IRS officials enjoyed luxury rooms at conference
Already heavily criticized for targeting conservative groups, the Internal Revenue Service absorbed another blow Tuesday as new details emerged about ...
Tax overhaul: IRS scandal could lead to changes
The Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative political groups has little if anything to do with most everyday taxpayers, but some ...
Tax overhaul: Looking to IRS scandal for momentum
The storm engulfing the Internal Revenue Service could provide a boost for lawmakers who want to simplify U.S. tax laws — a code that is so ...
Obama agenda marches on despite controversies
Despite Democratic fears, predictions of the demise of President Barack Obama's agenda appear exaggerated after a week of cascading controversies, ...
Treasury officials told of IRS probe in June 2012
Senior Treasury officials were made aware in June 2012 that investigators were looking into complaints from tea party groups that they were being ...
Obama picks budget official to run troubled IRS
President Barack Obama picked a senior White House budget official to become the acting head of the Internal Revenue Service on Thursday, the same day ...
IRS chief: Agency lacked sensitivity in screenings
The IRS acting chief acknowledged Tuesday that the agency demonstrated "a lack of sensitivity" in its screenings of political groups seeking ...
Top IRS official didn't reveal tea party targeting
The IRS acting chief acknowledged Tuesday that the agency demonstrated "a lack of sensitivity" in its screenings of political groups seeking ...
AP Exclusive: IRS knew tea party targeted in 2011
Senior Internal Revenue Service officials knew agents were targeting tea party groups as early as 2011, according to a draft of an inspector general's ...
House GOP gears up for debt showdown this summer
Get ready for another debt showdown this summer. House Republicans are preparing for one. The House Ways and Means Committee passed a bill Wednesday ...
Charm offensive produces no breakthroughs
Over dinner at a swank hotel a few blocks from the White House, Republican senators wanted to know if President Barack Obama would support a gradual ...
House passes bill forbidding welfare waivers
Renewing a political fight from last year's presidential campaign, House Republicans passed a bill Wednesday that would prevent the Obama ...
Congress wants role as Obama pushes trade agenda
The Obama administration has embarked on an aggressive trade agenda that could lower barriers and increase U.S. exports to many of the economic giants ...
Democrats face challenging Senate landscape
After a surprising string of victories last fall, Democrats now face a challenging terrain as they look to hold onto their Senate majority in 2014 and ...
Levin's retirement gives GOP rare shot at Senate
U.S. Sen. Carl Levin's decision not to seek another term gives Michigan Republicans the chance to prove they can win a Senate election, while ...
Obama: Nation stronger, GOP should back his plans
Uncompromising and politically emboldened, President Barack Obama urged a deeply divided Congress Tuesday night to embrace his plans to use government ...
Signs of unity in a divided Congress
President Barack Obama's State of the Union address on Tuesday night produced fleeting moments of bipartisanship in a divided Congress.
Boehner steadies GOP team, reframes deficit debate
House Speaker John Boehner has shored up his political clout after a shaky month, persuading his Republican caucus to pick its fights with Democrats ...
Debt crisis averted - but spring fight still ahead
Retreating with a purpose, Republicans sped legislation through the House on Wednesday to avert the imminent threat of a government default but ...
US tax code longer than Bible _ without good news
Too intimidated to fill out your tax return without help? Join the club. At nearly 4 million words, the U.S. tax law is so thick and complicated that ...
Obama wants action on government's borrowing limit
President Barack Obama is hailing a last-minute deal that pulled the country back from the "fiscal cliff," but warned that he "will not compromise" ...
Cliff avoided: Congress staves off tax hikes
Past its own New Year's deadline, a weary Congress sent President Barack Obama legislation to avoid a national "fiscal cliff" of middle class tax ...
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