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17 hrs ago | Magic City Morning Star

IRS scandal increases concerns over Obamacare management, says Senator

As the IRS scandal metastasizes, Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., appearing on Your World with Neil Cavuto on the Fox News Channel on Wednesday afternoon told the show's audience that he and other Republicans have serious reservations about the Internal Revenue Service managing Obamacare.

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Related Topix: Tax, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Cavuto, Entertainment, Television, Healthcare Law, Law, Barack Obama

Sat May 18, 2013

Government Executive

Senior Exec Bonuses Targeted

The Senate legislation, sponsored by a Democrat, would prohibit agencies from doling out performance awards to members of the Senior Executive Service while the sequester is in effect.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Claire McCaskill, US Senate, Democrat, Republican, Senator Ron Johnson

Fri May 17, 2013

CNN

Watch who Tim Cook talks to in the Washington press corps

Tim Cook is coming to Washington next week, summoned by the same Senate subcommittee that blasted Microsoft and Hewlett Packard last fall for funneling U.S. profits overseas to avoid paying U.S. taxes on them.

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Related Topix: Microsoft, Startups, Hewlett Packard, HP, Computers, Apple, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican

The Beaumont Enterprise

EDITORIAL: Don't undermine sequester with exemptions

EDITORIAL: Don't undermine sequester with exemptions Beaumont Enterprise Copyright 2013 Beaumont Enterprise.

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

Thu May 16, 2013

KETV-TV

Senate confirms Moniz for energy secretary

The Senate on Thursday confirmed Massachusetts Institute of Technology physicist Ernest Moniz to be the next Secretary of Energy, replacing Steven Chu.

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Related Topix: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, US Politics, Roy Blunt, US News, US Senate, Republican, US House of Representatives, Senator Roy Blunt, Senator Jerry Moran, Jerry Moran

WESH-TV

Senate confirms Moniz for energy secretary

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Related Topix: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, US Politics, Roy Blunt, US News, US Senate, Republican, US House of Representatives, Senator Roy Blunt, Senator Jerry Moran, Jerry Moran

Wed May 15, 2013

Fox 23

Coburn questions NFL tax exempt status

Oklahoma Senator Tom Coburn thinks professional sports could help pay America's debt.

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

Post-gazette.com

Senate passes bill authorizing money for locks and dams

The Army Corps of Engineers is a big step closer to resuming work on the Lower Monongahela's crumbling locks and dams after a U.S. Senate vote Wednesday reauthorizing up to $12.5 billion in water projects over the next decade.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Barbara Boxer, Democrat, David Vitter

Tue May 14, 2013

Roll Call

Coburn, Colleagues Explaining Holding Up the #WGDB

Sen. Tom Coburn of Oklahoma on Tuesday circulated a letter where he and five GOP colleagues explains circumstances in which he won't allow legislation through the Senate quickly by unanimous consent using the chamber's "hotline" system.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Oklahoma Government, Oklahoma, Jeff Flake, Senator Ron Johnson, Senator Kelly Ayotte, US House of Representatives, Senator Rand Paul

Tax Foundation

Tuesday Links: The IRS Controversy and Other Things

Australia hopes to cover for its $17 billion deficit by cracking down on tax evaders.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Mike Pence, US Senate, Blog News, Non-Profit

Mon May 13, 2013

The Huffington Post

Seth Masket: Colorado Professors: Restore the National Science Foundation's Political Science Funding

The following is an op/ed by Seth Masket , Robert Duffy , and David Brown . It appeared on the Denver Post's website and is reposted in its entirety below.

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Related Topix: Colorado, University of Denver, Colorado State University, University of Colorado Boulder, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican

NewsOK.com

Some violent crimes rose sharply in national parks after loaded firearms allowed

The park service numbers show 15 murder and manslaughter cases in 2010, up from four in 2009, the year Sen.

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

National Parks Traveler

Senator Coburn Vastly Misstates Impact Of Allowing Guns In National Parks

U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn, who used sleight of legislative hand to see that national park visitors could arm themselves, boasted the other day that violent crime in the parks has decreased 85 percent thanks to that legislation.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Criminal Defense Law, Law

Fri May 10, 2013

Tulsa World

IRS apologizes for targeting conservative groups During the 2012...

The vote for the proposal by Sen. Tom Coburn was 56-43 for the legislation, but that fell short of the 60 votes needed.

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Related Topix: Tax, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, George Bush, Barack Obama, Non-Profit

Examiner.com

Big trouble brews for Obama, Democrats

Big trouble is brewing for Barack Obama and the Democrats on numerous fronts. What is developing is the perfect political storm, a gathering of dark clouds on every corner, and in every direction.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, US Senate, Republican

WHTC

U.S. Postal Service loses $1.9 billion in second q...

The U.S. Postal Service lost $1.9 billion in its second quarter, as the agency cut employees' work hours but struggled with an ongoing drop in mail volumes, the cash-strapped agency announced on Friday.

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Related Topix: The Postal Service, Indie, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Senator Tom Carper

Reuters

U.S. Postal Service loses $1.9 billion in second quarter

Our day's top images, in-depth photo essays and offbeat slices of life. See the best of Reuters photography.

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Related Topix: The Postal Service, Indie, Encinitas, CA, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Senator Tom Carper

AmmoLand

Senator Joe Manchin Steps up his Campaign of Lies

You guys unleashed a torrent of grassroots activism in response, and we are starting to get great feedback as to where Senators currently stand.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Senator Joe Manchin, US Senate, Democrat, Ron Paul, Republican, US House of Representatives, Guns, Barbara Boxer

Dark Reading

The Dragon In The Room

Everybody's talking China now. The federal government isn't mincing words anymore, either.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Carl Levin, Democrat, John McCain, Republican, Science / Technology

InformationWeek

Senate Bill Calls For Cyberespionage 'Watch List'

In a week that began with the rare move of the Pentagon calling out the Chinese government and military for attacks on U.S. government networks, some key senators have drafted a bill that would create a watch list of nations conducting cyberespionage against the U.S., and spell out just what technologies and products are being stolen -- as well as ... (more)

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Carl Levin, Democrat, John McCain, Republican