‘Politics’ Articles
MoveOn.ABC: Good Morning America Spends Multiple Segments On PowerBall, Zero On IRS Scandal
UPDATE: Not one second about the IRS scandal in the entire show.
Gallup Poll: Slim Majority of Voters Say They’re Following Obama’s IRS, Benghazi Scandals
By Friday, as the Obama promoters within the network news divisions started spreading the president's word that three growing scandals are just a blip, they might point to Gallup's daily job-approval ratings for Obama, which remained at 49 percent approve, 45 percent disapprove. This... -
Daily Kos Week in Review: Talking to the Taxman About the Tea Party
Many liberals have objected to the IRS's targeting of conservative groups, but others see nothing wrong with it, including one Kossack who asserted this week that the revenuers in Cincinnati were simply "doing their job."
IRS chief declines to identify employees involved in scandal
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 conservative groups for extra scrutiny.
Krauthammer on IRS Testimony: ‘You’ve Got to be a Knave or a Fool to Say That and an Idiot to Believe It’
Syndicated columnist Charles Krauthammer had some harsh criticism for acting IRS commissioner Steven Miller’s testimony before the House Ways and Means Committee Friday. Appearing on Fox News’s Special Report, Krauthammer said, “You've got to be a knave or a fool to say... -
CNN’s Banfield: ‘Take Me Off the Ledge’ and Tell Me IRS Audits Weren’t Political
After Friday's IRS testimony before Congress, CNN's Ashleigh Banfield begged CNN host Candy Crowley to "take me off the ledge" and explain that the agency was simply doing its job looking for "sleazeballs that are trying to get special status." Crowley shot down... -
House bill to have more stringent immigrant controls: aides
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bipartisan plan brokered in the House of Representatives will be tougher on illegal immigrants living in the United States than a Senate counterpart, congressional aides said on Friday.
WashPost’s Milbank: GOP Should ‘Waste’ Time So ‘They’ll Be of Less Harm to the Country’
Appearing as a guest on Thursday's PoliticsNation show on MSNBC, Washington Post columnist Dana Milbank mocked House Republicans for repeatedly holding unsuccessful votes to repeal ObamaCare as he suggested they should continue to "waste" time so "they'll be less of a harm to... -
