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Tal Kopan / Politico:
David Plouffe rips Darrell Issa ‘loose ethically’ — Former White House senior adviser David Plouffe took to Twitter to question Rep. Darrell Issa's ethics after the California Republican trashed press secretary Jay Carney. — “Strong words from Mr Grand Theft Auto and suspected arsonist/insurance swindler.
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Daily Mail:
IRS employee in bombshell congressional interviews about tea party targeting: ‘Washington, DC wanted some cases ... I sent seven’ — Interviews with IRS employees have established that the Washington, D.C. headquarters of the Internal Revenue Service was engaged in targeting tea party groups …
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House Committee on Oversight & Government Reform:
Oversight & Government Reform — Issa Talks IRS Targeting Investigation, Previews Thursday's IRS Conference Spending Hearing on CNN SOTU — WASHINGTON - House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) revealed new testimony from IRS employees in Cincinnati involved …
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Jake Tapper / CNN:
IRS controversy turns personal, nasty — (CNN) - An unusually harsh and personal war of words erupted on Sunday, even for the current hyper-partisan atmosphere in Washington, DC, with one of President Obama's top advisers bringing up the 40-year-old criminal record of the Republican congressman leading …
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Politico:
Immigration reform faces security snag — The Gang of Eight's hopes for a Senate supermajority is running into the GOP's push for a dramatic crackdown on border security — testing the limits of the bipartisan coalition that's propelling the bill through Congress.
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Rachael Bade / Politico:
GOP immigration supporters face back-tax dilemma — Republican sponsors of the immigration overhaul are about to find themselves in an awkward tax situation. — When the bill hits the Senate floor in the coming weeks, they'll have to decide how badly they want to go after back taxes …
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Lisa Mascaro / Los Angeles Times:
Rubio wants stronger border security in immigration reform bill
Rubio wants stronger border security in immigration reform bill
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NY Daily News:
Cryin' Wolf at CNN! Sources say viewers will see less of veteran anchor Wolf Blitzer and more of younger, hunkier newsmen — Studly Chris Cuomo and handsome Jake Tapper will likely get more airtime. New boss Jeff Zucker has already fired James Carville, Mary Matalin and Roland Martin
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David Waldman / Daily Kos:
GunFAIL XX — This week's image is courtesy of The TSA Blog, and features six of the 29 guns discovered by TSA agents at airports across the country this week. That's how many Responsible Gun OwnersTM claim to have completely forgotten about that object to which they otherwise claim …
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Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:
Women in the Senate Confront the Military on Sex Assaults — WASHINGTON — Senator Claire McCaskill wandered down the dais at the Senate Armed Services Committee's first hearing of the year and noticed a startling tableau: women to the left, women to the right.
NBC News:
June 2: Mike Rogers, Chuck Schumer, David Axelrod, Marsha Blackburn, Jonathan Alter, Ana Navarro, Tom Friedman — Below: — MR. DAVID GREGORY: This Sunday, national security versus freedom of the press. The tension and the political fallout as the attorney general appears to backtrack.
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Sy Mukherjee / ThinkProgress:
Congresswoman Opposes Pay Equity Laws Because Women 'Don't Want The Decisions Made In Washington'
Congresswoman Opposes Pay Equity Laws Because Women 'Don't Want The Decisions Made In Washington'
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Nick Clegg / Telegraph:
Sadly, I'm not surprised by these revelations. Westminster is crying out for reform — Westminster remains a place where power is hoarded, decisions are opaque, and people are not properly held to account, writes Nick Clegg. — Once again this newspaper's pages have been filled with the murkier side of British politics.
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System:
The Ten Suggestions — It's nice to be back at Princeton. I find it difficult to believe that it's been almost 11 years since I departed these halls for Washington. I wrote recently to inquire about the status of my leave from the university, and the letter I got back began, “Regrettably …
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Ben Goad / The Hill:
Wall Street lobbyists rout groups pressing for new tight regulations — Hundreds of Wall Street lobbyists are swarming government agencies and gutting the Dodd-Frank financial reform law, their opponents say. — Unions, consumer groups and others complain that they are over-matched …
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