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1 hr ago | The Las Vegas Sun

For Horsford, a delicate approach to oversight of scandals

Democratic members of the House Oversight Committee attend a hearing about last year's deadly assault on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 8, 2013.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Representative Tony Cardenas, Democrat, Republican, Representative Tammy Duckworth, Representative Steven Horsford, Elijah Cummings

1 hr ago | NewsBusters.org

MSNBC's Finney On IRS Scandal: 'Why Didn't Romney Make More Of A Big Deal Of It?'

You can take the flack out of the DNC but you can't take the DNC out of the flack, especially it's MSNBC regular and newly-minted weekend host Karen Finney, who today said that Mitt Romney should have made a bigger deal out of the IRS scandal on the campaign trail.

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

1 hr ago | Examiner.com

Why ammunition supplies continue to be skimpy & wimpy

Got AMMO? That should be the TV commercial that all the gun rights organizations are running! It continues to be a challenge to get various types of ammunition all across the country.

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

4 hrs ago | Breitbart.com

Twisted Principles in the IRS Scandal

In today's hearing before the House Committee on Oversight and Government reform, IRS Exempt Organizations director Lois Lerner will be taking the Fifth.

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

5 hrs ago | WHDH

Broke no laws, IRS official says -- then takes 5th

At the center of a political storm, an Internal Revenue Service supervisor whose agents targeted conservative groups swore Wednesday she did nothing wrong, broke no laws and never lied to Congress.

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

9 hrs ago | Democratic Underground Latest Breakin...

IRS Inspector General, Darrell Issa Communicated Multiple Times In 2012

Source: Huffington Post WASHINGTON -- For all the outcry over who in the White House knew about an inspector general report detailing instances of the Internal Revenue Service targeting conservative groups, it turns out someone else was getting regular updates on the issue over the past year: Rep.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Tax, Robert Menendez, US Senate, Democrat, Liberal Political News

10 hrs ago | Voice of America

IRS Official Refuses to Testify to Congress About Scandal

Director of Exempt Organizations for the Internal Revenue Service Lois Lerner departs with her legal team after being excused from a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on targeting of political groups seeking tax-exempt status fro The official at the center of the storm over the U.S. tax collection agency's targeting of ... (more)

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Related Topix: Tea Party, US Politics, Representative Trey Gowdy, Republican, US House of Representatives

10 hrs ago | Examiner.com

Republican Congressman Trey Gowdy is not amused by IRS official testimony

Today in testimony before the United States Congress the IRS official, Lois Lerner, who oversees the department that President Barack Obama vowed to get answers from for targeting Republicans pleaded the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution to avoid giving answers.

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

10 hrs ago | National Review Online

Jillian Kay Melchior: The EPA's Conservative Problem

The agency has rubber-stamped fee-waiver requests from environmentalist groups seeking information, but it denied similar requests from conservative groups, an extensive examination of EPA correspondence suggests.

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Related Topix: Environmental Law, Law, US News, US Politics, Republican, US House of Representatives, James Inhofe, US Senate, David Vitter

11 hrs ago | Jerusalem Post

Washington Watch: Is Hillary inevitable?

It seems all we're hearing from the political mavens these days is how Hillary Clinton is not only the inevitable 2016 Democratic nominee but a shoo-in as the next president.

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Related Topix: Hillary Clinton, US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Representative Jason Chaffetz, Opinion

12 hrs ago | MarketWatch

Lew quizzed over super-council's secrecy

A lawmaker on Wednesday pestered a key Obama administration official about a systemic risk super-council charged with identifying risks to the economy, arguing the group's vital proceedings lack transparency.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Republican, US House of Representatives, Jeb Hensarling, Spencer Bachus, Tax, Democrat, Maxine Waters

13 hrs ago | NH Insider

HotAir Daily Express 05/21/2013

At the end of the Benghazi hearing in the House Oversight Committee almost two weeks ago,chair Darrell Issa welcomed anyone else with knowledge of what happened before, during, and after the terrorist attack on the consulate to come forward and testify.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Barack Obama, Criminal Defense Law, Law

18 hrs ago | The Hill

Issa and IRS: What Issa knew and when he knew it

Rep. Darrell Issa was one of the first officials in Washington to know of the existence and substance of the inspector general's report on the Internal Revenue Service.

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

22 hrs ago | Politico

Pro Report, presented by POWERJOBS: Lerner pleads the Fifth - Tale of ...

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.

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Related Topix: Oklahoma, US News, US Politics, Elijah Cummings, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Republican, US Senate, Pat Roberts, John Cornyn

Tue May 21, 2013

Rossputin.com

It's.The.Law.

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.

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

Nooga.com

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.

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

MyFoxAtlanta

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.

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Related Topix: Tax, Criminal Defense Law, Law, US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, John Boehner, 2012 Presidential Election, Barack Obama

DM Review

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.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Elijah Cummings, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Republican, Senator Rob Portman, US Senate, Senator Mark Warner

New Media Journal

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.

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Related Topix: Environmental Law, Law, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives

National Review Online

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.

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