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8 min ago | WALA

IRS official Lerner: 'I dida

The Internal Revenue Service official at the center of the storm over the agency's targeting of conservative groups told Congress on Wednesday that she had done nothing wrong in the episode, and then invoked her constitutional right to refuse to answer lawmakers' questions.

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Related Topix: Tax, US News, US Politics, Republican, US House of Representatives, Darrell Issa, Stephen Lynch, Democrat

4 hrs ago | Instapundit

Cummings to PJM: 'I Don't See a Comparison at All' to Watergate

Maryland Rep. Elijah Cummings, the top Democrat on the House committee that probed the IRS scandal today, told PJ Media that the agency's targeting of conservative groups is "not at all" like Watergate.

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

Wed May 22, 2013

Cybercast News Service

Ex-IRS Chief: - I Certainly Believe I Did Not Have Any Conversations' with WH About Tea Party

Former Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Douglas Shulman said he believes he did not have any conversations with the White House about his agency's targeting of conservative groups that had applied for tax-exemption status.

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Related Topix: Tax, US News, Tea Party, Representative Jim Jordan, US Politics, Republican, Democrat

Gateway Pundit

Top Democrat Elijah Cummings Admits Corruption and Abuse of Power at Irs

Top Democrat Rep. Elijah Cummings admitted during a House hearing today that the IRS inappropriately and possibly illegally targeted conservative groups during the 2012 election.

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Related Topix: US House of Representatives, US Politics, Democrat, US News, Conservative Political News

Federal Computer Week

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A bill to change the way federal government spending data is reported was formally introduced in the House and the Senate on May 21.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Darrell Issa, Democrat, Senator Rob Portman

WBT-AM Charlotte

Top Political Story

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Related Topix: Weather, Tax, US News, US Politics, Democrat, Republican, Representative Jason Chaffetz

The Daily Record

Star witness to stay mum for House hearing on IRS | 31 minutes

A House committee taking Congress' latest look at the Internal Revenue Service's mistreatment of tea party groups will apparently have to do so without input from the star witness.

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Related Topix: Tax, US News, US Politics, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Republican, Representative Jason Chaffetz, Darrell Issa, Representative Jim Jordan

Tue May 21, 2013

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, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Republican, Darrell Issa, Senator Rob Portman, US Senate, Senator Mark Warner

Sun May 19, 2013

C-SPAN

Book Party for Lanny Davis

A party celebrated the release of Lanny Davis's book Crisis Tales: Five Rules for Coping with Crises in Business, Politics, and Life .

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Republican, Darrell Issa, Chaka Fattah

Thu May 16, 2013

Government Executive

Pickering Says He Will Testify on Benghazi Only in Public

In the latest development in the fluid Benghazi investigation, the two retired luminaries who chaired the State Department's outside review of the government's handling of the September 2012 attack in Libya reiterated their refusal to comply with a House committee chairman's demand that they testify behind closed doors.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Darrell Issa, Democrat

USA Today

White House releases Benghazi e-mails

In this Sept. 14, 2012 file photo, Libyan military guards check one of the burnt out buildings at the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, during a visit by Libyan President Mohammed el-Megarif to express sympathy for the death of American ambassador to Libya Chris Stevens and his colleagues in the Sept.

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Related Topix: US News, Terrorism, US Politics, US House of Representatives, Democrat

National Review Online

Top Dem on IRS Scandal: - Yes, Laws Were Probably Broken'

House Oversight Committee ranking member Elijah Cummings called the IRS's targeting of conservative groups "one of the most alarming things I've ever seen," and believes that those involved likely broke the law.

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

The Hill

Dems applaud, GOP cautious on IRS chief's exit

Congressional Democrats on Wednesday applauded President Obama's move to force out the acting Internal Revenue Service commissioner, while Republicans on Capitol Hill signaled that they were far from done investigating the agency's targeting of conservative groups.

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Related Topix: Tax, US News, Tea Party, US Politics, Dave Camp, Republican, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Steny Hoyer

Wed May 15, 2013

CNN

GOP using Benghazi to smear

Gregory Hicks, the former deputy chief of mission in Libya, arrives for a House committee hearing on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, May 8. State Department employees testified about the terror attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, on September 11, 2012.

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Related Topix: World News, Africa, Libya, US News, US Military, US Navy, US Politics, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Republican, Darrell Issa, Opinion

Tue May 14, 2013

The Hill

Top House Democrat demands more information on national security leaks

A top House Democrat is pushing the U.S. Attorney's Office to give the public more information about its investigation into a series of national security leaks.

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Related Topix: US House of Representatives, US Politics, Democrat, US News, Eric Holder

Hot Air

WaPo on reforming food aid: Time to end the special-interest hostage-taking

The Obama administration is once again reviving a years-long and recurring effort to reform the way the United States delivers food aid abroad, but unfortunately, it's a very uphill battle against some highly specially interested parties and the Congresspeople who represent them.

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

CBS Local

Maryland Faith Leaders Gather for Health Care Summit

Maryland health advocates urged religious leaders on Tuesday to learn more about how federal health care reform will be implemented in the state so they can pass information on to uninsured congregants.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Healthcare Law, Law, Medicaid, Health, Brookeville, MD

Washington Examiner

House Oversight Committee: Thomas Perez still not complying with subpoena over emails

House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., and ranking Democrat, Rep.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Darrell Issa, Democrat

Bangor Daily News

Hurdles in reforming U.S. food aid

Among the more laudable ideas in President Barack Obama's budget for fiscal 2014 is a plan to modernize and reform the $1.5 billion U.S. food aid program.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Eleanor Holmes Norton, Representative Gerald Connolly, Opinion

Roll Call

SNL Benghazi Skit Mismatches Members, Nameplates

"Saturday Night Live" had some fun with last week's marathon Benghazi hearing, marrying House Republicans' fervor for media attention with the basic tenet of sweeps week programming, like stunt casting: We can't quibble with the logic of exploiting newsmakers to make people notice what's happening on Capitol Hill - frustrated conservatives bemoaned ... (more)

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Related Topix: Comedy, Entertainment, Television, Saturday Night Live, US News, US Politics, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Republican, Doc Hastings, Representative Trey Gowdy