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WRAPUP 2-U.S. tax official at center of scandal won't testify -lawyer
Reuters(Adds detail on Lerner's prior statements, committee staff meeting with Paz) By Kim Dixon WASHINGTON, May 21 (Reuters) - Lois Lerner, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service official at the center of a scandal about the targeting of conservative groups for...Tags: Career and Workplace, U.S. Senate, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Crime, Law and Justice, Parties and Movements
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Immigration reform bill heads to full Senate
WASHINGTON — A sweeping bipartisan plan to overhaul the nation’s immigration system headed to the Senate floor after a key committee approved it Tuesday, but not before tilting the bill to the political right with amendments designed to...Tags: Career and Workplace, AFL-CIO, U.S. Senate, Migration, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013)
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U.S. House panel approves spending cuts, assumes more to come
Reuters* $967 billion spending cap approved, lowest in a decade * Republicans shifting limited funds toward defense, security By David Lawder WASHINGTON, May 21 (Reuters) - The Appropriations Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives made clear on...Tags: Finance, U.S. Senate, Jose Serrano, Democratic Party, U.S. House of Representatives
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Corbett's public welfare chief disputes financial gains of Medicaid expansion
HARRISBURG — The Legislature's Independent Fiscal Office has been praised for its thorough, fair number-crunching and for being as nonpartisan as its name suggests since opening last year. But that pristine image may be tarnished now that the...Tags: Finance, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, Medicaid, Social Services, Pension and Welfare
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Toomey: It's hard to conclude that IRS scrutiny wasn't politically motivated
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey said Tuesday that without knowing who at the Internal Revenue Service is responsible for the extra scrutiny applied to tea party groups, it's impossible to conclude it was not politically motivated. Toomey made the...Tags: Taxation, Robert P. Casey, Jr., Human Interest, U.S. Senate, Occupy Wall Street
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Senate votes to make small cut to food stamps in farm bill
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate voted Tuesday to keep a $400 million annual cut — or roughly a half of 1 percent — to the food stamp program as part of a major five-year farm bill. Food stamps now cost almost $80 billion annually and are...Tags: Agriculture, U.S. House Committee on Agriculture, John McCain, Insurance, U.S. Senate
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Apple in the hot seat: Expect tough questioning at tax hearing
WASHINGTON -- Apple Inc. Chief Executive Tim Cook and other company officials will be in a legendary hot seat Tuesday as they try to defend the company's tax practices -- in front of Sen. Carl Levin. The veteran Michigan Democrat chairs the Senate's...
Tags: Apple Inc., John McCain, Parties and Movements, Tim Cook, Abusive Behavior
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At heart of IRS scandal: flawed 501(c)(4) rules
Congress passes laws and usually the appropriate agency can write regulations implementing the law. However, the regulations cannot contradict the law. Nevertheless, with respect to the tax law provision 501(c)(4), that is exactly what happened. Under...
Tags: Lawyers, Taxation, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Judges
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Walker Delivers Pep Talk To State GOP
The Hartford Courant— Scott Walker, the governor of Wisconsin and hero to conservatives across the nation for his efforts to quash public employee unions, delivered a pep talk to Connecticut Republicans Monday night. Walker reminded the crowd at the state GOP's...Tags: Philosophy, Scott Walker, U.S. Senate, Government, Regional Authority
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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: Taxation, FBI, Social Movements, Danny Werfel, Parties and Movements
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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, Government, Crime, Law and Justice, Parties and Movements
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Union of federal workers opposes immigration bill
WASHINGTON — Senators pushed forward Monday with changes to a sweeping immigration overhaul over the objections of a union of immigration officers that announced its opposition to the bill. The legislation, written by a bipartisan group of...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Justice System, Migration, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Dianne Feinstein
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