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Mich. disabled vets could see property tax relief
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Some disabled veterans living in Michigan could get some relief next tax season under legislation being debated in the state Senate. Two different bills passed by the Senate Finance Committee last week have one aim: to...Tags: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Taxation, Rentals, American Legion, Physical Disabilities
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Obama says IRS commissioner has resigned amid scandal
WASHINGTON (AP) — Hurrying to check a growing controversy, President Barack Obama ousted the acting commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service late Wednesday amid an outcry over revelations that the agency had improperly targeted tea party...Tags: Internal Revenue Service, U.S. Congress, Justice System, IRS Tea Party Nonprofit Application Scandal (2013), Barack Obama
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Ex-Michigan congressman sentenced in terror funding case
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A former Michigan congressman and U.S. delegate to the United Nations has been sentenced to a year and one day in prison for lobbying for a Missouri-based Islamic charity that had been identified as a global terrorist...Tags: Social Issues, Justice System, Trials, Trials, Punishment
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US trade official 'dumbfounded' by GOP boycott
WASHINGTON (AP) — The top U.S. trade official says he's "dumbfounded" and "shell-shocked" by Senate Republicans who refused to participate in hearings on three trade agreements the GOP largely supports. U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk says he...Tags: Elections, Democratic Party, Republican Party, Washington, DC, Politics
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Arrogance, Intolerance Filters Down From Dear Leader
The Hartford Courant"Horrible customer service." That's what the newly fired IRS commissioner averred was the agency's only sin in singling out conservative political groups for discriminatory treatment. In such grim proceedings one should be grateful for unintended humor....Tags: Internal Revenue Service, U.S. Department of Justice, Crime, Law and Justice, Taxation, Fox News Channel (tv network)
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IRS puts head of problem office on leave
WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service has replaced the head of the office under fire for improperly targeting conservative groups, a day after she invoked the 5th Amendment and refused to answer questions before a congressional committee. Lois...
Tags: Internal Revenue Service, U.S. Congress, Government, Civil and Public Service, Carl Levin
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McManus: Obama's IRS choice
Message to the president: Resistance is futile. There are plenty of juicy targets for investigators in the IRS scrutiny of conservative organizations that applied for tax-exempt status, but the most dangerous for President Obama is this: Did bureaucrats...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Internal Revenue Service, Charles B. Rangel, Justice System, Barack Obama
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Amid rancor, a chance for U.S. action on trade bill
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Major trade legislation appears increasingly likely to clear Congress this year despite an intensely partisan atmosphere made worse by scandals plaguing President Barack Obama's administration. Business groups are preparing to push...Tags: U.S. Congress, Government, Democratic Party, Trade Policy, Dave Camp
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Lawmakers grill Apple execs over tax strategy
WASHINGTON — Apple Inc. Chief Executive Tim Cook was supposed to face a hostile Capitol Hill crowd but instead he wielded the company's popularity like a shield to deflect some of the most aggressive questioning over the company's...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Carl Levin, Tim Cook, Rand Paul, Economy, Business and Finance
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FACTBOX-Four key questions in the unfolding IRS scandal
ReutersWASHINGTON, May 22 (Reuters) - U.S. 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...Tags: U.S. Congress, Internal Revenue Service, Justice System, Barack Obama, U.S. Department of the Treasury
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IRS' last two commissioners deny lying; official to take the 5th
WASHINGTON — As the Internal Revenue Service's last two directors struggled to provide answers Tuesday about the agency's improper scrutiny of conservative groups, a lawyer for another key IRS official said she would invoke the 5th Amendment...
Tags: Internal Revenue Service, U.S. Congress, Justice System, IRS Tea Party Nonprofit Application Scandal (2013), Barack Obama
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IRS officials still don't have full explanation of targeting
WASHINGTON – The outgoing head of the IRS said the agency still doesn’t know which staff members were responsible for using politically loaded language to screen out nonprofit groups, as senators pressed them to explain how certain...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Internal Revenue Service, Sherrod Brown, Patrick J. Toomey, IRS Tea Party Nonprofit Application Scandal (2013)
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