The IRS Guy Is Having A Worse Day Than You
Ousted acting IRS commissioner Steven Miller had a pretty lousy day in front of the House Ways and Means Committee.
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Charlie Rangel Says It’s Wrong To Abuse The Tax System
The New York Democrat was censured in 2010 for ethics violations including tax evasion.
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Cory Booker Raked In $1.3 Million From Speeches Since 2008
The Newark mayor gave about 75% of his earnings to charity.
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Hillary Clinton To Keynote In Canada
The gig pays at least $250,000, says a source familiar with the conference.
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Keystone Pipeline Politics Follow Obama On Baltimore Jobs Tour
President to appear at Ellicott Dredge Enterprises the day after company head testifies in Congress on behalf of controversial oil pipeline. Update: White House refers Keystone questions to State.
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OFA Tells Keystone Activists They Won’t Play Ball
Despite cries from the left, Obama’s grassroots arm says they won’t get involved in the pipeline debate. “OFA is not going to change its mission,” says an official.
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10 Presidents With Umbrellas
The president had an umbrella today, but who else has?
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Michele Bachmann Is Back
Republican leaders hope to revive the tea party spirit. “Why aren’t you impeaching the president?”
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13 Biggest Bros Of Congress
Cool story, bro!
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Republican Massachusetts Senate Candidate Was Sued By Plumber For Unpaid Toilet Repairs
A small-claims case over a toilet. It was settled out of court.
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New Poll Shows Good News For Democrats In Massachusetts Senate Race
Democrats have put the tough Senate primary behind them, a new PPP poll finds. Ed Markey’s up seven over Gabriel Gomez, according to the poll sponsored by the League of Conservation Voters.
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Pentagon Recognizes Transgender Veteran, Advocates See A “Shift”
“By showing you can actually change your gender marker with the Department of Defense, it shows that the Department of Defense actually will do that, and if they do that then it’s another stop toward figuring out a way to have open service for trans people,” activist says.
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Weiner’s Old Consultants Work For A Rival
A slow start to the former congressman’s comeback attempt.
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What Media Matters Was Thinking
“People did not understand what we were trying to do,” Brock tells BuzzFeed after a talking points controversy. Media Matters plans to spin “Message Matters” off into a separate organization.
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Obama Tries To Tamp Down Three Controversies At Once
Damage control in D.C.
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Read The Benghazi Emails
White House releases Benghazi emails. Update: Official tells BuzzFeed the release vindicates the Obama administration.
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Louie Gohmert Gets Heated With Eric Holder: "He Has Challenged My Character"
Texas Congressman Louie Gohmert got into a heated discussion with Eric Holder today over a bunch issues, most notably the FBI’s interview with deceased Boston bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev in 2011. He mentions asparagus at one point.
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If This Week Were An Episode Of "Scandal"
Washington could use a little Olivia Pope right about now.
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Eric Holder Just Doesn’t Know
The head of the DOJ is all like, “idk, man.”
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Congressional Press Questions Constitutionality Of Snooping
Congressional press galleries call on the Department of Justice to explain how the “unparalleled use of your investigative power is constitutionally consistent.”
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Republican Outreach Director Who Ditched GOP Was Recently Applying For Jobs At RNC
“In this case it may be a more an issue of employment rather than policy,” says Spicer.
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Eric Holder And Darrell Issa Battle It Out
Longstanding animosities bubble to the surface during tense oversight hearing.
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New Media Shield Law Might Not Have Protected AP
The White House confirms they asked Schumer to reintroduce the bill.
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How The Obama Administration Is Having The Worst Week Ever
LOL, Government.
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Attorney General Says He Didn’t Know About Press Snooping
Eric Holder told Congress that his Deputy Attorney General signed off on secret subpoenas for AP phone records.
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IRS Scandal Crushes Campaign Finance Reformer Dreams
There’s little chance the IRS will enforce campaign finance laws now, say some advocates. Ennui is setting in. But some see hope down the road.
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Top Romney Strategist: Hillary Clinton Will Lose A Democratic Primary
“If I was a Democratic hot-shot politician, I would primary her so fast,” says Stu Stevens. Hickenlooper 2016?
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Charles Koch Might Be An Elaborate Stephen Colbert Character
Has anyone ever seen these two in the same place at the same time?
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Meet The Beat-Mixing, Gangsta Rap-Loving Tea Party Congressman
Rep. Trey Radel wants his fellow Republicans to get outside the echo chamber — and gain an appreciation for N.W.A.
