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This world body continues to deny any liability for illness and deaths caused by the 2011 spread of cholera experts say UN peacekeepers brought to Haiti and has yet to respond to a letter from 19 members of the U.S. Congress demanding an acknowledgement of its responsibility.

Clear city's name in IRS scandal - Congressman Charles Rangel said, "There's a cancer in Cincinnati."

As lawmakers rewrite the 4,000-page U.S. Internal Revenue Code, the complexities of Congress -- not just the tax code -- may present some of the biggest hurdles.

So far, the spectacle that is Anthony Weiner 's return to political life has been analyzed and chronicled to an extent normally reserved for presidential candidates - or Kardashians.

A pro-life advocate from Iowa testified Tuesday before the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee about what she described as blatant and offensive harassment by the Internal Revenue Service .

For President Obama, this is the summer of his discontent. Rep. Charles B. Rangel, New York Democrat, a reliable supporter of the president, has had enough.

Rep. Charlie Rangel has endured his fair share of scandal, which can make for uncomfortable encounters in public when perfect strangers like video journalist Joey Boots start heckling him.

Rep. Jim McDermott offered a bizarre defense of the IRS's behavior at a House Ways and Means hearing on Tuesday morning, amounting to an attack on the Tea Party and conservative organizations present as potential money-launderers seeking a tax break from the government, not the exercise of their basic rights.

Tea Party and other conservative groups delivered an emotional plea for Washington to rein in government overreach on Tuesday as they told lawmakers about how the Internal Revenue Service targeted them with relentless paperwork and intrusive questions when they sought tax-exempt status.

And the Liberal Dog Whistle Blows. Congressman Charles Rangel of New York. Ex-IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman.

Republican mayoral candidate Joe Lhota picked up the Conservative Party nod yesterday, despite splitting with the group on social issues - including same-sex marriage and legalizing marijuana.

In the current debate about guns in America, one point most everyone agrees on is the United States should enforce existing gun laws.

Democratic mayoral candidate Bill Thompson got a nod from two powerful members of the city's African American political establishment on Monday - but absent from the event were members of the newer generation of leadership.

Alabama's Fifth District Congressman, Republican Jo Bonner from Mobile, raised eyebrows across the nation two weeks ago when he announced plans to quit Congress in August to take a newly created job in the University of Alabama system.

WASHINGTON In order to provide additional assistance to families and businesses struggling to rebuild in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, U.S. Rep.

Former Democratic Rep. Anthony Weiner has taken quite a beating since announcing his candidacy for New York City mayor this week.

Washington, D.C .- U.S. Representatives Glenn 'GT' Thompson and Charles B. Rangel have introduced H.R. 2001, the Veterans E-Health & Telemedicine Support Act of 2013 , or VETS Act, a bipartisan bill aimed at increasing veterans' access to care and expanding the use of telemedicine at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs .

A bipartisan group of House members from New York, New Jersey and Connecticut said Thursday they will revive an effort to enact temporary tax relief for victims of Hurricane Sandy.

Republican Rep. Jo Bonner will resign from Congress to take a top job at the University of Alabama, the Birmingham News is reporting.

Anthony Weiner thinks his brief absence from elected office means the public will forget his disrespect and disdain for women.