Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., said Thursday that it makes little sense to force IRS official Lois Lerner back to Capitol Hill “just to have another standoff."
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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.
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While 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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy will still not say whether he plans to put forward an amendment tonight that would extend the bill’s immigration provisions to gay couples.
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