Politics Informer

Lawmakers looked for answers — but didn’t get many –about the IRS’s targeting of conservative groups at a hearing Friday. Here are highlights from the hearing. Full News here – Washington Wire

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After a week filled with controversy and criticism, President Barack Obama left town Friday for Baltimore, the second stop on his “Middle Class Jobs & Opportunity Tour.” The trip, which was previously scheduled, took him to a dredging manufacturer and an elementary school, with the next stop on the itinerary a community center. At Ellicott [...]

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The plan includes limiting the deductions and exclusions high-income families can claim, increasing taxes on tobacco products and adopting a new minimum tax on income over $ 1 million.      Full News here – NYT > Politics

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Newark Mayor Cory Booker (D) made a total of $ 1.3 million from 96 paid speeches from 2008 to April of 2013, BuzzFeed reports. “Booker paid roughly $ 467,000 in taxes on the speeches during the five year period… he gave nearly $ 620,000 — or just under 75 percent of the earnings after taxes [...]

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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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The Congressional Budget Office’s annual update of its 10-year fiscal forecasts should – though it’s not clear it will – shape congressional deliberations on taxes and spending. But the numbers don’t always speak for themselves, so here are three takeaways. Full News here – Washington Wire

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Attorney General Eric Holder told reporters Tuesday that he recused himself last year from any involvement in an investigation of national security leaks, and said the administration has no policy of targeting the news media. Full News here – NBCNews.com: Capitol Hill

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Republicans are using tough new tactics to disrupt President Obama’s second-term agenda and appointments, beginning to step up their fight six months after the party’s presidential election defeat.  Full News here – FOXNews.com

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Ron Fournier, National Journal“These changes don’t resolve all of my issues or those of my building’s leadership.” With that sentence, one in a series of emails and draft “talking points” leaked to Jonathan Karl of ABC News, the Obama administration was caught playing politics with Benghazi.Summaries of White House and State Department emails — some [...]

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A fundraising push by Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius is drawing criticism from a key Senate Republican who questions whether she has a conflict of interest. Full News here – FOXNews.com

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