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34 min ago | HeraldNet

IRS replaces official in tea party scandal

Moving quickly to stem a raging controversy, the new acting head of the Internal Revenue Service started cleaning house Thursday by replacing the supervisor who oversaw agents involved in targeting tea party groups.

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Related Topix: Tax, US Politics, US Senate, Republican

4 hrs ago | Arutz Sheva Israel News

Jewish-American Holocaust 2.0 Denial

Jews should have the backs of such brave senators as Grassley and not stab them in the back.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Twitter

8 hrs ago | USA Today

Bloomberg gun group zeroes in on Mark Pryor

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's gun-control group is launching a new ad campaign aimed at Democratic Sen.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Mark Pryor, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Arkansas, Arkansas Government, Senator Joe Manchin, Republican

13 hrs ago | The Hill

Report: Grassley's chief of staff quits to run for Senate

David Young, Sen. Chuck Grassley's longtime chief of staff, has resigned in order to run for the Senate, according to a report.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Steve King, US Senate, Democrat, Representative Bruce Braley, Tom Harkin

18 hrs ago | The Recorder

DOJ's Tony West Defends Record on Whistleblowers

Acting associate attorney general Tony West defended the U.S. Department of Justice's record with whistleblowers Thursday, testifying on Capitol Hill that his leadership led to the recovery of more taxpayer money than at any other time in American history.

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Related Topix: US News, Law, Employment / Labor Law, US Politics, US Senate, Republican

Thu May 23, 2013

Seattle Times

GOP's Walker touts state ties during trip to Iowa

Scott Walker tried to introduce himself to Iowa Republicans Thursday as so many would-be presidential candidates often do - one of their own.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Iowa, Scott Walker, US Governors, Terry Branstad

The Wichita Eagle

IRS replaces official in tea party controversy

Lois Lerner, head of the IRS unit that decides whether to grant tax-exempt status to groups, listens on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 22, 2013, during a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing to investigate the extra scrutiny the IRS gave to Tea Party and other conservative groups that applied for tax-exempt status.

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Related Topix: Tax, US News, Tea Party, US Politics, Republican, US House of Representatives, Darrell Issa, US Senate

Click2Houston

IRS official involved in scandal on administrative leave

The Internal Revenue Service official overseeing the unit that targeted conservative groups for several years beginning in the spring of 2010 has been placed on administrative leave, according to Congressional sources in both parties.

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Related Topix: Tax, US Senate, Republican, US Politics, US News

The Gazette

Another term for Branstad? Iowans split in new poll

Nearly half of Iowa voters give Gov. Terry Branstad a positive job approval rating, but a poll released this morning suggests they think he has been in office long enough.

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Related Topix: Iowa, Tom Harkin, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Democrat, Terry Branstad, US Governors, Healthcare Law, Law

Mother Jones

In 2011, the IRS killed audits of five big-time donors. Inside the IRS mess you haven't heard about.

Tea party members protest in front of the John Weld Peck Federal Building in Cincinnati, Ohio, during a nationwide protest at IRS offices on May 21, 2013.

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Related Topix: Tax, US News, US Politics, Orrin Hatch, US Senate, Republican, Dave Camp, US House of Representatives, Non-Profit

The Hill

Overnight Money: Pritzker heads to Capitol Hill

Let's talk Commerce: A Senate panel will talk on Thursday with President Obama's nominee to lead the Commerce Department.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US Senate, Republican, Tax

Wed May 22, 2013

Slate

Filibuster Reform Kicks Open the Coffin and Returns From the Dead

MySlate is a new tool that lets you track your favorite parts of Slate. You can follow authors and sections, track comment threads you're interested in, and more.

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Related Topix: US News, US Senate, Republican, US Politics, Senator Ted Cruz

Mother Jones

Immigration Bill Heads to the Full Senate, 200 Amendments Later

The Senate Judiciary Committee approved a sweeping immigration reform bill on Tuesday, but only after sifting through more than 200 amendments.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, US News, US Senate, Republican, US Politics

KICD-AM Spencer

Cherokee Delivery Arrest

Just before 10:30 Saturday morning, Cherokee Police made the arrest of 59-year old Dennis Schnabel Sr, charging him with 5 counts of Delivery of a Controlled Substance.

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Related Topix: US Senate, Republican, US Politics, US News, Spencer, IA

VDARE

'Remember 1986'-National Press Day Held Today

Arizona is on the front lines of the immigration invasion, it's a pioneer in fighting back at the state level, and it's primary target for the Obama administration's "civil rights" lawsuits.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, John McCain, Republican, Immigration Reform

WMFE

Is Wall Street Still "Untouchable"?

This fall will mark the five-year anniversary of Lehman Brothers filing for bankruptcy, sparking the biggest financial crisis since the Great Depression.

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Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Personal Finance, US House of Representatives, Democrat, US Politics, Sherrod Brown, US Senate, Republican

The Montgomery Advertiser

Dana Milbank: Sessions fighting for a lost cause

Not since George Wallace, perhaps, has an Alabamian taken as passionate a stand for a lost cause as the one Jeff Sessions is taking now.

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Related Topix: Alabama, US Politics, US News, Jeff Sessions, US Senate, Republican, Senator Mike Lee, Orrin Hatch

The Miami Herald

Amid immigration reform, calls to change asylums

As Congress debates legalizing about 11 million immigrants living in the U.S. illegally, immigration advocates are pushing plans they say will open the asylum process for thousands of more people who flee persecution in their home countries.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, US Senate, Republican, US Politics, US News

Tue May 21, 2013

The San Diego Union-Tribune

Leahy steps back on gay marriage issue

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., right, confers with the committee's ranking Republican, Sen.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, Gay/Lesbian, US Politics, US News, Patrick Leahy, US Senate, Democrat, Republican, Senator Chuck Schumer

Media Matters for America

WSJ Supports Dismantling Federal Court In Order To Block Obama Nominees

The Wall Street Journal is endorsing Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley's absurd claim that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit doesn't need to fill its judicial vacancies, a position the senator didn't take when he was helping confirm former President George W. Bush's right-wing judges.

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Related Topix: District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals, US News, US Politics, US Senate, Republican, George Bush, Liberal Political News