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Inside Politics Archive: May 2013

  • Tea party leader: We need independent probe of IRS

    Cries are growing louder for an independent investigation into the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status. Published May 15 2013

  • House oversight panel to hold 2nd Hill hearing on IRS scandal

    The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee announced Wednesday it has scheduled the second of what is expected to be bevy of congressional hearings on the IRS scandal. Published May 15 2013

  • Sestak passes on Pa. governor's race, eyes Senate

    Former Pennsylvania Rep. Joe Sestak is passing up a run for governor but is telling supporters he may again seek a U.S. Senate seat. Published May 14 2013

  • Sen. Rand Paul again blasts Hillary Clinton over Benghazi

    Sen. Rand Paul on Tuesday again blasted former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton for her actions — or lack of action — surrounding last year's deadly attack on the American Consulate in Benghazi, Libya. Published May 14 2013

  • Nevada Sen. Dean Heller: Stop Obamacare money until IRS cleans up its act

    A Republican senator is citing revelations that the IRS targeted conservative political groups in a bid to block President Obama's request for funding at the agency to implement his health care law. Published May 14 2013

  • GOP senators want answers on HHS fundraising for Obamacare

    A group of Republican senators wants President Obama's top health official to justify her decision to seek private donations to promote insurance markets tied to the federal health care law. Published May 14 2013

  • Mukasey: Justice Department's AP search 'reprehensible'

    President George W. Bush's attorney general said Tuesday that the Obama administration has engaged in "reprehensible conduct" with its unprecedented collection of Associated Press phone logs. Published May 14 2013

  • Former Sen. Olympia Snowe: Scandals erode public's faith in government

    Former Sen. Olympia Snowe, known for her efforts to work across the aisle, is calling on President Obama to show "aggressive leadership" to deal with the White House's numerous running scandals or risk further eroding the federal government's credibility with the American people. Published May 14 2013

  • Governors: Special prosecutor needed in 'un-American' IRS scandal

    Republican governors on Tuesday told President Obama he needs to appoint a special prosecutor to look into the IRS's politically motivated review of conservative groups during the last two elections. Published May 14 2013

  • McConnell: Obama must stop 'stonewalling' on IRS scandal

    Senate Minority Leader Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said President Obama hasn't been forthcoming regarding IRS targeting of conservative groups and called on him to make available to Congress "everyone" with knowledge of the scandal. Published May 14 2013

  • Poll: Many Americans dislike hipsters, are open to hipster annoyance levy

    Beware, Brooklyn: Many Americans don't like hipsters, and a quarter of them are open to levying a new tax on hipsters for being so annoying. Published May 13 2013

  • Clintons won't back Weiner's NYC mayor run: report

    Despite their close friendship with Anthony Weiner's wife, former President Bill Clinton and his wife Hillary won't support the disgraced ex-congressman's rumored run for mayor of New York City, The New York Post reported on Monday. Published May 13 2013

  • MSNBC skewers Obama over IRS scandal

    It's little surprise to see Republicans bashing the Obama administration over reports that the Internal Revenue Service targeted conservative groups during the 2012 election season. Published May 13 2013

  • Democrats renew push for Obama EPA pick Gina McCarthy

    After Senate Republicans last week blocked a vote on Gina McCarthy's nomination to head the Environmental Protection Agency, Democrats plan to try again Thursday. Published May 13 2013

  • N.H. tea party group: Legitimate tea partyers have nothing to fear from IRS

    The New Hampshire Tea Party Coalition says that the Internal Revenue Service shouldn't be targeting conservative groups that seek tax-exempt status but that groups falsely laying claim to the tea party mantle have invited it upon themselves. Published May 13 2013

  • Slain diplomat's mom on Obama's Benghazi comments: 'Bullfeathers'

    "Bullfeathers!" That was the reaction to President Obama's Benghazi comments Monday from the mother of one of the State Department diplomats killed in the Sept. 11, 2012, terrorist attack in Libya. Published May 13 2013

  • Sarah Palin would win Senate nomination: poll

    The Lower 48 may not have seen the last of Sarah Palin. The controversial ex-Alaska governor and former Republican vice presidential candidate is her party's top choice in the upcoming race for the U.S. Senate, according to a new Harper Polling survey. Published May 13 2013

  • Pelosi: IRS problem stems from court ruling

    House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said Monday that the IRS should be condemned for targeting conservative groups for special scrutiny in the run-up to last year's elections, but she also blamed the Supreme Court for opening the door to broader political activity. Published May 13 2013

  • Sen. John McCain: Benghazi 'a cover-up'

    vSen. John McCain said the Obama administration is lying when it denies it scrubbed the official talking points regarding last year's Benghazi assault. Published May 12 2013

  • Congress vows to investigate IRS over conservative audits

    The House oversight committee will look into the IRS's admission Friday that it targeted conservative groups for special scrutiny during last year's elections — a move that committee Chairmen Darrell E. Issa and Jim Jordan said smacks of "political retaliation." Published May 10 2013