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Internal Revenue Service official Lois Lerner, who leads the exempt organizations division under scrutiny for targeting conservative groups that applied for tax-exempt status, is refusing to testify before Congress, the Los Angeles Times reports. Lerner was supposed to appear before the House Oversight Committee Wednesday. The Times reports that Lerner’s attorney, William W. Taylor III, [...]

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KARL ROVE: "He did not say that he recused himself from the James Rosen incident, and this subpoena asked for by the FBI, under Department of Justice guidelines, could not have been requested without the approval of the Attorney General, or if he does recuse himself, the deputy attorney general." Full News here – RealClearPolitics [...]

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Lawmakers Wednesday came down hard on military leaders, the morning after allegations emerged of another head of a military sexual assault prevention program engaging in the very behavior he was charged with stopping. Late Tuesday  the Army announced that the coordinator of a sexual assault prevention program at… Full News here – Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News

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John Harwood sat down with the chairmen of the House and Senate tax-writing committees, Representative Dave Camp, Republican of Michigan, and Senator Max Baucus, Democrat of Montana, who suddenly find themselves at the center of action in Washington. Full News here – The Caucus

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Mark Sanford’s comeback story is complete. The once-disgraced former South Carolina governor is now officially a congressman again, sworn in Wednesday on the House floor with his Argentinian fiancee and his mother by his side after winning a special election last week. Full News here – NBCNews.com: Capitol Hill

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In a letter to the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, veteran diplomat Thomas Pickering said he and former Joint Chiefs Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen would answer any questions lawmakers have.  Full News here – FOXNews.com

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President Obama today declared that the housing market has reached a point where it is “healing” and reaffirmed the administration’s commitment to promoting initiatives that benefit responsible homeowners, including measures encourage refinancing at low rates. “Today, seven years after the real estate bubble burst, triggering… Full News here – Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News

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BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentina's Senate passed a court reform law on Wednesday aimed at "democratizing the judiciary," but critics said the move would leave judges vulnerable to political influence. Under the reform, backed by President Cristina Fernandez and passed by 38 votes to 30, members of the board that chooses federal judges will be [...]

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President Obama addresses students at Manor New Technology High School in Austin, Texas on Thursday afternoon: OBAMA: Every once in a while I'm going to need your help to lean on your elected representatives and say, hey, let's do something about this; even if you don't like it politically, if it's a good idea, let's [...]

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