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Royal Mail Processes Final Mail For Christmas Deadlines

GOP May Tax Internet Sales in Omnibus

The final $1.1 trillion spending bill being negotiated in Congress will be a massive 1,000+ page of legislation that few people will read. In addition to funding government through next year, the must-pass bill is likely to contain dozens of provisions that would otherwise be difficult to pass.

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Chaos in Congress: House of Representatives a Mess as Boehner Charts Pathway to His Resignation

At first, it seemed as if his heir apparent House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy would easily ascend into the speakership and that House Majority Whip Steve Scalise would easily replace McCarthy, and Chief Deputy Whip Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-NC) would easily ascend into the Whip’s role. Now, one of that seems easy or likely as the growing conservative wing of the conference—emboldened by Boehner’s resignation—is demanding a series of structural reforms to the way business in done in Congress rather than just a reshuffling of the deck in leadership post-Boehner.

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Jason Chaffetz Officially Announces House Speaker Bid

On this week’s broadcast of “Fox News Sunday,” Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) announced he is running for Speaker of the House. Chaffetz said, “Today, here, I am announcing my intention to run for Speaker of the House of Representatives. We were

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Chaffetz: ‘Planned Parenthood Is The New ACORN’

House Oversight Committee Chairman Representative Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) declared “Planned Parenthood is the new ACORN” on Wednesday’s “America’s Newsroom” on the Fox News Channel. Chaffetz said, “I want the American to know that the revenue to Planned Parenthood was $127

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Federal Judge Threatens IRS Commissioner With Contempt

After the hearings were over, Judge Sullivan wrote an order calling the Administration’s resistance to his orders “nonsensical” and clearly stating that IRS Commissioner John Koskinen and others “shall be directed to show cause as to why they should not be held in contempt of Court” if they continue dragging their feet.