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Meet the Man Who Set Off the IRS Firestorm
May 22, 2013 J. Russell George paused for just a moment before he took his seat at the witness table. He wanted to take it all in. The Treasury inspector general whose audit of the IRS had set off a national firestorm had been in this very room before—three decades earlier. That was ...
Top IRS Official to Invoke Fifth, Issa Issues Subpoena
May 21, 2013 Lois Lerner, the IRS official who headed the tax-exempt division when the targeting of tea-party groups took place, plans to invoke her Fifth Amendment right to refuse to answer questions before Congress on Wednesday. But Republican Rep. Darrell Issa, the chairman of the House oversight committee where Lerner was to ...
Top White House Aides Informed of IRS Troubles, but Didn’t Tell Obama
May 20, 2013 Top White House aides, including chief of staff Denis McDonough, were informed of the forthcoming report on the IRS’ targeting of tea party group but decided not to inform President Obama in advance, White House spokesman Jay Carney said Monday. Previously, the White House had said that the White House ...
Eric Holder Offers Little Information, Much Ire for Republicans
May 15, 2013 It only took Attorney General Eric Holder a few moments to make clear he wanted no part of congressional Republicans’ plans to turn his Capitol Hill appearance into a serious grilling about the scandals of the day. “I appreciated this opportunity to appear before you today to discuss the Justice ...
Attorney General Calls Lawmaker 'Unacceptable and Shameful'
May 15, 2013 This much is clear: Attorney General Eric Holder and Rep. Darrell Issa don't like each other. The attorney general accused the Republican lawmaker of “unacceptable and shameful" conduct as frustrations boiled over in a heated exchange that drew gasps from a packed congressional committee room on Wednesday. "No – I'm ...
The Quiet Charm Offensive of Obama's Chief of Staff
May 9, 2013 For an administration that has had a hard time creating and maintaining relationships on Capitol Hill, President Obama's new chief of staff, Denis McDonough, has emerged as a bridge builder early in the administration’s second term. As Obama has undertaken a well-publicized outreach offensive, McDonough has kept a busy social ...
Mitch McConnell Wants to be the Republican Party's Chief Tech Innovator
April 29, 2013
FROM NEXTGOV
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has set an ambitious goal for his reelection campaign: to build the most sophisticated Republican digital and data operation to date. The 71-year old Kentucky Republican, known more as tactician than technologist, is making a major investment in technology infrastructure in hopes that a treasure ...
Why Would Anyone Want to Run for Congress?
April 19, 2013 Minutes after President Obama finished this year’s State of the Union address, Rep. Steve Israel slipped off the House floor, pulled out his iPhone, and began to type. In the address field were the names of people scattered across the country whom Israel, the man in charge of helping Democrats ...
Democrats Oppose Flexibility in Sequester Cuts
February 27, 2013 Top lawmakers spent Tuesday searching for leverage points in the coming public-relations war over the automatic spending cuts that almost everyone agrees will now occur even though they were never designed to go into effect. For Senate Republicans, one such potential spot is in crafting an alternative to the so-called ...
Reid: Hagel Vote to Be Held Friday
February 14, 2013 In an impassioned floor speech Thursday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said he would press ahead on a confirmation vote for defense secretary nominee Chuck Hagel on Friday morning, accusing Republicans of playing politics while the nation is at war. Reid said there has "never in the history of the ...
