Politics Informer

The Senate Judiciary Committee passed a sweeping reworking of immigration laws on Tuesday evening, giving a bipartisan bill its first formal stamp of approval in Congress. The following is President Barack Obama’s statement on the bill’s passage. Full News here – Washington Wire

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Cohen & Balz, Washington PostMajorities of Americans believe that the Internal Revenue Service deliberately harassed conservative groups by targeting them for special scrutiny and say that the Obama administration is trying to cover up important details about the terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya, that killed four Americans last year. But a new Washington Post-ABC News poll [...]

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Political coverage over the last week has focused on a series of stories that reflect negatively on the executive branch, but President Obama’s approval ratings have held steady. Full News here – FiveThirtyEight

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James Taranto, WSJDemocracy is in peril: That is an emerging theme of the liberal left's response to the Obama scandals. The argument misses the point, no doubt deliberately. What we are witnessing now is not a crisis of democracy but a crisis of authority. The administrative state, in thrall to a decadent cultural elite, has [...]

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President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama will travel to Africa next month, making stops in Senegal, Tanzania and South Africa, the White House said. Full News here – Washington Wire

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President Obama gave the commencement address at Morehouse College May 19. Read the full transcript. Full News here – Washington Wire

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Donna Brazile, CNNOur democracy is endangered. Not by the Russians, North Korea, the Iran regime, or even terrorists. To quote Pogo: "We have met the enemy and he is us." Inside the beltway, the fingers point and the media tuts and struts in glee, and we, the American public, respond by becoming more rigid and [...]

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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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The White House transcript of President Barack Obama’s remarks on IRS misconduct. Full News here – Washington Wire

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Burns & Harris, PoliticoNo contemporary American politician has benefited more from the power of good storytelling than Barack Obama. He vaulted from obscurity to the presidency on the power of narrative — invoking his biography and personal values to make a larger point about how he would lead the nation.So presumably no one understands more [...]

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