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From left, Catherine Engelbrecht, founder of King Street Patriots; Cleta Mitchell, Partner Foley and Lardner LLP; Becky Gerritson, founder and President Wetumpka Tea Party, Inc.; and Jay Sekulow, Chief Counsel American Center for Law and Justice, are sworn-in on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014. prior to testifying before the House subcommittee on Economic Growth subcommittee's hearing investigating the Justice Department's investigation into the IRS abuse scandal. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Politics

Tea Party groups tell Congress IRS harassment continues

February 6, 2014 5:00 am

Problems continue to mount for Texas Democratic gubernatorial leader and abortion-on-demand hero Wendy Davis. (AP Photo)

Beltway Confidential

It isn’t easy going from Texas obscurity to a national political star like Wendy Davis

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February 5, 2014 5:00 am

There have been 85 confirmed bald and golden eagle deaths attributed to wind turbines in the past 13 years, according to a study by a group of biologists working for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service that was released in September. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Energy and Environment

Feds enforcing Endangered Species Act keep data behind policies hidden from public

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February 4, 2014 5:00 am

There are hundreds of top-dollar federal bureaucrats who don't do a lick of work for the taxpayers. They spend their days at the office working for federal employee unions.

Beltway Confidential

‘Too Big to Manage’ series exposes how taxpayers are forced to fund thousands of federal employee union reps

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February 4, 2014 5:00 am

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell fought the good fight on campaign finance reform and freedom of political speech under the First Amendment. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Beltway Confidential

Can Mitch McConnell stop President Obama’s political abuse of the IRS?

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February 3, 2014 5:00 am

Slumping states turn to tax cuts

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January 31, 2014 5:00 am

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Problems mount for Wendy Davis as new complaint alleges failure to disclose income

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January 31, 2014 5:00 am

Appropriate Appropriations? tracks every bill introduced by every congressman and the amount of spending attached to it, as marked up by Cato's innovative Deepbills project.

Beltway Confidential

‘Appropriate Appropriations?’ leaves Washington’s big spenders nowhere to hide

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January 30, 2014 5:00 am

House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., shown here Nov. 13, revealed a potential conflict of interesting involving a Justice Department lawyer. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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IRS probe chief must decide Thursday whether to testify before Congress

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January 30, 2014 5:00 am

Grace-Marie Turner, president of the Galen Institute, noted during the festivities that Obama devoted exactly 462 words out of the 6,778 in the official text to Obamacare. (AP Photo)

Beltway Confidential

Nothing new in Obama’s State of the Union address

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January 29, 2014 5:00 am

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Tea Party groups tell Congress IRS harassment continues

It isn’t easy going from Texas obscurity to a national political star like Wendy Davis

Feds enforcing Endangered Species Act keep data behind policies hidden from public

‘Too Big to Manage’ series exposes how taxpayers are forced to fund thousands of federal employee union reps

Can Mitch McConnell stop President Obama’s political abuse of the IRS?

Slumping states turn to tax cuts

Problems mount for Wendy Davis as new complaint alleges failure to disclose income

‘Appropriate Appropriations?’ leaves Washington’s big spenders nowhere to hide

IRS probe chief must decide Thursday whether to testify before Congress

Nothing new in Obama’s State of the Union address

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