Politico writes, "Sequestration was supposed to be a meat ax slashing large chunks of the federal budget, but Congress is poised to turn it into Swiss cheese. The shortlist for the next round of possible sequester saves includes cancer patients, medical researchers, hungry seniors, poor people and preschoolers. 'I'm looking...
FirstRead writes, “Benghazi/IRS/AP stories over the past week have had this additional impact for the Obama White House: They’ve sidetracked the other issues that President Obama has wanted to discuss. (Frankly, they’ve also sidetracked us in media, too.) … Oh, there was another piece of news from Tuesday that the...
Washington Post writes, “Talk to any Republican political strategist about whether GOP leaders should spend their time talking about the terrorist attack in Benghazi or the IRS targeting of conservatives and you will get a unanimous answer: IRS. WHY? (1)The IRS is ubiquitous. Everyone (or at least most of us)...
Politico writes, "House Speaker John Boehner has avoided taking firm positions on almost every major policy issue this year. Guns - talk to the Judiciary Committee. Immigration - let the Senate lead the way. Budget - Paul Ryan's over there. But Boehner's become obsessed with Benghazi. With Rep. Darrell Issa...
from the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration’s report, The Fix writes, (1) “The campaign targeting conservative organizations seeking tax-exempt status lasted 18 months, during which “no work was completed on the majority of these applications for 13 months.” (2) None of the 298 applications the IG reviewed were actually...
The Fix reports, “The revelation that the IRS targeted conservative groups for extra scrutiny has given fuel to Republican complaints of government overreach. It’s also given them more ammunition in their fight against the implementation of President Obama’s health care law. Half of the billion dollars allocated to cover implementation...
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