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Top Oversight Democrat: Forcing Lois Lerner Back to the Hill 'a Partisan Exercise in Futility'

By Shane Goldmacher
Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., said Thursday he doubts the usefulness of forcing IRS official Lois Lerner back to Capitol Hill “just to have another standoff." Read more »
5:48 p.m.

How GOP Will Keep Stirring the Scandal Stew Over Recess

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Congressional Republicans head into next week’s Memorial Day recess armed with a strategy designed to keep the controversies that have consumed Washington in the news back home. Read more »
2:57 p.m.

Republican Trio Wants More Questions Answered on Benghazi

By Kristin Roberts
Sens. John McCain, Lindsey Graham, and Kelly Ayotte won’t drop it. Despite the White House’s release of Benghazi e-mails, the Republican trio has a long list of additional questions, all carrying serious political implications. Read more »
1:55 p.m.

House Immigration 'Gang' Struggles, GOP Hints at Republican Bill

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As the House group struggling to write a bipartisan immigration bill huddled in the Capitol, Republican leadership indicated its wait-and-see approach was over. They'll consider legislation, but it won't be the Senate bill, and no matter what the House gang does, the bill will run through a largely conservative Judiciary Committee. Read more »
WASHINGTON INSIDE OUT May 22, 2013

GOP’s Switch on Financial Disclosure Wins Gold Medal in Hypocrisy Olympics

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First, let me be clear: There has been political intimidation of the Internal Revenue Service and other government agencies for partisan purposes. Read more »
May 22, 2013

House Passes Keystone Bill For the Seventh Time, With the Same Result Likely

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For the seventh straight time, the bill—approved on a 241-175 vote—is likely to have little substantive effect. Read more »
May 22, 2013

State of Play: Where the IRS Case Stands After 3 Hearings

By Shane Goldmacher
Three IRS hearings are in the books. Two senior IRS officials are on their way out. And one key witness has invoked the Fifth Amendment. Here are the story lines to follow next. Read more »
May 22, 2013

The Good Side of the IRS Scandal

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If there’s just one lesson to learn from the IRS scandal, it’s that big government failed. If there’s another, it’s that big government worked. Read more »
May 22, 2013

10 Times the Fifth Amendment Has Been Used Before Congress

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IRS official Lois Lerner is not the only one to invoke her rights before a congressional committee. Read more »
May 22, 2013

This Indie Rocker-Turned-Congressman Is Ready to Make His Name on Immigration Reform

By Ben Terris
Beto O'Rourke represents the southern most part of Texas ... and the northern most part of Mexico. Read more »
May 22, 2013

Meet the Man Who Set Off the IRS Firestorm

By Shane Goldmacher
All the attention this scandal has brought is new for him, but this inspector general has operated in the halls of power his entire career. He worked for Bob Dole and in President George H.W. Bush’s White House, and in between, he attended Harvard Law School alongside a young Michelle—soon-to-be Obama—Robinson. Read more »
May 21, 2013

Graphic: Keystone XL: More Than a Pipeline

By and Joey Carolino
The House on Wednesday is scheduled to vote on—and probably pass—legislation sponsored by Rep. Lee Terry , R-Neb., that would approve the Keystone XL pipeline and limit legal challenges on the project. The politically embroiled pipeline has been awaiting federal approval since September 2008 and its fate is still uncertain. Despite action by House Republicans, the State Department is expected to make a final decision later this year or early next. Here's what you need to know about a pipeline that's become much more than that. Read more »
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