Saturday, May 25, 2013
Saturday, May 25, 2013

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As the United States grows warmer and extreme weather more common, the federal government’s flood insurance maps are becoming increasingly important...
U.S. Sen. Bob Casey Jr., the newest member of the Senate Finance Committee, said he believes crimes were committed in the controversial targeting of conservative non-profit groups.
In the furious fallout from the revelation that the IRS flagged applications from conservative nonprofits for extra review because of their political...
Inquiring Consumer: Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand says savings on student-loan interest would help borrowers and the broader economy.
Is anyone really looking for answers?
ProPublica’s job is to report the news rather than to make news ourselves, but sometimes we find an article of ours to be itself a subject of public...
House Republican who oppose abortion promoted legislation Wednesday that would ban abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy.
While there has been plenty to find fault with in the revelation that the IRS targeted some tea party groups seeking tax exempt status, some of the Republican...
Pennsylvania Sen. Bob Casey said Friday that the Obama administration needs to make a "clean break" by quickly identifying all who were responsible for the IRS's targeting of conservative groups and spelling out a plan to ensure it does not happen again.
Sen. Pat Toomey (R., Pa.) hasn't given up on his bill to expand background checks for gun purchases, he said Thursday, signaling more willingness to return to the plan than he had publicly shown before.
UPDATED 12:45 WASHINGTON -- Pennsylvania Sen. Pat Toomey, a Republican, said the IRS' added scrutiny on tea party groups appears "completely politically...
As the United States grows warmer and extreme weather more common, the federal government’s flood insurance maps are becoming increasingly important...
The House on Thursday passed a bill that would tie interest rates to 10-year Treasury bills. The measure would head off a doubling of interest rates on subsidized Stafford student loans come July 1. But the bill faces a veto threat from President Barack Obama.
Do government employees like an Internal Revenue Service official have Fifth Amendment rights when testifying before Congress? That topic is being debated...
In the furious fallout from the revelation that the IRS flagged applications from conservative nonprofits for extra review because of their political...
WASHINGTON -- U.S. Rep. Pat Meehan, a Delaware County Republican, ripped into the Obama administration responses to a series of controversies today,...
Inquiring Consumer: Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand says savings on student-loan interest would help borrowers and the broader economy.
When the U.S. Senate was presented with a $60.4 billion emergency spending aid package for victims of Hurricane Sandy backed by Democrats in January...