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WELCOME TO THE PRO REPORT, where we have a boatload of news for you: the latest on the IRS hearings , the Capitol Hill smackdown on Apple and the Oklahoman aid political rumblings already starting to buzz.
Last Thursday, Congressman Darrell Issa started a Twitter prairie fire with his call for people to describe #ObamacareInThreeWords . Other gems included "Max Baucus regrets," "A massive failure," "Rammed down throats" and the extremely uncomfortable proof of Godwin's Law , "Arbeit. Macht.
Chattanooga Tea Party protests outside IRS
Brandishing flags and handmade signs, Chattanooga Tea Party members gathered Tuesday under the noonday sun in front of local offices for the Internal Revenue Service.
IRS official to take the 5th at House hearing
Summoned by Congress, a key figure in the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative groups plans to invoke her constitutional right against self-incrimination and decline to testify at a congressional hearing on Wednesday.
New DATA Act, Same Standards and Transparency Push
Emerging tools have made an agile approach easier, but there is plenty of work to be done in terms of refining enterprise BI methods.
Lawmakers to Investigate Epa Foia Obstruction
Republican lawmakers are launching an investigation into claims that the Environmental Protection Agency, while giving preferential treatment to environmental groups, made it harder for conservative groups to obtain government records.
Andrew Stiles: A Partisan Union at the IRS
The White House continues to insist that profound incompetence, not partisan malice, led the IRS to single out conservative groups applying for nonprofit status.
GOP's Benghazi Obsession Giving Cover to Actual Scandals
The Republican Party, despite making its one salient point long ago, simply refuses to let the Benghazi attack fade.
Benghazi, IRS, AP stories: A shameful double standard
The White House is on the defensive as three stories are inundating political news : The Benghazi hearings, the Internal Revenue Service targeting conservative groups and the Department of Justice seizing two months of Associated Press reporters' phone records.
Obama asks for more embassy security
President Barack Obama on Thursday tried to turn the tables on Republicans who have criticized his administration's response to last year's deadly attack in Benghazi, Libya, calling on lawmakers to approve his request to increase funding for diplomatic security.
In 'defense' of ABC's Jon Karl
As John Aravosis notes, ABC's Jonathan Karl issued a strange nopology yesterday for his report on the Benghazi talking point emails: "Clearly, I regret the email was quoted incorrectly and I regret that it's become a distraction from the story, which still entirely stands.
An overzealous federal bureaucracy exposed in scandals: James Varney/links
Attorney General Eric Holder reacts to aggressive questioning from Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., on Capitol Hill in Washington May 15, as the House Judiciary Committee focused on oversight of the Justice Department.
Planned Parenthood Golden Gate: IRS investigates and POOF! it disappears
Or is it a case that Nancy Pelosi, Barbara Boxer, and Diane Feinstein, as well as others in the Obama Administration and the State of California -- engaged in a coverup.
Welcome to the Darrell Issa Hall of Shame
With Washington engulfed in scandals real and imagined over the Benghazi tragedy, the IRS' handling of applications by political groups for tax exempt status and the Justice Department's seizure of AP phone records, California Congressman Darrell Issa is enjoying his moment in the sun.
Last Thursday, Congressman Darrell Issa started a Twitter prairie fire with his call for people to describe #ObamacareInThreeWords. The White House, never shy to jump into social media, responded with a flurry of tweets, including "It's. The.
Pfeiffer Stretches the Truth on Benghazi Emails
On the Sunday shows today, White House senior adviser Dan Pfeiffer sought to discredit criticism over how the infamous Benghazi talking points were scrubbed of references to terrorism by focusing on the differences between how ABC News described a single White House email and its actual text: Here's the evidence that proves the Republicans are ... (more)
HOWEY: Time for president to act like president
But now, with more than 1,000 days left in this second Obama administration, we find a Nixonian stench emerging from the White House.
GOP Rep. Darrell Issa Was Informed About IRS Investigation Last July
The IRS scandal continues to engulf the news cycle as critics from the both sides of the aisle express outrage and demand anger.
White House Warns Against IRS - Fishing Expedition'
President Barack Obama will not cooperate in a "partisan fishing expedition" over who knew what and when about revelations that groups seeking tax-exempt status were subject to extra Internal Revenue Service scrutiny.
Dem: Ex-IRS chief lied to Congress
Darrell Issa: 'You Don't Accuse The IRS Until You've Had A Nonpartisan, Deep Look' - WASHINGTON - Rep.