Wynton Hall, Breitbart News: In an interview with Bloomberg TV, former Obama chief of staff-turned-Treasury Secretary Jack Lew offered two conflicting yet carefully worded answers as to when he first learned that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) had targeted Tea
In an interview with Bloomberg TV, former Obama chief of staff-turned-Treasury Secretary Jack Lew offered two conflicting yet carefully worded answers as to when he first learned that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) had targeted Tea Party and conservative groups: he
Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) blistered outgoing acting IRS Commissioner Steven Miller on Friday at a House Ways Means Committee hearing and said it was difficult to conclude that he did not mislead the Committee last year about how the IRS
FOX 19 is reporting that four Cincinnati workers have been identified for disciplinary and possible criminal action for targeting “right wing” groups applying to the IRS for non-profit status. However, according to sources, IRS workers in Cincinnati, OH “simply did
A day after the Inspector General released an audit that found the IRS inappropriately targeted Tea Party and conservative groups, President Barack Obama on Wednesday again lectured Congress on bipartisanship, warning members of Congress that their actions in the coming
On Wednesday, the U.S. Senate voted 71-26 to confirm Jack Lew as the next Treasury Secretary of the United States. Twenty Republicans joined Democrats to confirm Lew by a greater margin than his predecessor, Timothy Geithner. Leading the conservative charge
The Senate Finance Committee voted Tuesday to confirm Obama Treasury Secretary nominee Jack Lew. A floor vote is expected as soon as Wednesday, as Democrats scurry to ram through the increasingly controversial nominee. On Monday, the Wall Street Journal reported
Senate Democrats are scrambling to ram through Obama Treasury Secretary nominee Jack Lew in a Tuesday Senate Finance Committee vote followed by a rushed floor vote on Wednesday. “Obama has spent two campaigns railing against everything that Treasury Secretary nominee
The US Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday approved President Barack Obama’s nominee Jack Lew to be the new Treasury secretary, replacing Timothy Geithner who stepped down last month. Senators voted 19-5 in favor of Lew, with several Republicans joining with
President Obama’s Treasury Secretary Jack Lew has done something unique in Washington: he has united both left and right sensibilities in opposing or criticizing his nomination on the grounds of incompetence, dishonesty, and hypocrisy. Liberal Washington Post columnist Dana Milbank
Obama Treasury Secretary nominee Jack Lew says he is not sure whether, as New York University Vice President of Operations, he approved a student-loan kickback scheme that made Citibank NYU’s primary private student loan lender before he left academia to
Even as the liberal Washington Post columnist Dana Milbank blasted President Obama’s Treasury Secretary Jack Lew for hypocrisy on his Cayman Islands investments and $950,000 Wall Street bonus, Buzzfeed is circling the wagons to defend Lew. Treasury Secretary nominee Jack
The office of Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL), ranking member of the senate budget committee, sent out a statement claiming that Jack Lew, former White House Chief of Staff and current Treasury Secretary nominee, is “complicit in” violating the law that
During a Wednesday confirmation hearing before the Senate Finance Committee, Obama Treasury Secretary nominee Jack Lew pled ignorance to a $56,000 investment he held in a Cayman Islands fund registered to Ugland House, the exact building that President Barack Obama
Former White House Chief of Staff Jack Lew told the Senate today that he would have to “get back” to them explaining why the Executive Branch was exempted from ObamaCare provisions. Although Congress and their staff are included, the Executive
Former White House Chief of Staff Jack Lew came under fire today when he was asked about his investments in the Cayman Islands. Lew said that it was only an investment for him and that he eventually shut down that
Nominee for Secretary of the Treasury and former White House Chief of Staff Jack Lew sidestepped questions concerning the night of the Benghazi attack during his confirmation hearing today. Lew was asked directly “Who was briefing the President?” Lew was
Senate Republicans may question Jack Lew, the former Budget director whom President Barack Obama has nominated to be his next Treasury secretary, about investments he made in a Cayman Islands fund during his Senate confirmation hearing on Wednesday. The fund
President Barack Obama’s controversial and embattled Treasury Secretary nominee Jack Lew is coming under increasing scrutiny for having possibly broken federal law by failing to warn Congress about a Medicare funding problem during his tenure as the former director of
Today, Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee Jeff Sessions (R-AL) sent a letter to Acting Office of Management and Budget Director Jeffrey Zients inquiring about Treasury Secretary nominee Jack Lew’s role in allegedly violating federal law. “Given that the
Okay, so Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) is in a heap of trouble. His admitted free airplane rides–and alleged hookers and influenced peddling–are the latest juicy Washington scandal; even the MSM is coming around to covering it. And yet as we shall
Today on the Senate floor, Sessions’ discussed his opposition to Jack Lew’s nomination to be Secretary of the Treasury, including Lew’s coordinated effort to mislead Congress and the country about the fiscal impact of the President’s budgets.
Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee Jeff Sessions (R-AL) took the fight to Obama Treasury Secretary nominee Jack Lew in a Freedom Works interview with Kristina Ribali on Thursday and said he’s “determined to try to make sure that
Markets and investors hang on a Treasury Secretary’s every word and promise. That, says the Washington Post’s Jennifer Rubin, makes President Barack Obama’s Treasury nominee Jack Lew a weak choice, given his penchant for telling mistruths: It is not only
