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McCarthy takes speaker perch as GOP stares down new mission: Governance: As the new majority and just days after internal conflict brought the House to a ...
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McCarthy takes speaker perch as GOP stares down new mission: Governance
What’s in the New House Rules Package? Here’s a Breakdown: The rules package Republicans pushed through on Monday allows a single lawmaker to force a vote on ...
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What’s in the New House Rules Package? Here’s a Breakdown
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What Lauren Boebert got from her fight against Kevin McCarthy: These changes might not substantially change the way all of Congress passes new laws so much as ...
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What Lauren Boebert got from her fight against Kevin McCarthy
Column: The fight over McCarthy becoming speaker was never about conservative ideology
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Column: The fight over McCarthy becoming speaker was never about ...
House rules changes breeze through the chamber following a bitter speaker fight: The House voted Monday on a new rules package that contains key concessions to ...
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House rules changes breeze through the chamber following a bitter speaker ...
McCarthy’s mysterious deal with the hard right: We still don't know the extent of the concessions McCarthy made (though one Republican at least is pushing for ...
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McCarthy’s mysterious deal with the hard right
GOP Preemptively Strikes Down Ethics Probe Into Actions of Four Republicans: New rules voted for by the House mean the Office of Congressional Ethics may not ...
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GOP Preemptively Strikes Down Ethics Probe Into Actions of Four ...
WATCH: House Republicans tout new rules package, promise more changes to come: House Republicans leaders touted the passage of their new rules package and the ...
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WATCH: House Republicans tout new rules package, promise more changes to ...
House adopts new rules Democrats decry as a ‘ransom note to America’: Partisan lines divided the vote on rules, with no Democrats voting for them and only one ...
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House adopts new rules Democrats decry as a ‘ransom note to America’
HOUSE SHENANIGANS: McCarthy’s rules of order become latest Republican battleground
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HOUSE SHENANIGANS: McCarthy’s rules of order become latest Republican ...
Republican-controlled House votes to slash IRS funding: House Republicans voted to slash billions in IRS funding, in their first majority action under a new ...
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Republican-controlled House votes to slash IRS funding
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What the IRS is hiding ahead of the midterms
Iran war votes in Congress become a focus for campaign ads: Democrats and aligned advocacy groups are hitting the airwaves with a flood of campaign ads on the ...
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Iran war votes in Congress become a focus for campaign ads
IRS Launches New Mobile App for Secure Access to Tax Services: Discover the IRS's new mobile app designed for secure access to tax services ...
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IRS Launches New Mobile App for Secure Access to Tax Services
GOP senator: Cancel Thanksgiving recess if we lose
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GOP senator: Cancel Thanksgiving recess if we lose
Administration delays release of IRS data showing impact of GOP tax cuts
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Administration delays release of IRS data showing impact of GOP tax cuts
House Republicans press IRS to strip Middle East Children's Alliance of tax-exempt status
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House Republicans press IRS to strip Middle East Children's Alliance of ...
Every Democrat Who Voted to Defund Schools That Boycott Israel: House Republicans were able to pass the dangerous bill with the help of 33 Democrats ...
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Every Democrat Who Voted to Defund Schools That Boycott Israel
Trump Rages as GOP Senator Nukes IRS Slush Fund in Perfect Humiliation: As Trump’s fury grows over the demise of his corrupt IRS “lawsuit” settlement ...
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Trump Rages as GOP Senator Nukes IRS Slush Fund in Perfect Humiliation
Todd Blanche clears key Senate hurdle in bid to be next attorney general: Todd Blanche cleared a key hurdle Tuesday in his bid to become the nation's next ...
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Todd Blanche clears key Senate hurdle in bid to be next attorney general
'Corruption on Steroids': Republicans Kill Effort to Prevent Trump Tax Audit Immunity
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'Corruption on Steroids': Republicans Kill Effort to Prevent Trump Tax ...
Republicans Kill Attempt to Stop Trump’s Corrupt IRS Immunity Deal: Even Senator John Cornyn, one of the biggest Republican critics of the IRS settlement ...
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Republicans Kill Attempt to Stop Trump’s Corrupt IRS Immunity Deal
Trump might pause Blanche nomination as GOP senators object to IRS settlement: A delayed vote on Trump's pick for attorney general led the president to suggest ...
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Todd Blanche’s AG prospects uncertain as 2 key GOP votes hold out: Cornyn and Tillis are waiting for proof the "Anti-Weaponization Fund" is dead.
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Todd Blanche’s AG prospects uncertain as 2 key GOP votes hold out
Push to defund Planned Parenthood turns up as policy left out of reconciliation 3.0
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Push to defund Planned Parenthood turns up as policy left out of ...
Senate Republicans Chicken Out—Again.: How can something this unsurprising still be so disappointing?
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Senate Republicans Chicken Out—Again.
42 House Democrats Join GOP in Passing Warrantless Mass Surveillance Bill: Rep. Ilhan Omar warned that “this bill has no meaningful reforms” to prevent abuses.
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42 House Democrats Join GOP in Passing Warrantless Mass Surveillance Bill
USDA says SNAP benefits won't be issued on Nov. 1: A notice on top of its website says "the well has run dry."
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USDA says SNAP benefits won't be issued on Nov. 1
IRS in Turmoil: GOP Budget Cuts and Staff Shake-Ups Threaten Taxpayer Services: GOP lawmakers are advancing a bill that would reduce IRS funding by the billions.
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IRS in Turmoil: GOP Budget Cuts and Staff Shake-Ups Threaten Taxpayer ...
Former Missouri congressman Long confirmed as IRS commissioner: Former congressman Billy Long of Missouri has been confirmed to lead the Internal Revenue Service ...
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Former Missouri congressman Long confirmed as IRS commissioner
Key FactsBilly Long Confirmed as IRS Chief Amid Controversy
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  • Former Missouri Congressman Billy Long was appointed as the permanent head of the Internal Revenue Service.

  • Long previously sought to eliminate the IRS and lacks tax administration experience, drawing Democratic opposition.

  • The agency faces major challenges including significant layoffs and allegations of mishandling sensitive taxpayer information.

  • The status of the free Direct File tax submission program remains uncertain under Long’s leadership.
  • These issues were not adequately investigated.
    — Democratic Senator Ron Wyden criticizing the FBI background check on Billy Long.