A growing number of Americans believe that senior White House officials ordered the Internal Revenue Service to target conservative political groups, according to a new national poll by the left-leaning CNN.
The CNN/ORC International survey released Tuesday morning indicates that a majority of the public says the controversy, which involves increased IRS scrutiny of tea party and other conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status, is very important to the nation.
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Sen. Tom Coburn
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and Tom Coburn (R-OK) praised the Senate’s passage last night of the HOPE Act (HIV Organ Policy Equity Act), legislation that would end the federal ban on research into organ donations from HIV-positive donors to HIV-positive recipients.
The bipartisan measure – which is also sponsored by Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Rand Paul (R-KY), Richard Burr (R-NC), Michael Enzi (R-WY), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Mark Kirk (R-IL), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Mary Landrieu (D-LA), Brian Schatz (D-HI), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Roy Blunt (R-MO), Mark Pryor (D-AR) and Carl Levin (D-MI) – would open a pathway for the eventual transplantation of these organs, offering hope to thousands of HIV-positive patients who are on waiting lists for life-saving organs. Currently, even researching the feasibility of these potentially life-saving transplants is banned under federal law.
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Ken Hoagland, Chairman of Restore America’s Voice, Friday released the following statement along with an announcement that Restore America’s Voice would join the Tea Party Patriots at their “Audit the IRS Rally” on June 19th. Hoagland will be joining speakers such as Senators Mike Lee and Rand Paul to protest the Obama Administration’s abuse of the IRS and demand action.
“This administration is starting to make Richard Nixon’s worst days look good by comparison. The outrageous treatment of law abiding citizens for Barack Obama’s political gain cannot go unanswered. And at this point, to suggest an internal investigation is just laughable. The IRS must be subjected to a full review by a special prosecutor.
“Unlike the thousands of innocent Americans affected by this scandal, these IRS agents actually deserve to be looked at under a microscope. Any guilty parties need to be held accountable to the full extent of the law – even if that goes to the highest levels, Hoagland said.
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Republican House members leading a fight against Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) said a “Trojan horse bill” is in the works to trick the GOP into voting for amnesty for illegal immigrants.
Reps. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.), Steve King (R-Iowa) and Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) told Glenn Beck on his TV program Thursday that the Senate’s pending immigration reform bill will mean amnesty — and that a deceptively “good” bill in the House will get it pushed through.
Both bills will go to a conference committee to be reconciled, where “they’ll take the good guts out of the good bill, they’ll put the bad guts in the good bill, the Senate will pass it, it’ll come over to the House, and then [House Minority Leader] Nancy Pelosi and all the Democrats will vote for the amnesty bill, probably the committee chairs will vote for it, and we’ll have amnesty,” Bachmann said.
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USS Tulsa
Congressman Jim Bridenstine proudly announced June 6 that Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus named the newest Littoral Combat Ship the USS Tulsa.
The Tulsa is an Independence-variant Littoral Combat Ship (LCS). It will be 419 feet long and have a beam length of 103.7 feet and be capable of operating at speeds in excess of 40 knots.
Congressman Bridenstine said, “The USS Tulsa will not only honor our city, but will also provide a very important strategic capability in modern warfare. These ships are designed to defeat growing littoral threats and provide access and dominance in the coastal waters. A fast, agile surface combatant, the LCS provides the required war fighting capabilities and operational flexibility to execute focused missions close to the shore such as mine warfare, anti-submarine warfare and surface warfare.”
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