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Outgoing IRS Commissioner Steven Miller on Friday apologized on behalf of the Internal Revenue Service for unfairly targeting conservative groups applying for tax-exempt status, but said “partisanship” was not the reason for the agency’s practices. “First and foremost, as acting commissioner, I want to apologize on behalf of the Internal Revenue Service,” Miller said before [...]
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IRS commissioner ousted over tea party targeting
Posted by admin on May 16th, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — Hurrying to check a growing controversy, President Barack Obama ousted the acting commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service late Wednesday amid an outcry over revelations that the agency had improperly targeted tea party groups for scrutiny when they filed for tax-exempt status. Tweet This Post
Obama announces resignation of acting IRS commissioner, further reforms
Posted by admin on May 15th, 2013
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No Comments »Obama: IRS acting commissioner has resigned
Posted by admin on May 15th, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Wednesday announced the resignation of the top official at the Internal Revenue Service following a controversy over the agency's targeting of conservative political groups. Tweet This Post
Obama Fires IRS Commissioner
Posted by admin on May 15th, 2013
President Obama announced that Treasury Secretary Jack Lew asked for and accepted the resignation of acting IRS Commissioner Steven Miller over the targeting of conservative political groups seeking tax exempt status. Tweet This Post
House panel to formally question IRS commissioner Friday
Posted by admin on May 13th, 2013
The House Ways and Means Committee has scheduled a formal hearing Friday to probe the Internal Revenue Service for placing heavier scrutiny on conservative groups that applied for nonprofit status between 2010 and 2012. IRS Commissioner Steve Miller and Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration J. Russell George are expected to testify Friday morning during [...]
Georgia lawmaker grilled IRS commissioner on agency practices two weeks before Ways and Means subcommittee hearing
Posted by admin on May 13th, 2013
News reports about how the Internal Revenue Service applied heavier scrutiny on conservative political organizations applying for tax-exempt status have pointed to a March 22, 2012 House Ways and Means oversight subcommittee hearing in which IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman denied any wrongdoing. But that wasn’t the first time lawmakers grilled him about the IRS’ practices. [...]
Posted in Breaking News Tags: Agency, Before, Commissioner, Georgia, grilled, hearing, Lawmaker, means, practices, subcommittee, Ways, Weeks No Comments »Social Security commissioner to leave in February
Posted by admin on January 28th, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — Social Security Commissioner Michael J. Astrue says he will step down in February after completing his six-year term. Astrue’s departure gives President Barack Obama the opportunity to name a new head to the federal government’s largest program. Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet This Post
ECB’s Draghi backs Schaeuble’s “currency commissioner”: Spiegel
Posted by admin on October 28th, 2012
BERLIN (Reuters) – European Central Bank Chief Mario Draghi has thrown his weight behind a proposal by German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble to radically expand the powers of the European Union's monetary affairs commissioner. In an interview with German magazine Der Spiegel four days after defending his bond-purchase program in the country's lower house of [...]
Posted in Breaking News Tags: Backs, Commissioner, currency, Draghi, ECB's, Schaeuble's, Spiegel No Comments »Fan On The Street: On David Stern Retiring As NBA Commissioner In 2014
Posted by admin on October 25th, 2012
NBA commissioner David Stern announced Thursday he will step down from his post on Feb. 1, 2014, 30 years to the day after he began his tenure. Tweet This Post
