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IRS Scandal: Focus Shifts to White House

Two senior aides to President Barack Obama knew weeks ago about a watchdog report on the U.S. Internal Revenue Service targeting of conservative groups, a spokesman said on Monday, shifting the focus to the White House in a fast-moving controversy.White House Counsel Kathryn Ruemmler was told on April 24 about an upcoming report by the Treasury's Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) on the IRS practice, which an IRS official apologized for on May 10, triggering the controversy.Soon after she learned of the report, Ruemmler briefed White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough and other members of the senior staff, White House spokesman Jay Carney told reporters at 7a news briefing.Ruemmler decided there was no need to inform the president, Carney said, as the administration struggled to put a lid on the IRS affair which has become a major distraction early in Obama's second term.Carney defended White House inaction prior to the completion of the inspector general's probe, sayi...

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  1. Obama To Have Dinner With Senate Republicans

    President Barack Obama will have dinner with Senate Republicans at a hotel in downtown Washington Wednesday evening, the White House announced. News of the dinner co...

  2. Obama To Meet Congressional Republicans Next Week

    President Barack Obama will have lunch with Senate Republicans on March 14, at the president's request, Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell's office announced Wednesda...

  3. Rich: Sequester Was Accident That Could Have Been Avoided

    New York magazine’s Frank Rich on the continued battle over government spending.

  4. Obama on the Defensive in Sequestration Debate?

    Psychologist Dr. Jeff Gardere and Psychotherapist Dr. Robi Ludwig on the psychology behind the sequestration debate.

  5. Sequestration Actually Good News for the Economy?

    Americans for Tax Reform President Grover Norquist, former CBO Director Douglas Holtz-Eakin and Forbes Media Chairman Steve Forbes on the sequestration debate.

  6. Final Day: Lawmakers Scramble to Avert Cuts

    The U.S. government hurtled on Friday toward making deep spending cuts that threaten to hinder the nation's economic recovery, after Republicans and Democrats failed...

  7. Partisan Politics Getting in the Way of Sequestration Solution?

    Former Sen. Scott Brown, (R-Mass.), on the potential sequestration and the need to rein in government spending.

  8. Lawmakers Avoiding Key Drivers of Government’s Debt?

    Former U.S. Comptroller David Walker weighs in on the sequestration negotiations.

  9. Sen. Brown: D.C. Should Not Be on Vacation Right Now

    Sen. Scott Brown, (R-Mass.), on the lack of leadership in D.C. to solve the national debt problem.

  10. Congress on Vacation Despite Looming Sequestration Cuts

    Former Sen. Scott Brown, (R-Mass.), on the potential impact of the government’s across-the-board cuts.

  11. Sen. Rubio To Give Republican State Of Union Reply

    Sen. Marco Rubio, Republican of Florida, will deliver the Republican response to President Barack Obama's State of the Union address next Tuesday, House Speaker John...

  12. Does Public Spending Raise the Economy?

    WSJ editorial page deputy editor Dan Henninger weighs in on the debt ceiling debate and the economy.

  1. Senate Panel Backs Obama's Labor Nominee

    A Senate committee voted along party lines on Thursday to send President Barack Obama's controversial nominee for secretary of labor, Thomas Perez, to the full U.S. ...

  2. IRS Apologizes for Targeting Conservative Groups

    Republican lawmakers blasted the Internal Revenue Service on Friday after a top IRS official apologized for "inappropriate" targeting by the agency of applications f...

  3. Group steps up effort to shut down Export-Import bank

    A conservative free-market political group on Tuesday stepped up its effort to shut down the Export-Import Bank, less than a year after Congress voted to renew the b...

  4. McConnell: Debt Ceiling Hangs on Entitlement Reform

    Hours after Congress voted to avert a government shutdown next week, congressional leaders were already staking out positions on what will be this year's most conten...

  5. Reid Aims For Cordray, White Votes After Easter

    Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on Tuesday said he would arrange floor votes on President Barack Obama's nominees to run the Securities and Exchange Commission and...

  6. Ryan Budget Proposal to Cut $4.6T Over Ten Years

    Rep. Todd Rokita, (R-Ind.), on the budget negotiations.

  7. Dobbs: Beware Of Obama's 'Grand Bargain'

    FBN's Lou Dobbs on Obama's congressional outreach.

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