http://www.mail.com/people/2958-dave-lee-camp.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/people/2958-dave-lee-camp.html http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2094734-obama-agenda-marches-despite-controversies.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite Democratic fears, predictions of the demise of President Barack Obama's agenda appear exaggerated after a week of cascading controversies, political triage by the administration and party leaders in Congress and lack of evidence to date of wrongdoing close to the Oval Office. "Absolutely not," Steven Miller, the recently resigned... Sat, 18 May 2013 19:47:26 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2094734-obama-agenda-marches-despite-controversies.html 2013-05-18T19:47:26Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2092596-treasury-officials-told-irs-probe-june-2012.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Senior Treasury officials were made aware in June 2012 that investigators were looking into complaints from tea party groups that they were being harassed by the Internal Revenue Service, a Treasury inspector general said Friday, disclosing that Obama administration officials knew there was a probe during the heat of the presidential campaign. ... Fri, 17 May 2013 22:42:05 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2092596-treasury-officials-told-irs-probe-june-2012.html 2013-05-17T22:42:05Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2089492-obama-picks-budget-official-to-troubled-irs.html WASHINGTON (AP) — 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 another top official announced plans to leave the agency amid the controversy over agents targeting tea party groups. Obama named longtime civil servant Daniel Werfel as the acting IRS com... Fri, 17 May 2013 02:04:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2089492-obama-picks-budget-official-to-troubled-irs.html 2013-05-17T02:04:42Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2084204-irs-chief-agency-lacked-sensitivity-screenings.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The IRS acting chief acknowledged Tuesday that the agency demonstrated "a lack of sensitivity" in its screenings of political groups seeking tax-exempt status, but he said those mistakes won't be repeated. In his first public comment on the case, Steven Miller said there was "a shortcut taken in our processes" for determining which group... Tue, 14 May 2013 18:14:32 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2084204-irs-chief-agency-lacked-sensitivity-screenings.html 2013-05-14T18:14:32Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2081186-top-irs-official-reveal-tea-party-targeting.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The IRS acting chief acknowledged Tuesday that the agency demonstrated "a lack of sensitivity" in its screenings of political groups seeking tax-exempt status, but he said those mistakes won't be repeated. In his first public comment on the case, Steven Miller said there was "a shortcut taken in our processes" for determining which group... Tue, 14 May 2013 14:07:55 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2081186-top-irs-official-reveal-tea-party-targeting.html 2013-05-14T14:07:55Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2079244-ap-exclusive-irs-knew-tea-party-targeted-2011.html WASHINGTON (AP) — 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 report obtained by The Associated Press that seemingly contradicts public statements by the IRS commissioner. The IRS apologized Friday for what it acknowledged was "inappropriate" targeti... Sun, 12 May 2013 01:51:50 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2079244-ap-exclusive-irs-knew-tea-party-targeted-2011.html 2013-05-12T01:51:50Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2041860-house-gop-gears-up-debt-showdown-this-summer.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Get ready for another debt showdown this summer. House Republicans are preparing for one. The House Ways and Means Committee passed a bill Wednesday to protect Social Security recipients and investors in Treasury bonds if the government hits the limit of its borrowing authority. The bill would exempt interest and principal payments on Tr... Wed, 24 Apr 2013 18:48:57 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2041860-house-gop-gears-up-debt-showdown-this-summer.html 2013-04-24T18:48:57Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1959180-charm-offensive-produces-breakthroughs.html WASHINGTON (AP) — 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 increase in the age of eligibility for Medicare, set at 65 since the program's inception more than four decades ago. The president hedged, according to several at the event, recalling the di... Sat, 16 Mar 2013 08:07:26 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1959180-charm-offensive-produces-breakthroughs.html 2013-03-16T08:07:26Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1950642-house-passes-bill-forbidding-welfare-waivers.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Renewing a political fight from last year's presidential campaign, House Republicans passed a bill Wednesday that would prevent the Obama administration from waiving work requirements in the landmark 1996 welfare reform law. Republicans say President Barack Obama is trying to weaken work requirements in the law — a claim that is disputed... Wed, 13 Mar 2013 21:46:15 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1950642-house-passes-bill-forbidding-welfare-waivers.html 2013-03-13T21:46:15Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1944596-congress-wants-role-obama-pushes-trade-agenda.html WASHINGTON (AP) — 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 of Asia and Europe. To make that a reality, though, it may first have to negotiate future trade policy a little closer to home — with Congress. The administration hopes to complete talks b... Sun, 10 Mar 2013 16:40:49 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1944596-congress-wants-role-obama-pushes-trade-agenda.html 2013-03-10T16:40:49Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1941878-democrats-face-challenging-senate-landscape.html WASHINGTON (AP) — 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 prevent Republicans from gaining full control of Congress during President Barack Obama's final two years. His party must defend a hefty 21 seats, including seven in largely rural states that the president lo... Sat, 09 Mar 2013 09:26:15 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1941878-democrats-face-challenging-senate-landscape.html 2013-03-09T09:26:15Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1941300-levins-retirement-gop-rare-shot-senate.html LANSING, Mich. (AP) — 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 Democrats are left scrambling to keep a seat that has not been closely contested since the Detroit Tigers last won the World Series in 1984. Levin's announcement is expected to spark a frenzy o... Fri, 08 Mar 2013 23:36:52 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1941300-levins-retirement-gop-rare-shot-senate.html 2013-03-08T23:36:52Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1885556-obama-nation-stronger-gop-plans.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Uncompromising and politically emboldened, President Barack Obama urged a deeply divided Congress Tuesday night to embrace his plans to use government money to create jobs and strengthen the nation's middle class. He declared Republican ideas for reducing the deficit "even worse" than the unpalatable deals Washington had to stomach during his first term. ... Wed, 13 Feb 2013 03:15:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1885556-obama-nation-stronger-gop-plans.html 2013-02-13T03:15:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1888058-signs-unity-divided-congress.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's State of the Union address on Tuesday night produced fleeting moments of bipartisanship in a divided Congress. Republicans sat with Democrats. Republicans hugged Democrats. Republicans even warmly greeted a Democratic president. After Obama slowly walked down the center aisle, he made a special effort to talk to ... Wed, 13 Feb 2013 03:08:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1888058-signs-unity-divided-congress.html 2013-02-13T03:08:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1865190-boehner-steadies-gop-team-reframes-deficit-debate.html WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker John Boehner has shored up his political clout after a shaky month, persuading his Republican caucus to pick its fights with Democrats more strategically. His impressive rebound, aided by face-the-facts confrontations with colleagues, helped the government avoid a potential default on its financial obligations — for three m... Sun, 03 Feb 2013 16:30:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1865190-boehner-steadies-gop-team-reframes-deficit-debate.html 2013-02-03T16:30:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1839732-debt-crisis-averted-spring-fight-ahead.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Retreating with a purpose, Republicans sped legislation through the House on Wednesday to avert the imminent threat of a government default but pointing the way to a springtime budget struggle with President Barack Obama over Medicare, farm subsidies and other benefit programs. The current legislation, which cleared the House on a bipart... Wed, 23 Jan 2013 23:25:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1839732-debt-crisis-averted-spring-fight-ahead.html 2013-01-23T23:25:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1808750-us-tax-code-longer-than-bible-without-good-news.html WASHINGTON (AP) — 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 businesses and individuals spend more than 6 billion hours a year complying with filing requirements, according to a report Wednesday by an independent government watchdog. Thu, 10 Jan 2013 06:52:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1808750-us-tax-code-longer-than-bible-without-good-news.html 2013-01-10T06:52:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1801140-obama-wants-action-governments-borrowing-limit.html HONOLULU (AP) — 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" over his insistence that Congress lift the federal debt ceiling. Obama said in his radio and Internet address Saturday that the fiscal cliff deal, approved by Congress on New Year's Day and sig... Sun, 06 Jan 2013 01:38:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1801140-obama-wants-action-governments-borrowing-limit.html 2013-01-06T01:38:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1794120-cliff-avoided-congress-staves-tax-hikes.html WASHINGTON (AP) — 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 increases and spending cuts late Tuesday night in the culmination of a struggle that strained America's divided government to the limit. The bill's passage on a bipartisan 257-167 vote in the H... Wed, 02 Jan 2013 04:21:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1794120-cliff-avoided-congress-staves-tax-hikes.html 2013-01-02T04:21:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1777422-irs-100m-taxpayers-face-delays-without-amt.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Up to 100 million taxpayers — about two-thirds of all filers — won't be able to file their 2012 tax returns until late March if Congress doesn't adjust the alternative minimum tax by the end of the year, the Internal Revenue Service said Wednesday. Congress routinely adjusts the AMT to spare millions of middle-income taxpayers from steep... Wed, 19 Dec 2012 21:55:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1777422-irs-100m-taxpayers-face-delays-without-amt.html 2012-12-19T21:55:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1765400-fiscal-cliff-splits-big-small-businesses-taxes.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The "fiscal cliff" debate is splitting the business community over taxes, driving a wedge between two natural Republican allies: the nation's corporate leaders who are helping strengthen President Barack Obama's bargaining position and the small business advocates bristling over the prospect of higher taxes. Obama has been courting top C... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 21:48:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1765400-fiscal-cliff-splits-big-small-businesses-taxes.html 2012-12-13T21:48:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1739040-gop-issues-fiscal-cliff-offer-to-obama.html WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans put forth a $2.2 trillion "fiscal cliff" counteroffer to President Barack Obama on Monday, calling for raising the eligibility age for Medicare, lowering cost-of-living hikes for Social Security benefits and bringing in $800 billion in higher tax revenue — but not raising rates for the wealthy. The White House declared ... Tue, 04 Dec 2012 01:13:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1739040-gop-issues-fiscal-cliff-offer-to-obama.html 2012-12-04T01:13:00Z