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New Congress: Fewer moderates make deals harder

Source: KLTV, Nov 25 2012, 3:51am CST

When the next Congress cranks up in January, there will be more women, many new faces and fewer tea party-backed House Republicans from the class of 2010.More >> When the next Congress cranks up in January, there will be ...

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Dana Milbank: GOP overplays its hand

Source: Memphis Commercial Appeal  |   May 19 2013, 12:56am CDT

WASHINGTON — At the end of a truly dismal week in his presidency, President Barack Obama remains lucky in one crucial category: his opposition. It has been only a matter of days since two scandals — the IRS harassment of conserva ...

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30 minutes ago

Profiling the Tea Party: In defense of the IRS. Sorta. Or not.

Source: Scholars and Rogues  |   May 19 2013, 12:51am CDT

You’ve probably noted the controversy surrounding the Internal Revenue Service’s apparent “profiling” of groups aligned with the Tea Party. A discussion on the issue broke out here at S ...

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24 weeks ago


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"Congress seems to be going in the opposite direction of the country, just as the country is screaming for solutions to gridlock"


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2 hours ago

RedBlue America: Can the president survive the scandals?

Source: L.A. Daily News  |   May 18 2013, 10:24pm CDT

presidency's energy and bog it down in endless congressional hearings. Ben Boychuk is associate editor of the Manhattan Institute's City Journal. Joel Mathis is a contributing editor to The Philly Post. boychuk@city-journal.org, joelmmathis@gmail ...

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8 hours ago

Republican cites IRS scandal in close Virginia governor's race

Source: Reuters  |   May 18 2013, 5:08pm CDT

RICHMOND, Virginia (Reuters) - Virginia Republicans on Saturday formally nominated Ken Cuccinelli for governor in the nation's marquee 2013 political race, and the conservative attorney general wasted no time ...

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10 hours ago

Tax agency scandal thrusts tea party back into spotlight

Source: China Post  |   May 18 2013, 2:42pm CDT

WASHINGTON -- Left adrift in the wake of President Barack Obama's November election victory, the anti-tax tea party is predicting renewed popularity and relevance — thanks to the scandal now rocking the IRS. The federal tax agency admitted th ...

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12 hours ago

Taxing Times for Obama

Source: The New York Times  |   May 18 2013, 12:33pm CDT

Kevin Lamarque/Reuters President Obama spoke last week about the I.R.S. mess, which isn’t helping to improve his lot with Congress. WASHINGTON — I WENT to New York last week to cover the TV presentations for the new season, shows like “Scanda ...

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12 hours ago

Local Tea Party demonstration set for Tuesday

Source: Courier Press  |   May 18 2013, 12:29pm CDT

Local tea party and conservative groups will demonstrate outside the Internal Revenue Service’s Evansville office Tuesday in solidarity with organizations nationwide who were targeted by the federal agency for special scrutiny. ...

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13 hours ago

IRS Chief Refuses To Name The Boneheads Who Targeted Tea Party Groups

Source: Clusterstock  |   May 18 2013, 11:46am CDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The outgoing head of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service angered Republican lawmakers on Friday by resisting their demands that he identify who at the tax-collection agency had inappropriately targeted conse ...

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14 hours ago

Can Democrats find moderate candidates in time for midterms?

Source: Christian Science Monitor  |   May 18 2013, 11:14am CDT

Republicans aren't the only ones roiled by internal jostling and recruiting hiccups ahead of next year's midterm elections. Two top-tier Democratic prospects recently bypassed running for Senate seats in Georgia and South Dakota, highlightin ...

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