Mitch McConnell: IRS Must ‘Leave 1st Amendment Alone’

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell slammed proposed regulations on nonprofit organizations by the Internal Revenue Service, charging that the agency should “leave the First Amendment alone.”
“Folks understand what a threat this rule poses to our most cherished of civil…
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IRS warns: Obamacare tax must be paid

(ATR.ORG) — President Obama’s Internal Revenue Service today quietly released a series of Obamacare “Health Care Tax Tips” warning Americans that they must obtain “qualifying” health insurance – as defined by the federal government – or face a “shared responsibility payment” when filing their t…
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Employers silenced by the IRS

According to a recent commentary by Betsy McCaughey featured on Rare — one of the only people alive who have read the entirety of the Leviathan Law called Obamacare — President Obama is using the IRS to silence complaining employers.
“President Barack Obama is using the IRS to silence emplo…
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IRS headaches mean pain for taxpayers

The IRS is swifting focus from taxpayers to large projects such as Obamacare. | AP Photo
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All in a few years, Congress has saddled the Internal Revenue Service with the biggest expansion of federal benefits in a generation and a sweeping crackdown on offshore tax-dodgers, on top of…
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Podcast: New Developments Ensure The IRS Scandal Won’t Be Going Away

The WEEKLY STANDARD podcast, with senior writer Mark Hemingway on why the IRS scandal won’t be going away anytime soon.

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IRS tea party hearing goes off course

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A conservative group claiming it was targeted by the Internal Revenue Service stole the show at a congressional hearing on Thursday when it veered off topic and accused top panel Democrat…
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IRS Scandal In a Nutshell

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Carol Platt Liebau is an attorney, political commentator and guest radio talk show host based near New York. Learn more about her new book, “Prude: How the Sex-Obsessed Culture Hurts Young Women (and America, Too!)” here.

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IRS “Targeting” Rule Change Was in the Works for Two Years

Carol Platt Liebau   
Carol Platt Liebau is an attorney, political commentator and guest radio talk show host based near New York. Learn more about her new book, “Prude: How the Sex-Obsessed Culture Hurts Young Women (and America, Too!)” here.

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Chairman Camp: IRS Flagged Tea Party Groups Based on ‘Media Attention,’ Discussed Rules ‘Off-Plan,’ Meaning ‘Hidden From the Public’

House Ways & Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-Mich.) (AP)

(CNSNews.com) – Documents obtained by the House Ways and Means Committee show that IRS officials first started flagging Tea Party applications for tax-exempt status in February 2010 because of “media attention,” and that Treas…
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