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One of the biggest revelations in the Treasury Department inspector general report on the unfolding IRS-tea party debacle is this: The IRS staffers vetting hundreds of tea party groups and conservative outfits seeking nonprofit status for potential political activity weren't themselves sure what they were looking for.

U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann says the IRS targeting of Tea Party and conservative groups that sought tax-exempt status during the 2012 election cycle is "far worse" than the Watergate scandal of the Nixon presidency.

Conservative nonprofits that received tax-exempt status since the beginning of 2010 and also filed election spending reports with the Federal Election Commission overwhelmed liberal groups in terms of money spent on politics, an analysis of Internal Revenue Service and FEC records shows.

Everyone can agree it is unacceptable for the IRS to target particular organizations based on political ideology.

Paulsen was considered a top recruit for Republicans, but he said in a statement that he would remain in the House.

A repeat of the Paul Wellstone tragedy of 2002 would produce a delayed election, not a rushed campaign with a substitute candidate, under a bill approved by the Minnesota House on Wednesday.

Tea party heavyweights Marco Rubio and Jim DeMint are on opposite sides of the immigration debate - and they're duking it out for the support of the movement.

Hennepin County Commissioner Jeff Johnson, surrounded by family and well-wishers, announced his Republican Party candidacy for Minnesota governor Sunday in Hamel.

Pay raises for lawmakers are never popular. So in a potentially risky move for senators' paychecks, a Senate committee is looking into whether voters should decide whether they deserve a pay increase.

A national group of prominent GOP donors that supports gay marriage is pouring new money into lobbying efforts to get Republican lawmakers to vote to make it legal.

In the wake of the 2012 election, many Republican strategists have concluded they simply cannot win as long as they seem so "polarizing." One of the more contentious issues is gay marriage, with those on the left often accusing Republicans of being intolerant.

ST. PAUL, Minn. - A national group of prominent GOP donors that supports gay marriage is pouring new money into lobbying efforts to get Republican lawmakers to vote to make it legal.

In this April 18, 2013, file photo Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton tell hundreds who turned out to rally at the State Capitol, in St.

"Although I haven't read the book," Coleman told me via e-mail, "I'm told my former staffers had some fun knitting together a number of Washington characters.

Minnesota's senior Republican in Congress decided Friday he won't try to challenge Democratic Sen.

In January, Dykema Gossett opened a Minneapolis office headed by a former partner at Briggs and Morgan.