* “GOP leaders scuttled a plan to...
* “GOP leaders scuttled a plan to ask taxpayers to rate the IRS on a questionnaire attached to their returns,” says Bob Mills. “Democrats maintained that if the IRS were allowed to design a questionnaire, it would be 50 pages long and indecipherable.”
* The IRS will have its first “problem-solving days” in 33 cities on Saturday. “Curiously, all 33 cities are in Maine.” (Jerry Perisho)
* “The accused Unabomber is asking for a change of venue,” says Jay Leno. “He wants the trial moved to Cambridge, Mass., so the charge can be reduced to ‘playing with firecrackers.’ ”
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