Michael Turner News

Turner, co-chairman of the Military Sexual Assault Prevention Caucus, has grown more frustrated over the years as the problem of sexual assault has persisted in the military.

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand , along with 15 original co-sponsors, introduced the "Military Justice Improvement Act" this week in the wake of a recent Pentagon report indicating that an estimated 26,000 cases of sexual assault occurred in the military during FY 2012.

While the IRS scandal is only a week old, Capitol Hill Republicans already are pushing more than a half-dozen pieces of legislation that would punish and clip the wings of the beleaguered agency.

Republicans and hawkish Democrats in Congress warned us all that if the military spending cuts that were part of the sequestration were allowed to go through, we would all be sorry.

Following the IRS scandal targeting Tea Party and conservative organizations for special "scrutiny," Republican Congressman Michael Turner introduced legislation to increase penalties against government employees who violate laws governing issuance of tax-exempt status.

Newscast Media WASHINGTON-Congressman Mike Turner introduced the Taxpayer Nondiscrimination & Protection Act of 2013 on Tuesday that would amend Title 18 of the U.S. Code, making it a crime for the Internal Revenue Service to discriminate against anyone based on their constitutionally protected rights of political speech and expression.

It took four days in Congress for predictably unanimous rhetorical outrage at the IRS to devolve into a predictably partisan disagreement over the proper legislative response.

With less than two weeks to go in the legislative session, House chief budget writer Republican Rep.

If your understanding of what, exactly, the Hungarian American Caucus has been up to in recent years is as clear as a bowl of paprika-spiked goulash, allow HOH to bring you up to speed.

For Sen. Marco Rubio, multiple congressional investigations are not enough. The Florida Republican upped the ante on the IRS this afternoon, filing an amendment to an unrelated water resources bill to provide criminal penalties for similar acts in the future.

FIVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE IRS SCANDAL. A classic Washington scandal is unfolding - complete with accusations of lies, abuse of power and questions about cover-ups. To add to the intrigue, it involves one of the most hated government agencies: the Internal Revenue Service.

In the wake of an admission by an IRS official that conservative groups had been targeted for additional scrutiny, Rep.

The title of this post is my proposed alternative headline for this local article discussing recent sentencing law reforms in Ohio .

A bipartisan group of lawmakers from both chambers met with senior White House officials Thursday morning to discuss several legislative proposals aimed at getting the military's growing epidemic of sexual assault under control.

Looming with the deadline that any non-local House Bills must be passed out of the full House by tomorrow night, tensions can run high, and that came to boiling point yesterday.

When Rep. Jim Renacci huddled together with a group of retired football players during a May 2012 press conference, he spoke of helping the NFL Hall of Fame acquire priceless football artifacts through a proposed bill that wouldn't cost taxpayers a dime.