high-profile IRS probe

House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., left, walks with Rep. Charles Boustany, R-La., in this file photo.

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

Examiner.com

Scandals expose GOP pre-election strategy

B eating their chests over recent events reflecting badly on President Barack Obama, the Republican National Committee strategy, led by 41-year-old Tea Party devotee Reince Priebus, involves throwing as much mud as possible before the 2014 Midterm election.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Tea Party, Reince Priebus, Non-Profit, Republican, US House of Representatives, Landslide

WTMA-AM North Charleston

IRS Scandal: Steven Miller Grilled at House Hearing

Irate lawmakers Friday accused the acting IRS commissioner of misleading them about the agency's selective scrutiny of tea party-affiliated groups, demanding to know who was responsible and why no one told Congress about it.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Republican, US House of Representatives, Tom Price, Paul Ryan, Kenny Marchant

WAVY-TV Portsmouth

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., accompanied by Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn.

The Internal Revenue Service has refused to provide documents over the past two years to a congressional panel exploring whether the agency gave tougher scrutiny to tea party and other conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status, a leading Republican on the House Ways and Means Committee said Friday.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Representative Michele Bachmann, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, US Senate, Mitch McConnell, Senator Rob Portman, Barack Obama

Modern Healthcare

Lawmakers air privacy concerns about insurance-exchange navigators

The chairmen of two House Ways and Means subcommittees this week pressed HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to address privacy concerns regarding workers who will help consumers buy health coverage through state insurance exchanges .

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Related Topix: Privacy, US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Kevin Brady, Social Security, Personal Finance, Health Care Policy, Health

Thu May 16, 2013

The Times

Senate approves water bill

WASHINGTON --The Senate approved a major water bill Wednesday that includes projects to improve flood protection in Louisiana and restore ecosystems and barrier-island shorelines in the state.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, David Vitter, US Senate, Mary Landrieu, Democrat, Natural Disasters, Flood, Louisiana

NOLA.com

For 37th time, Republican-majority House votes to repeal 'Obamacare'

Representatives Steve Scalise, R-Jefferson, left, and Cedric Richmond, D-New Orleans, have different views on Thursday's vote to repeal the Affordable Care Act.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Republican, US House of Representatives, Representative Steve Scalise, Representative John Fleming, Representative Cedric Richmond, Democrat, New Orleans, LA

The Hill

Overnight Health: House to vote on ObamaCare repeal

The House will vote Thursday to repeal President Obama's healthcare law. Spoiler alert: The bill will pass.

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Related Topix: Medicare, Health, US News, US Politics, Kevin Brady, John Boehner, Republican, US House of Representatives, Phil Gingrey

13WHAM

FBI Vs. IRS - Conservatives Say They're Targeted

Employees of the IRS are coming face to face with the FBI today. At issue: whether IRS officials violated the civil rights of Tea Party and other conservative groups.

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

WTMA-AM North Charleston

Chairman Leading Showdown on Hill: There's a - Culture of Rot' at IRS

One of the lawmakers leading the search for answers in the IRS investigation into how Tea Party groups were treated is Rep.

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

NewsBusters.org

ABC Declares IRS Scandal an 'Important'...

ABC on Tuesday and Wednesday aggressively covered the growing IRS scandal involving the targeting of conservative groups, deeming it an "important" "firestorm." Yet, World News reporter Jon Karl also spun the Obama administration as a " White House that takes pride in being scandal-free ." [See video below.

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