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Tea Party Movement

Issa Exaggerations Exposed

FactCheck.org | Eugene Kiely | Posted 06.13.2013 | Politics

The Following post first appeared on FactCheck.org. The House Oversight Committee chairman and the ranking Democrat are overreaching in recent ...

Tea Party Favorite Confuses Gov

The Huffington Post | John Celock | Posted 06.11.2013 | Politics

Wyoming's Republican governor and his tea party opponent in next year's primary are in a public flap over how many taxpayer-funded staffers the oppone...

WATCH: Newt Slams IRS For 'Largest' Scandal Ever

The Huffington Post | Paige Lavender | Posted 06.07.2013 | Politics

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R) said he thinks the Internal Revenue Service's "problems are going to get bigger and broader" as new information...

John Celock

Big Wins For Christie And Democratic Foe

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 06.05.2013 | Politics

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) and his Democratic challenger, state Sen. Barbara Buono (D), scored easy primary election victories for their party...

Issa Reprising Familiar Role In Contentious Probe

Reuters | Posted 06.04.2013 | Politics

By Kim Dixon and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON, June 3 (Reuters) - What began as a bipartisan congressional probe into Internal Revenue Ser...

Tea Partier Claims Norquist's Beard Means He's 'Converting To Islam'

The Huffington Post | Paige Lavender | Posted 06.01.2013 | Politics

Cathie Adams, president of the Texas Eagle Forum and former chairman of the Republican Party of Texas, made questionable remarks about anti-tax activi...

Top Republican Questions Obama 'Culture Of Hostility Toward Conservative Groups'

The Huffington Post | Paige Lavender | Posted 06.01.2013 | Politics

Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus slammed President Barack Obama over the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative gro...

Embattled Agency's Glory Days Explored

AP | CALVIN WOODWARD | Posted 06.01.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- For a time, the Internal Revenue Service inspired awe and admiration in Americans, not just trepidation and lame jokes about death and t...

Holder Doesn't Cut It For Americans Focused On IRS

The Huffington Post | Ryan Buxton | Posted 05.30.2013 | Politics

Americans say the scandal surrounding the IRS' targeting of conservative groups is more important than both the controversy over the 2012 attack on a ...

Tempest in the Tea (Party) Pot

Frank Askin | Posted 05.29.2013 | Politics
Frank Askin

If you truly believe the tea party is not a political operation, then I've got a bridge to sell. What sentient person who's lived in this country for the past decade does not know the origins and purposes of the tea party movement?

Haley Appoints Man Accused Of White Supremacist Ties

The Huffington Post | Gabrielle Dunkley | Posted 05.23.2013 | Politics

One of South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley's (R) picks for her reelection committee in February has now been accused of being a white supremacist, Raw Sto...

Official Claims Treasury Had No Role In Big Scandal

AP | STEPHEN OHLEMACHER and ALAN FRAM | Posted 05.23.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON — At the center of a political storm, an Internal Revenue Service supervisor whose agents targeted conservative groups swore Wednesda...

Tea Partiers Rally Against IRS Scrutiny

AP | DAN SEWELL | Posted 05.22.2013 | Politics

CINCINNATI -- Tea party activists waving flags and signs, singing patriotic songs and chanting anti-IRS slogans held rallies outside federal buildings...

The Daily Szep -- The Tea Party

Paul Szep | Posted 05.21.2013 | Politics
Paul Szep

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Dem Slams Intolerable Targeting Of Tea Party Groups

Posted 05.21.2013 | Politics

By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER AND ALAN FRAM, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — A leading Senate Democrat says the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of...

Jindal Makes Bold Claim Over Tea Party Targeting Scandal

The Huffington Post | Paige Lavender | Posted 05.18.2013 | Politics

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) is pushing for punishment for Internal Revenue Service officials that targeted conservative groups in the lead-up to t...

Newt Sends GOP Warning, Laments Past Decisions

The Huffington Post | Paige Lavender | Posted 05.17.2013 | Politics

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R) cautioned Republicans against overreaching while dealing with the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of tea p...

Race To Test Tea Party Republicans' Allure

Reuters | Posted 05.17.2013 | Politics

By Gary Robertson RICHMOND, Va., May 17 (Reuters) - The most nail-biting U.S. governor's race this year is centering on whether a Tea ...

Political Storm Shifts To Congress

Reuters | Posted 05.17.2013 | Politics

By John Whitesides WASHINGTON, May 17 (Reuters) - A U.S. House of Representatives panel on Friday opens the first in a series of inve...

Obama Administration Accepts Resignation Of Acting IRS Commissioner

Posted 05.16.2013 | Politics

President Barack Obama announced on Wednesday that Steven Miller has resigned as acting head of the Internal Revenue Service. Reuters reports that ...

FBI Launching Probe Of IRS

AP | STEPHEN OHLEMACHER | Posted 05.16.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON — Hurrying to check a growing controversy, President Barack Obama ousted the acting commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service late...

Holder Orders Probe Into IRS Targeting Tea Party Groups

AP | Posted 05.14.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Eric Holder says he's ordered a Justice Department investigation into the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of...

Tea Party Leader Claims IRS Scandal Like Out Of A 'Dictatorship'

The Huffington Post | Paige Lavender | Posted 05.14.2013 | Politics

Jenny Beth Martin, co-founder of the Tea Party Patriots, slammed the Internal Revenue Service for targeting conservative groups in the lead-up to the ...

The Right Stuff

Richard C. Leone | Posted 05.13.2013 | Politics
Richard C. Leone

Underlying the sharp divisions over fundamental questions is the widening fissure between the two parties. It's fashionable to describe this development as the result of a more or less symmetrical shift -- with Democrats moving to the left while Republicans move to the right. That conclusion is just plain wrong.

Republican Blasts 'Real Problems' Over Tea Party Apology

Reuters | Posted 05.11.2013 | Politics

By Patrick Temple-West and Kim Dixon WASHINGTON, May 11 (Reuters) - A senior Republican senator condemned the Internal Revenue Service...