Rep Lynch Rips Into IRS Commissioner: 'Sir, You Mislead Congress'
Douglas Shulman, Former IRS Commissioner was forcefully told he mislead Congress at today’s hearing from Congressman Stephen Lynch…
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Gowdy Pursues Shulman's Evasions in IRS Scandal
Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC) honed in on evasive answers by former IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman at the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing into the IRS scandal Wednesday. Shulman refused to answer “yes” or “no” when Gowdy asked him
Reid Preps Summer Showdown on Filibuster
On Tuesday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid pushed back a vote to confirm Richard Cordray until July. President Obama recess appointed Cordray to head the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and needs to be permanently confirmed by the Senate. Senate
IRS INTERNAL INVESTIGATION ENDED 6 MONTHS BEFORE ELECTION, HIDDEN FROM CONGRESS
House Oversight Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) Wednesday
Cummings Fails to Ask Shulman If He Is a Democrat
Ranking Member of the House Oversight Committee Rep. Elijah Cummings used carefully-chosen questions to former IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman in an attempt to debunk the idea that the IRS had been used by the Obama administration to target its political
Top Dem: 'There Will Be Hell To Pay' If IRS Keeps Stonewalling
On Wednesday, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee’s hearing on the widening Internal Revenue Service (IRS) conservative targeting scandal started with a bipartisan clash of statements blasting the IRS for its unwillingness to be forthcoming in congressional testimony thus
DCCC Tries To Politicize Sexual Assaults In Military
According to The Hill, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) is circulating an email with a link to a petition “urging supporters to back legislation to remove sexual assault cases from the military chain of command.” The email was sent on
Anthony Weiner's Offensive Campaign for Mayor
The most offensive part of Anthony Weiner’s campaign for mayor isn’t the fact that he’s running. It’s the conceit that New York should become the “middle-class capital of the world”–that the melting pot should be divided into Marxist categories, that the Big
State Dept Employees 'Accountable' For Benghazi Failures Receiving Pay Five Months Later
State Department Deputy Spokesman Patrick Ventrell announced on Monday that employees identified by the Accountability Review Board as responsible for the security failures that lead to the Benghazi attacks are receiving pay after five months on administrative leave. They are
Amnesty Passes through Committee 13-5 – Senators Cruz and Sessions Cite Concerns (Video)
While most political junkies were focused on the Obama Regime scandals, Tuesday, the Senate Judiciary Committee quietly passed immigration bill S. 744 13-5 out of committee. The Republican no votes were Senators Grassley, Cruz, Lee, Cornyn, and Sessions. Senators Flake, Hatch & Graham voted with all
McConnell Will Not Block Immigration Bill
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has decided that “he would not block a vote on a motion to proceed” on the “Gang of Eight” immigration bill, The Hill reports. As Breitbart News reported late Monday night, a coalition of Tea
Top Democrats Call for More IRS Resignations
Two top Democrats on the powerful House Ways and Means Committee are calling for the resignation or firing of Lois Lerner, the head of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) division responsible for tax-exempt organizations. Reps. Joe Crowley (D-NY) and Sander
Apple Investigated For Dodging Taxes On $44 Billion In Offshore Income
Apple CEO Tim Cook will testify before Congress on Tuesday as a bipartisan Senate probe seeks answers on how the tech giant used tax loopholes to avoid paying taxes on $44 billion in offshore, taxable income between 2009 and 2012.
Former Senator: Obama Told Me Resistance to Obamacare Would Fade After 2010
President Barack Obama believed that opposition to Obamacare would actually fade after the 2010 election. Former Senator Olympia Snowe (R-ME), the moderate Republican who retired when her term ended at the beginning of this year, said on Monday Obama felt Obamacare would “lessen”
Michelle: Barack Has 'Grit'
Michelle Obama, speaking at the commencement for Martin Luther King Jr. Magnet High School in Nashville, Tennessee, tried to inspire the students by noting that she could “take up a whole afternoon talking about” President Barack Obama’s failures. And just which failures
Bloomberg Pushes Gun Control in Commencement Speech
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg decided to take advantage of a commencement speech he was delivering at Kenyon College in Ohio to push his gun-control agenda. Bloomberg told the students: I believe we will win, sooner or later, because I
Policy, Discretion Guide Media Sources Probes
(AP) Policy, discretion guide media sources probesBy MARK SHERMANAssociated PressWASHINGTONIt was a rare moment in relations between the media and the government: In 2008, FBI Director Robert Mueller called the top editors at The New York Times and The Washington
Sports Fans Must Show More Respect for National Anthem
It takes just about two minutes to perform. Sometimes a little longer. Sometimes a bit shorter. It is The Star-Spangled Banner, our national anthem. Yet, even though this song that represents so much is quite short, for whatever reason some
Supreme Court to Hear Historic Religious Liberty Case
On Monday, the Supreme Court granted review in what could be the biggest religious liberty victory for Americans of faith in decades. The case is Town of Greece v. Galloway. The town of Greece, New York, begins its town board
Tunisia Arrests 200 in Salafist Crackdown
Tunisian police arrested some 200 members of the hardline Islamist Ansar al-Sharia in weekend clashes that erupted after a ban on their congress, Prime Minister Ali Larayedh said in remarks published on Monday. The Tunisian leader warned of firm action
Politico: AG Holder Now Untouchable
Politico has declared embattled Attorney General Eric Holder untouchable after the many scandals, lapses, overreaches, and contempt charges have failed to induce the President to fire him. After noting that politicians have been calling for his ouster for years, Politico
Obama's Way is the 'Chicago Way'
John Kass of the Chicago Tribune has long explained that if you want to understand Obama’s confrontational style, you have to understand the lessons he learned in his adopted hometown of Chicago. Today he illustrates the point with a personal
If the law is irrelevant, accountability is non-existent
In response to White House’s Pfeiffer Does ‘Full Monty’ (Python) on Obama Scandals: Conservatives, libertarians, and especially the Tea Party are often accused by liberals of “hating the government.” We don’t hate it. Besides being jealous of our liberties, as
