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IRS officials back on Capitol Hill hot seat over targeting
Reuters* Former IRS head Shulman to give first public testimony * Lawmakers seek specifics about who knew of practice, and when By John Whitesides WASHINGTON, May 21 (Reuters) - A U.S. Senate panel will try on Tuesday to pry more details out of current and...Tags: Taxation, Internal Revenue Service, George W. Bush, Justice System, Orrin Hatch
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Timeline: Events in IRS 'Tea Party' scrutiny scandal
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - A controversy at the U.S. Internal Revenue Service involving extra scrutiny in 2010-2012 of politically conservative groups is dominating the political agenda in Washington, with congressional hearings set for Tuesday and Wednesday....Tags: Mitt Romney, FBI, Social Movements, Taxation, Political Fundraising
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Tea Party group sues IRS over inappropriate targeting
Reuters(Reuters) - A California-based Tea Party group sued the U.S. Internal Revenue Service on Monday in what marked the first lawsuit to stem from an investigation finding the agency singled-out conservative organizations. In a lawsuit filed in U.S....Tags: Taxation, Justice System, Internal Revenue Service, Politics, U.S. Department of the Treasury
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Factbox: Four key questions in the unfolding IRS scandal
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Congressional and Justice Department investigators are examining the Internal Revenue Service over its inappropriate scrutiny of conservative groups that applied for tax-exempt status. President Barack Obama, seeking to contain the...Tags: Taxation, Justice System, Internal Revenue Service, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Tea Party Movement
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Apple, Congress spar over taxes ahead of Tuesday hearing
ReutersWASHINGTON/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Using an unusual global tax structure, Apple Inc has kept billions of dollars in profits in Irish subsidiaries to pay little or no taxes to any government, a Senate report on the company's offshore tax structure said...Tags: Taxation, Personal Income, Internal Revenue Service, Hewlett-Packard Co., Google Inc.
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FACTBOX-Four key questions in the unfolding IRS scandal
ReutersWASHINGTON, May 20 (Reuters) - Congressional and Justice Department investigators are examining the Internal Revenue Service over its inappropriate scrutiny of conservative groups that applied for tax-exempt status. President Barack Obama, seeking to...Tags: Taxation, Internal Revenue Service, Justice System, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Politics
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White House to brief Democrats on economy on Tuesday
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - A group of Democratic lawmakers has been invited to the White House on Tuesday for a briefing about economic issues from two top advisers to President Barack Obama on Tuesday. White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough and Alan...Tags: U.S. Department of Justice, Alan Krueger, U.S. Senate, Washington, DC, Parties and Movements
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Alaska governor launches bid to measure oil in Arctic refuge
For decades, war has been waged over the holy grail of America's Arctic frontier, the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The wide coastal plain on the edge of the Beaufort Sea contains stunning populations of caribou, grizzly, musk oxen and other wildlife...
Tags: Natural Resources, Energy Resources, Sean Parnell, Washington, DC, Politics
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U.S. Supreme Court agrees to hear town meeting prayer case
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Delving into the controversial relationship between government and religion, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to consider whether a town in New York could allow members of the public, who in practice were nearly all Christian...Tags: U.S. Supreme Court, Religion and Belief, Church and State Relations, Separation of Church and State, Christianity
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Pressure builds on U.S. officials to take heat for IRS scandal
ReutersBy Kim Dixon and Patrick Temple-West WASHINGTON, May 20 (Reuters) - Pressure was building on Monday for the Obama administration to fire more people linked to the U.S. Internal Revenue Service's extra scrutiny of conservative groups, possibly including...Tags: Taxation, Internal Revenue Service, Orrin Hatch, Politics, Washington, DC
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Former GOP Senator Judd Gregg named CEO of lobbying group SIFMA
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association named former Republican Senator Judd Gregg as its chief executive officer, the lobbying group said Monday. The appointment of the veteran politician, who also was governor...Tags: Corporate Officers, Management Change, Mary Schapiro, Lobbying, Financial Markets
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AP CEO calls records seizure unconstitutional
WASHINGTON (AP) — The president and chief executive officer of The Associated Press on Sunday called the government's secret seizure of two months of reporters' phone records "unconstitutional" and said the news cooperative had not ruled out legal...
Tags: Corporate Officers, NBC (tv network), CBS Corp., U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Justice System
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