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  • Senate Leaders Millionaires in Financial-Disclosure Data

    Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell reported their net worth in the millions of dollars as the U.S. Senate released personal financial disclosure reports for its members.

  • Why Obama’s Scandals Won’t Lead to Reform

    Put aside the politics, and the question of who-knew-what-when. There are two policy problems highlighted by the controversies at the Internal Revenue Service and the Department of Justice. The first is the growth of 501(c)(4) groups into vehicles for anonymous and unlimited political spending. The second is the Barack Obama administration’s overzealous prosecution of leaks.

  • Reid Says Immigration Bill to Reach Senate Floor in June

    Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said he will bring the “strong bipartisan” immigration bill approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee to the chamber’s floor in June.

  • Republicans Press IRS for Details as Democrats Seek Rules

    Updated 1 hour, 21 minutes ago

    The U.S. Senate’s first hearing on the Internal Revenue Service controversy looks more like two: Republicans pressed the tax agency for details of what happened and what they knew, while Democrats sought tougher rules for nonprofit political groups.

  • U.S. Immigration Plan Encounters Business-Labor Rift

    Movement in the House and Senate on revising U.S. immigration law belies a long-running rift between business and labor that could derail the bill.

  • Lew Defends IRS Health Care Lawyer Attacked by Tea Party

    Republicans, angry over the Internal Revenue Service scrutiny of anti-tax groups, have aimed their frustration at a career employee with a bonus benefit: She’s charged with overseeing an enforcement portion of the health- care law.

  • U.S. IRS Used Faulty Criteria to Flag Groups, Report Says

    The Internal Revenue Service used inappropriate criteria to select nonprofit groups for scrutiny and “ineffective” management didn’t correct it, according to an inspector general’s report.

  • Obama Second-Term Agenda Complicated by Cabinet Delays

    Senate Republicans are delaying at least two Cabinet-level nominations with potential effects on industries, complicating President Barack Obama’s second-term agenda.

  • Senators Reject Most Border Changes to Immigration Plan

    A Senate panel rejected Republicans’ broadest attempts to add stricter border-security rules to a proposed immigration law, while accepting a change seeking a 90 percent apprehension rate along the U.S.-Mexico border.

  • Obama Labor Pick Delayed as Republican Step Up Opposition

    Thomas Perez’s nomination for U.S. labor secretary is running into mounting opposition from Senate Republicans, with some saying confirmation might be at risk. A committee vote on the nomination was delayed for a week.

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