Source: Gregory Korte / USA Today WASHINGTON — The tax official responsible for a lavish, $4.1 million conference in Anaheim apologized to Congress for spending at the conference — and for his performance as Mr. Spock in a Star Trek parody video. “The fact of the matter is, Mr. chairman, it’s embarrassing, I apologize,” Faris Fink said of [...]
by Roland S. Martin Editor-in-Chief RolandMartinReports.com When you win the White House, you get to pick the team you want. Sure, that sounds simple and doesn’t need any clarification, but it’s clear that simplicity and clarity is lacking in Washington, D.C. A Republican wins the White House and Democrats do all they can to muck up [...]
The ousted chief of the Internal Revenue Service Steven Miller is telling Congress that his agency made errors in targeting conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status, but he says the mistakes were not the result of partisan views. (May 17)
Source: Mary Clare Jalonick / AP / ABC News The House Agriculture Committee is set to consider small cuts to the $80 billion-a-year food stamp program in an effort to appease conservatives who say the food aid has become too expensive. The cuts are part of a massive five-year farm bill that costs almost $100 billion [...]
Source: Michael O’Brien / NBC News A top diplomat on the ground in Libya during the Sept. 11, 2012, assault against a U.S. diplomatic outpost in Benghazi described a chaotic series of hours in which the government struggled to organize its response to the terrorist attack. Gregory Hicks, a career foreign service officer who served as [...]
The Daily Show with Jon StewartGet More: Daily Show Full Episodes,Indecision Political Humor,The Daily Show on Facebook Source: Matt Wilstein / Mediaite Monday night on The Daily Show, Jon Stewart turned his attention to the U.S. Congress, or as he defined them, using his own version of Urban Dictionary, “Do-Nothing F@#ktards who couldn’t solve a problem if it was eating them [...]
Source: Reuters / Chicago Tribune WASHINGTON - The financially beleaguered Postal Service suffered a setback in its plan to end Saturday delivery of first-class mail as Congress on Thursday passed legislation requiring six-day delivery. The Postal Service, which lost $16 billion last year, had announced last month its plan to switch to five-day mail service [...]
Source: David Espo / AP / The Huffington Post WASHINGTON — The Republican-controlled House approved legislation Wednesday to prevent a government shutdown on March 27 and blunt the impact of newly imposed spending cuts on the Defense Department. The 267-151 vote sent the measure to the Senate, where Democrats hope to give additional Cabinet agencies [...]
President Obama speaks to reporters about Congress’ inability to pass a resolution to avoid forced spending cuts.
President Barack Obama says Congress can keep across-the-board cuts from taking effect with ‘just a little bit of compromise.’ Obama addressed the nation’s governors Monday. Unless Congress acts, $85 billion in cuts will go into effect Friday. (Feb. 25)
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