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Sheila Bair: Dodd-Frank really did end taxpayer bailouts
washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/05/18/s...air-dodd-frank-really-did-end-taxpayer-bailouts/
Great interview by @rortybomb w Sheila Bair, who was "surprised & disappointed" by @FinancialCmte Derivs votes http://t.co/rTBi7ARNUa #HR992
IRS speaks out: We screwed up, but we would've singled out tea partiers and other conservative groups anyway.
motherjones.com/mojo/2013/05/irs-response-tea-party-debacle-congress
IRS speaks out: We messed up, but we would've scrutinized tea partiers anyway
Confusion and Staff Troubles Rife at Cincinnati I.R.S. Office - - #us
nytimes.com/2013/05/19/us/politics/at-irs-unprepared-office-seemed-unclear-about-the-rules.html
NYT on IRS Cincinnati office. Understaffed outpost alienated from broader #IRS culture & given little direction
Here is full Treasury statement regarding contacts with TIGTA
images.politico.com/global/2013/05/17/treasury_statement.html
Here is full Treasury statement regarding contacts with TIGTA http://t.co/41d5Wz6U77
New gun ad slams Arizona senator for flaking on background checks:
motherjones.com/mojo/2013/05/bloomberg-arizona-jeff-flake-background-checks
"The issue isn't just background checks. It's keeping your promise. And Senator Flake didn't." http://t.co/HzglZo4MV5
U.S. Murder Rate on Track to Be Lowest In a Century: This is fairly preliminary data, but Rick Nevin reports...
motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2013/05/us-murder-rate-track-be-lowest-century
The US murder rate is on track to be lowest in a century: http://t.co/JrDNRCRAwh
She just won't quit: Bank-basher Elizabeth Warren attacks bills that would severely weaken Wall St. reform.
motherjones.com/mojo/2013/05/elizabeth-warren-jack-lew-derivative-bill-house
She just won't quit: Bank-basher Elizabeth Warren attacks bills that would severely weaken Wall St. reform
NYT: Congressional Hearings on I.R.S. Scandal Set to Start #gop
nytimes.com/2013/05/18/us/politics/irs-scandal-congressional-hearings.html
A senior Treasury Dept. knew in June '12 that IG was probing #IRS tea party targeting. Never knew results, though: http://t.co/nTkOjSdhQw
At Cincinnati IRS office, surprise over claims of partisan villainy via
washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/at-cincinnati-.../f693c60e-bd81-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html
“You’re not going to have a bunch of flaming liberals in the exempt-orgs dept looking for conservative applications": http://t.co/uoKp7a47qN
Lew on what Geithner/Wolin knew last year "I think that there was - the heads-up" says no details were known until Friday.
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