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Lawmakers grill IRS officials, Lerner denies wrongdoing
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23.5.2013 |
MSNBC |
| Lawmakers grill IRS officials, Lerner denies wrongdoing |
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No, Lois Lerner Did Not Waive Her Fifth Amendment Rights By Making An Opening Statement
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22.5.2013 |
Outside the Beltway |
| As you can see in this brief clip from the opening of today’s House Government Oversight Committee hearing, IRS employee Lois Lerner’s decision to assert her Fifth Amendment rights rather than answer questions didn’t come without some degree of controversy: Essentially South Carolina Congressman Trey Gowdy argued that, by making an opening statement in which [...] |
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House panel moves to curb military sexual assaults
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22.5.2013 |
Boston Globe: Latest |
| House panel moves to curb military sexual assaults |
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IRS official on conservative targeting 'did nothing wrong'
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22.5.2013 |
Minnesota Public Radio: News |
The official made a brief statement, then invoked her constitutional right to refuse to answer lawmakers' questions today. |
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IRS official Lerner says ‘I did nothing wrong’ before taking fifth
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22.5.2013 |
Salt Lake Tribune |
| by Alan Fram And Stephen Ohlemacher The Associated Press
Published May 22, 2013 12:10PM MDT
WASHINGTON • The Internal Revenue Service official at the center of the storm over the agency’s targeting of conservative groups told Congress on Wednesday that she had done nothing wrong in the episode, and then invoked her constitutional right to refuse to answer lawmakers’ questions. In one of the most electric moments since the IRS controversy erupted nearly two weeks ago, Lois Lerner defended herself during a brief appearance before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. The c... ... |
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Bill to tax political action committees killed
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22.5.2013 |
Boston Globe: Maine |
| Bill to tax political action committees killed |
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[newstrust :: PAC]
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Dear Oklahoma: We Feel for you, we love you, but do us some favors
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22.5.2013 |
Informed Comment |
| The immense, mindless violence of a tornado hitting a small Oklahoma town, turning houses into splinters and crushing people under rubble, including children, has rightfully dominated the American airwaves for the past few days. Oklahoma is a great state, a state with profound history, a place of big plans where Native Americans play an outsized [...] |
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[newstrust :: Strategies]
[newstrust :: Legal Strategies]
[newstrust :: Storm]
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House pushes judicial oversight of DOJ in wake of Associated Press leaks case
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22.5.2013 |
The Hill |
| House lawmakers unveiled a bill that would force the DOJ to get a federal court’s approval before seizing journalists' records.
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[newstrust :: Freedom of the Press]
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Another Controversy for the Obama Admin, But CNN Has Barely Reported This One
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22.5.2013 |
NewsBusters |
| Obama's Secretary of Health and Human Services has come under major scrutiny for bypassing Congress and soliciting donations from health executives to help support ObamaCare, yet CNN has barely mentioned the story.
The Washington Post broke the news on May 10 that HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius had gone "hat in hand, to health industry officials" to support non-profits promoting ObamaCare. Republicans are questioning Sebelius seeking support from the very sector she regulates, and also want to know if she coordinated with the private sector to bypass Congress in getting financial support for ObamaCare. Also, if Sebelius sought donations as HHS Secretary and not as a private citizen, that would violate federal law.
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[newstrust :: Regulation]
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Issa slams IRS watchdog
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22.5.2013 |
Politico |
| Issa slams IRS watchdog |
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Top IRS official pleads the 5th Amendment at testy House hearing
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22.5.2013 |
Chicago Tribune: Nation |
| Top IRS official pleads the 5th Amendment at testy House hearing |
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IRS official Lerner: ‘I did nothing wrong’ (WATCH LIVE)
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22.5.2013 |
Salt Lake Tribune |
| by Alan Fram And Stephen Ohlemacher The Associated Press
Published May 22, 2013 09:17AM MDT
WASHINGTON • The Internal Revenue Service official at the center of the storm over the agency’s targeting of conservative groups told Congress on Wednesday that she had done nothing wrong in the episode, and then invoked her constitutional right to refuse to answer lawmakers’ questions. In one of the most electric moments since the IRS controversy erupted nearly two weeks ago, Lois Lerner defended herself during a brief appearance before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. The c... ... |
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IRS's Lois Lerner denies wrongdoing, then clams up
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22.5.2013 |
San Jose Mercury News: News |
| WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Internal Revenue Service official at the center of the storm over the agency's targeting of conservative groups told Congress on Wednesday that she had done nothing wrong in the episode, and then invoked her constitutional right to refuse to answer lawmakers' questions. |
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IRS official refuses to answer questions in congressional hearing
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22.5.2013 |
The Guardian -- World Latest |
| Lois Lerner says she has 'done nothing wrong' before leaving hearing into targeting of conservative groups over tax status
The Internal Revenue Service official at the center of the storm over the agency's targeting of conservative groups told Congress on Wednesday that she had done nothing wrong, and then invoked her constitutional right to refuse to answer lawmakers' questions.
In one of the most electric moments since the IRS controversy erupted, nearly two weeks ago, Lois Lerner defended herself during a brief appearance before the House oversight and government reform committee. The committee is investigating the agency's improper targeting of Tea Party and other conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status; Lerner oversees the IRS office that processes applications for that status.
"I have done nothing wrong," said a stern-looking Lerner, sitting next to three other witnesses and reading from a written statement. "I have not broken any laws. I have not violated any IRS rules or ... |
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The IRS has had legal reason to investigate the religious right | Sarah Posner
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22.5.2013 |
The Guardian -- World Latest |
| Rightwing organizations with a history of illegal discrimination or crime under 'religious' pretences give the IRS reason to question
At last week's ways and means committee hearing on the Internal Revenue Service's treatment of tax-exempt organizations, Representative Aaron Schock (an Illinois Republican) helped propel a new firestorm across conservative media: in addition to tea party groups, Schock maintained, anti-abortion organizations were also being subjected to "horrible instances of IRS abuse of power, political and religious bias, and repression of their constitutional rights".
In one of the hearing's most charged moments, Schock interrogated the outgoing acting IRS Commissioner, Steven Miller, about how IRS personnel asked one of the groups to describe its public prayers. Senator Charles Grassley (an Iowa Republican) joined the fray during the Senate's finance committee hearings Tuesday.
For anyone who knows the history of the religious right, the possible revocation of ... |
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[newstrust :: Regulation]
[newstrust :: Supreme Court]
[peacock :: Banned Organizations]
[rohithkumar123 :: Community Radio]
[kjrajesh :: Media]
[newstrust :: Access]
[anjana :: Women-Harassment]
[anitha :: corporal punishment in schools]
[sdeepak :: Religious worship]
[sdeepak :: Religious People]
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IRS official Lerner: 'I did nothing wrong'
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22.5.2013 |
Twincities.com: News |
| WASHINGTON—The Internal Revenue Service official at the center of the storm over the agency's targeting of conservative groups told Congress on Wednesday that she had done nothing wrong in the episode, and then invoked her constitutional right to refuse to answer lawmakers' questions. |
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IRS official in center of targeting probe says she did nothing wrong, answers no questions
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22.5.2013 |
Star Tribune: Nation |
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Lawmakers grill officials for inaction on IRS, Lerner denies wrongdoing
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22.5.2013 |
MSNBC |
| Lawmakers grill officials for inaction on IRS, Lerner denies wrongdoing |
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IRS official in center of targeting probe says she did nothing wrong, won't answer questions
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22.5.2013 |
Star Tribune: Politics |
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IRS official in center of targeting probe says she did nothing wrong
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22.5.2013 |
Star Tribune: Latest |
| The Internal Revenue Service official at the center of the storm over the agency's targeting of conservative groups has told Congress she did nothing wrong and has invoked her constitutional right to not answer lawmakers' questions. |
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