Rob Portman

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Robert Jones "Rob" Portman (born December 19, 1955) is an American lawyer and politician who has served in two cabinet positions and as a member of Congress. Most recently, he was Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Prior to this appointment, Portman was the United States Trade Representative, a post carrying the rank of Ambassador. From 1993 to 2005, he was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio, representing that state's 2nd congressional district (map), which stretched along the Ohio River from the Hamilton County suburbs of Cincinnati east to Scioto County.

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Senate Finance Committee issues request for detailed information on IRS targeting scandal by May 31st

Source: Hot Air  |   May 20 2013, 1:01pm CDT

The House has already begun its investigation of the IRS scandal, with Friday’s hearing in the House Ways and Means Committee. The Senate Finance Committee will follow in short order, and it has already issued a “request” for detailed info ...

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Efficiency Bill Could Be a ‘Poison Pill’ for LEED Green Building Standards

Source: GreentechMedia  |   May 20 2013, 11:30am CDT

Energy efficiency proponents rejoiced last month when Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Rob Portman (R-OH) reintroduced a sweeping bill that would provide incentives, technical assistance and new standards for energy efficiency in the private and ...

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Taliban's talks offer should be taken seriously: Nawaz Sharif
Taliban's talks offer should be taken seriously: Nawaz Sharif
Islamabad, May 20 (IANS) The Taliban's offer for peace talks should be taken seriously as every issue cannot be solved through use of power and bullet, Pakistan's prime minister-designate Nawaz Sharif said Monday.
 
Man held for sexually assaulting girlfriend in Italy
Man held for sexually assaulting girlfriend in Italy
Rome, May 20 (IANS/AKI) Police in the central Italian city of Perugia Monday arrested a 22-year-old Congolese migrant on suspicion of sexually assaulting his Italian girlfriend after she refused to have sex with him.
 
US anti-corruption expert expelled from Russia
US anti-corruption expert expelled from Russia
Moscow, May 20 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A retired US diplomat and expert on the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act has been banned from entering Russia.
 
 

Congress: Attack mode

Source: MSNBC Blogs  |   May 20 2013, 8:01am CDT

He said that it’s spread throughout government from the IRS to HHS to the FCC and the SEC. He claimed of Health and Human Services Secretary Sebelius: “Secretary Sebelius sent out a directive to health insurance companies telling them they couldn’t infor ...

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The Note: A Scandal’s Second Wind

Source: ABC News  |   May 20 2013, 7:58am CDT

By MICHAEL FALCONE (@michaelpfalcone) NOTABLES PFEIFFER CALLS IRS ACTIVITY ‘INEXCUSABLE’: White House Senior Adviser Dan Pfeiffer told ABC’s GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS yesterday that the legality surrounding the targeting of conse ...

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U.S hits debt limit: emergency clock starts ticking - First look: assessing the scandal landscape - Pfeiffer: No White House scandal - Apple on the hot seat over taxes - Lew: I didn't know details

Source: The Politico  |   May 20 2013, 6:58am CDT

U.S HITS DEBT LIMIT: EMERGENCY CLOCK STARTS TICKING — Treasury ran out of borrowing authority under the debt limit on Sunday beginning what could be a relatively lengthy period of “extraordinary measures” to avoid default. The de ...

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Fox News' Continued Calls For Special Prosecutor Ignores Legal Determination

Source: Media Matters for America  |   May 20 2013, 4:14am CDT

Fox News continued to push for a special prosecutor following reports that the White House chief counsel knew of an IRS investigation but did not inform the president, a claim that ignores the legal and political problems raised by involving a ...

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Obama fights GOP, scandal - Mon, 20 May 2013 PST

Source: The Spokesman   |   May 20 2013, 2:53am CDT

WASHINGTON – A senior White House aide said Sunday that President Barack Obama learned only from news reports that an Internal Revenue Service office had singled out dozens of conservative groups for questi ...

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News of the Day From Across the Nation, May 20

Source: San Francisco Chronicle  |   May 19 2013, 10:33pm CDT

1 Student killed: Students at Hofstra University on New York 's Long Island wore white ribbons at their graduation ceremony Sunday to honor a fellow student who was accidentally killed by a police officer confronting an armed int ...

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