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Sander Levin

The Tax Man Targeting our Right to Diversity of Thought

Wendy N. Powell | Posted 05.20.2013 | Politics
Read More: Lois Lerner, Sander Levin, Irs Scandal, Internal Revenue Service, Irs Targeting Conservative Groups, House Ways and Means Committee, Jack Lew, Tea Party, US Treasury, Politics News
Wendy N. Powell

We all have skin in this game to maintain our liberties. It is an ironic turn of events that the very issue of inappropriate scrutiny of our liberties is now the focus of the IRS by the public, media, elected officials; even the ACLU has raised its head.

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Michael McAuliff

Ex-IRS Head Grilled Over Tea Party Scandal

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 05.17.2013 | Politics
Read More: Irs Tea Party, Video, Irs, Sander Levin, Steven Miller Irs Scandal, Irs Scandal, IRS Steven Miller, Irs Scandal Steven Miller, Steven Miller, Tea Party, Steven Miller Irs, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- The Internal Revenue Service took a bipartisan drubbing Friday morning over its targeting of conservative political groups, even as its ...

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Michael McAuliff

House Passes Bill To Pay Only Some U.S. Debts

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 05.10.2013 | Politics
Read More: Congress Debt Limit, Dave Camp, Debt Limit Congress, Video, Debt Ceiling, Sander Levin, Debt Limit, House Republicans Debt, Pay China First, U.S. Credit Rating, Full Faith and Credit Act, Congress Debt Ceiling, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- The House passed a measure Thursday that would amount to the rough equivalent of declaring bankruptcy for the United States, directing t...

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Dave Jamieson

Retailers' Pledges On Garment Worker Safety Ring Hollow

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 05.03.2013 | Business
Read More: Retailers, Walmart, Huffmag, Gap, Retail, Workplace Safety, Huffington, Bangladesh Factory Fire, Grace-Meng, Sander Levin, Huffington Magazine, Bangladesh, Bangladesh Building Collapse, George Miller, Business News

The climbing death toll in the wake of a massive building collapse in Bangladesh has put increasing pressure on Western retailers to commit themselves...

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Dem: Obama Administration 'At Times' Overstated Damage

The Huffington Post | Paige Lavender | Posted 03.06.2013 | Politics
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Rep. Sander Levin (D-Mich.) claimed the Obama administration has "at times" overstated the potential damage of sequestration. “Maybe at times the...

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Arthur Delaney

Drug Testing Unemployment Measures To Get Boost In State Legislatures

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 01.16.2013 | Politics
Read More: Drug Testing Unemployment, Video, Unemployment, Sander Levin, Congress Drug Testing, Drug Test Unemployed, Unemployment Insurance, Drug Testing, Wyoming Unemployment, Drug Test, Unemployment Drug Testing, Congress Unemployment, Wyoming Drug Testing, Politics News

States will soon try to fulfill the Republican goal of making unemployed people pee in cups to prove they're not on drugs. Last February, congressi...

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Michael McAuliff

Study: High-End Tax Cuts Have Not Helped

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 12.14.2012 | Politics
Read More: High-End Tax Hikes, Video, Sander Levin, Chris Van Hollen, Income Inequality, Crs Report, Tax Cuts, Crs, Congressional Research Service, Fiscal Cliff, Congressional Research Service Report, Republican Tax Cuts, Bush Tax Cuts, CRS Report Suppressed, Congressional Research Report on Tax Rates, Tax, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- A Congressional Research Service report that was reissued Thursday after Republicans complained about it before the elections still find...

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Amanda Terkel

Big 3 Automakers Reportedly Worried About Michigan Right To Work

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 12.11.2012 | Detroit
Read More: Video, Automakers Right to Work, Big Three Automakers, Automakers Michigan, Rick Snyder Right to Work, Sander Levin, Right to Work, Michigan Labor, John Dingell, Michigan Unions, Debbie Dingell, Michigan Right to Work, Rick Snyder, Detroit News

WASHINGTON -- While one of Michigan's biggest industries remains silent in public on the debate over so-called right-to-work legislation, privately th...

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The Other Cliff (Hint: It's in Your Tax Return)

Christopher Bergin | Posted 01.30.2013 | Business
Read More: Taxes, Fiscal Cliff, Irs, IRS Commissioner, Sander Levin, Internal Revenue Service, Amt, Business News
Christopher Bergin

So, welcome to the other cliff. In Washington, our lawmakers continue to treat the cliffs they created like a game of chicken in a classic James Dean movie. And we all get to sit in the back seat.

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Alex Becker

Presidential Candidates Must Release Taxes, Democrats Say

HuffingtonPost.com | Alex Becker | Posted 07.18.2012 | Politics
Read More: Tax Returns Bill, Mitt Romney, Mitt Romney Taxes, Mitt Romney Tax Returns, House Ways and Means Committee, Sander Levin, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives plan to introduce legislation that would require presumptive Republican presidential nomi...

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Top Democrats Push Obama on Capital Controls

Sarah Anderson | Posted 07.25.2012 | Business
Read More: Free Trade, Timothy Geithner, Capital Controls, Barney Frank, Sander Levin, Business News
Sarah Anderson

Despite their proven effectiveness in many cases, these policy tools are prohibited by U.S. trade and investment policies. Particularly in the wake of the worst financial crisis in 80 years, it's an embarrassingly outmoded position.

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Stronger Local Economy Could Hurt Mitt's Chances In The Mitten

AP | KATHY BARKS HOFFMAN | Posted 04.19.2012 | Detroit
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LANSING, Mich. -- The unemployment rate in Michigan is high, its population is shrinking and scores of manufacturing plants have closed. Still, Presid...

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Michael McAuliff

Debt Limit Hike Fails In Symbolic House Vote

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 01.18.2012 | Politics
Read More: John Boehner Debt Ceiling, Debt Ceiling, Sander Levin, John Boehner, Payroll Tax Cut, Debt Limit, Payroll Tax, Video, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- The Republican-led House of Representatives turned down President Obama's request to raise the debt limit Wednesday in a largely symboli...

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Report Pokes Holes In Republican Tax Plan

AP | By ALAN FRAM | Posted 01.02.2012 | Politics
Read More: Taxes, Dave Camp, Video, Tax Credits, Corporate Tax Deductions, Sander Levin, Joint Committee on Taxation, Gop Tax Plan, Corporate Taxes, Republicans Corporate Taxes, Republican Tax Plan, Corporate Tax Credits, 112 Congress, Tax Deductions, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- It will be hard for Republicans to attain their goal of lowering the top corporate tax rate to 25 percent if they want to pay for it sol...

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Zach Carter

Korea Trade Agreement Would Subsidize North Korea Government

HuffingtonPost.com | Zach Carter | Posted 10.04.2011 | Politics
Read More: Ros-Lehtinen, Economy, Jobs, Free Trade, Obama, Dave Camp, Politics, Kaesong, Sander Levin, Trade, Brad Sherman, Unions, Korea, North Korea, Video, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- In 2004, Hyundai inked one of the best land deals in history. For a mere $12 million, the South Korean conglomerate secured the rights t...

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Jennifer Bendery

Democrats, GOP Have Now Rejected Each Other's Debt Plans

HuffingtonPost.com | Jennifer Bendery | Posted 09.29.2011 | Politics
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WASHINGTON -- With just three days left until the country is set to begin defaulting on its debt, the House rejected a debt proposal by Senate Majorit...

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Sander Levin: Pete Stark Relinquishes Ways And Means Chairmanship To Sander Levin

Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
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Rep. Sander Levin (D-Mich.) will take over the chairmanship of the House Ways and Means committee, the Michigan Democrat told reporters on Thursday. ...

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Pete Stark Runs Into Resistance As Rangel's Interim Ways And Means Replacement

Roll Call | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Sander Levin, House, Pete Stark, California, Ethics Violations, John Lewis, Nancy Pelosi, Ethics, John Boehner, Jim McDermott, Charlie Rangel, Ethics Panel, Democrats, Ways and Means Committee, Politics News

Rep. Pete Stark (Calif.) may have the shortest chairmanship in the young history of the House Democratic majority....

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Rangel To Give Up Chairmanship On Ways And Means Committee, NBC Reports

Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
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** UPDATES BELOW ** 12:35 PM ET -- Pelosi chooses 'firebrand' Pete Stark to replace Rangel. "Speaker Nancy Pelosi has picked liberal firebrand Rep. P...

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Congress Fights To Save 'Cash For Clunkers' Sales

AP | Ken Thomas, Associated Press Writer | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Sander Levin, Cfc, Congress, Cash for Clunkers Deadline, Betty Sutton, Cash for Clunkers, Car Allowance Rebate System, Business News

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The House raced Friday to pass legislation pouring an additional $2 billion into the popular -- but financially strapped -- "cash f...

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