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Ousted IRS Chief Steve Miller and former IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman talk Tuesday during a break in testimony at a hearing at the Senate Finance Committee on the IRS practice of targeting applicants for tax-exempt status based on political leanings in Washington.

The U.S. Senate's first hearing on the Internal Revenue Service controversy looks more like two: Republicans pressed the tax agency for details of what happened and what they knew, while Democrats sought tougher rules for nonprofit political groups.

Acting IRS Commissioner Steve Miller testifies on Capitol Hill at a hearing on Internal Revenue Service targeting conservative groups, May 17, 2013 in Washington, DC.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has extended the period for commenting on its proposed standard for the maintenance of automated systems used in securities trading by 45 days.

Idaho Sen. Mike Crapo said earlier that the $250,000 investment loss his campaign suffered in 2008 - and just now disclosed - came at a time when the campaign was between treasurers, so only then-campaign manager Jake Ball authorized the expenditure, in the form of a loan to a longtime friend.

A key Senate Republican is asking U.S. securities regulators to extend for three months the time allotted for public comment on proposed rules aimed at fighting trading glitches on exchanges and clearinghouses.

In his Cheers & Jeers column today, opinionator Marty Trillhaase of the Lewiston Tribune gives Jeers to U.S. Sen.

If Congressman Raul Labrador's re-election campaign lost a quarter of a million bucks, the Idaho Republican would be down to his last $472. For Congressman Mike Simpson, R-Idaho, misplacing $250,000 would leave him $183,509 in the hole.

Happy Tuesday. A lot of politicians invest leftover campaign donations but an aide to Sen.

The scandal evolving over the quarter million dollars reportedly bilked from Idaho Senior Sen Mike Crapo's campaign fund sounds like the Catholic Church and its abusive priests: "shuffle the offenders and keep mum unless someone squawks." Lost in all the revelations reported by both the STATESMAN and ASSOCIATED PRESS is the ethical issue of keeping ... (more)

Receiving Wide Coverage ... Doormat Directors: With little more than a week to go before JPMorgan's annual meeting, some shareholders are wondering whether Lee Raymond,... Read More In three years of 'say-on-pay' votes since Dodd-Frank, investors have widely acquiesced to double-digit increases in bank executive compensation.

U.S. Sen. Mike Crapo's ex-campaign manager blames his friend for making a "less than professional" investment of $250,000 from political donors in a Las Vegas company amid the 2008 global financial crisis.

The Nez-Perce County Regional Air Traffic Control Tower will remain open through the end of the fiscal year.

Receive FREE access by logging in to or creating your Spokesman.com account. The air traffic control tower at Felts Field will not be closed by budget cuts but will remain open through September, the U.S. Department of Transportation said Friday.

How mature of them! As we noted yesterday , on the day where Gina McCarthy's nomination for EPA head was to have been voted on in committee, Republicans decided a boycott was in order instead.

Our tax system is woefully in need in repair, yet seems to garner little Congressional attention apart from rate increases.

Republican U.S. Sen. Mike Crapo's campaign announced Friday it lost $250,000 on a loan authorized by a former campaign manager to an Idaho company owned by a friend who contends somebody else stole the money.

Republican U.S. Sen. Mike Crapo's campaign fund lost $250,000 on an investment where it says somebody absconded with the cash.

Both Gov. Butch Otter and Idaho's congressional delegation fired off letters to the Coast Guard yesterday pushing for approval of the jet boat race on the St.

ON TAP THURSDAY: The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee is scheduled to vote Thursday morning on Gina McCarthy, President Obama's choice to run the Environmental Protection Agency.