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Tea party rallies against IRS in Washington
McClatchy Washington BureauWASHINGTON The tea party is using the Internal Revenue Service scandal as a springboard to renew calls to limit or even abolish an agency it's always disliked. Thousands of tea party supporters rallied Wednesday at the U.S. Capitol, cheering on proposals...Tags: Abraham Lincoln, Jim Jordan, Washington, DC, U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Civil Rights
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FBI tells Congress it uses drones in US
McClatchy Washington BureauWASHINGTON FBI Director Robert Mueller acknowledged Wednesday that the bureau has used unmanned aerial drones for surveillance in the United States and suggested that government needs to develop guidelines as their use grows. Testifying before the Senate...Tags: Civil Rights, Police Investigations, Government, National Government, Crime, Law and Justice
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Immigration bill negotiators see Senate breakthrough
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Prospects for U.S. Senate passage of an immigration bill with strong bipartisan support brightened on Wednesday when a group of Republican and Democratic negotiators reached a tentative deal on ways to shore up border security,...Tags: National Security, Immigration, Ruben Hinojosa, Crime, Law and Justice, Republican Party
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FBI says it uses surveillance drones on U.S. soil
ReutersBy David Ingram WASHINGTON, June 19 (Reuters) - The United States uses drones for surveillance in some limited law enforcement situations, FBI Director Robert Mueller said on Wednesday, sparking additional debate about President Barack Obama's use of...Tags: Laws, Washington, DC, Justice System, Police Investigations, Government
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Backers of U.S. immigration reform embrace upbeat economic assessment
ReutersBy Thomas Ferraro and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON, June 19 (Reuters) - Backers of a landmark immigration bill voiced confidence on Wednesday that it will pass the U.S. Senate as early as next week, propelled by new evidence that the sweeping legislation...Tags: Career and Workplace, Labor Legislation, Elections, Parties and Movements, National Security
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As Tea Party rallies, FBI says IRS probe a top priority
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - More than a dozen FBI agents are assigned to a criminal probe into Internal Revenue Service scrutiny of conservative political groups, FBI Director Robert Mueller said on Wednesday. "It's a high-priority investigation and it...Tags: Collective Contract, Career and Workplace, Washington, DC, Justice System, Tea Party Movement
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Senator: IRS to pay $70M in employee bonuses
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Internal Revenue Service is about to pay $70 million in employee bonuses despite an Obama administration directive to cancel discretionary bonuses because of automatic spending cuts enacted this year, according to a GOP...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Washington, DC, Taxation, Barack Obama, Budget Control Act of 2011
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Supreme court says FTC can sue over deals that delay generic drug sales
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Supreme Court ruled on Monday regulators can challenge deals between brand-name drug companies and generic rivals that delay cheaper medicines from going on sale, which regulators say increase costs to consumers by billions of...Tags: Perrigo Co., International Law, Federal Trade Commission, Watson Pharmaceuticals Incorporated, Corporate Crime
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Grassley asks Penny Pritzker pointed questions about off-shore holdings
Tribune reporterWASHINGTON -- Chicago billionaire Penny Pritzker, nominated to lead the Commerce Department, was on the receiving end Monday of pointed questions from Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, who wrote to her seeking more details about subjects including the $53.6...Tags: Washington, DC, Elections, Mitt Romney, Penny Pritzker, Barack Obama
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Dispute over Obama's choices for D.C. court centers on need � and politics
McClatchy Washington BureauWASHINGTON A fight is brewing over President Barack Obama's efforts to fill three vacancies on a single federal court that Republicans claim doesn't do enough work to merit them. Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, wants to cut three seats from the U.S. Court...Tags: Washington, DC, Court Administration, Orrin Hatch, Lindsey O. Graham, Jay Carney
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Penny Pritzker nomination moves forward
Tribune newspapersWASHINGTON — Penny Pritzker moved a step closer to becoming Commerce secretary Monday after a unanimous vote by a Senate panel to advance her nomination. The Chicago billionaire, whose family founded the Hyatt Hotel chain, could win final approval...Tags: Ray LaHood, Washington, DC, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, John D. Rockefeller IV, Elections
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Senate rejects move to tie immigration overhaul to border security
WASHINGTON — In the first and only vote Thursday on the immigration bill, senators turned back a Republican measure that would have delayed a path to citizenship for those in the country illegally until after the border with Mexico is fully secure....
Tags: Voting, Joe Manchin III, National Security, Immigration, Crime, Law and Justice
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