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Obama ousts IRS chief over inquiry
WASHINGTON — President Obama forced out the head of the IRS on Wednesday, seeking to restore the public's faith in the tax agency while asserting a measure of control over a rapidly growing political problem. Making a hastily scheduled statement...
Tags: Pension and Welfare, IRS Tea Party Nonprofit Application Scandal (2013), Justice System, Taxation, Marco Rubio
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Obama, lawmakers denounce IRS for targeting conservative groups
WASHINGTON – President Obama on Monday condemned the targeting of conservative groups by the Internal Revenue Service and vowed to punish anyone who may have taken part in it, as senators called for top IRS officials to resign and congressional...
Tags: U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, Taxation, Republican Party, U.S. Congress, Marco Rubio
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Key lawmaker: House will be 'more thoughtful' on Internet sales tax
WASHINGTON -- A key House committee chairman said his panel would take a "more thoughtful" approach to legislation allowing states to force retailers to collect sales taxes on Internet purchases. His comments signaled that momentum from Monday's easy...
Tags: U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, Amazon.com Inc., Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Steve Womack
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House Speaker Boehner unlikely to support Internet sales tax bill
WASHINGTON — House Speaker John A. Boehner said he probably won't support legislation allowing states to require that larger retailers collect sales taxes on Internet purchases. And a key House committee chairman said his panel would take a...
Tags: U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, Amazon.com Inc., U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System
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Obama seeks to allay healthcare law concerns
WASHINGTON — President Obama sought to tamp down fears Tuesday that his landmark healthcare law would raise insurance costs and cause other disruptions, saying most Americans were already benefiting from it and others soon would. "Any time you'...
Tags: U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Kathleen Sebelius, Insurance, Crime, Law and Justice
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Baucus' exit drains hope for tax reform
This post has been updated, as indicated below. Six-term Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.), the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, announced Tuesday that he won't run for reelection in 2014. You may now kiss any hope of a sweeping tax reform bill...
Tags: U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Republican Party, U.S. Congress
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Democrats, not Republicans, should be worrying about their future
Since Mitt Romney lost to President Obama on Nov. 6, the conventional wisdom has been that the Republican Party is in trouble. The less conventional truth is that it is the Democrats whose chances many be more bleak. Yes, Republicans are currently...
Tags: U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, Jeb Bush, Mitt Romney, U.S. Congress, Republican Party
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Montana's Max Baucus announces retirement from Senate
Democratic Sen. Max Baucus of Montana, who sometimes crossed his party in the powerful role of Finance Committee chairman, announced Tuesday he would retire at the end of his term — complicating Democrats' efforts to keep control of the Senate in...
Tags: Personal Weapon Control, Republican Party, Regional Authority, George W. Bush, Brian Schweitzer
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Sen. Max Baucus announces retirement plans
WASHINGTON -- In a surprise move that deals a serious blow to Democratic chances of holding the Senate, veteran Montana Sen. Max Baucus has decided not to seek reelection next year, Democratic officials said Tuesday. Baucus chairs the Senate Finance...
Tags: U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, John D. Rockefeller IV, Personal Weapon Control, Republican Party, Brian Schweitzer
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Brian Schweitzer to weigh bid for Max Baucus' Montana Senate seat
The surprise retirement of Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) immediately swung attention to the state’s former Democratic governor, Brian Schweitzer, who declined to say Tuesday if he would seek the job. The two-term governor left office in January and...
Tags: Media Industry, Brian Schweitzer, Government, Elections, Politics
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Officials: Democratic Sen. Baucus to retire
Democratic Sen. Max Baucus of Montana, the chairman of the powerful Senate Finance Committee who steered President Barack Obama's health care overhaul into law but recently broke with his party on gun control legislation, has decided to retire, Democratic...Tags: North Fork, Career and Workplace, Laws, Justice System, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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McManus: A tax everyone can love
The chairmen of Congress' primary tax committees, Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Rep. Dave Camp (R-Mich.), have launched a bipartisan effort to reform our messy, inefficient federal tax law. They've agreed to look for ways to lower tax rates on both...
Tags: Dave Camp, Republican Party, Brookings Institution, Services and Shopping, Conservation
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