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A Senate immigration bill would cost $6.3 trillion over 50 years to provide benefits for millions now in the U.S. illegally, the Heritage Foundation says in a controversial study.
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WASHINGTON, May 23- Lois Lerner, an Internal Revenue Service official at the center of the scandal over the agency's extra scrutiny of conservative groups, was put on administrative leave on Thursday after she refused to resign, a U.S. senator said. An IRS spokesman declined to comment on Lerner's status, citing privacy concerns.
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WASHINGTON, May 21- Apple Inc came under fire on Tuesday at a Senate hearing over an investigation that alleged the U.S. high technology icon has kept billions of dollars in profits in Irish subsidiaries and paid little or no taxes to any government.
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WASHINGTON/ SAN FRANCISCO, May 20- Using an unusual global tax structure, Apple Inc has kept billions of dollars in profits in Irish subsidiaries to pay little or no taxes to any government, a U.S. Senate report on the company's offshore tax structure said on Monday.
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WASHINGTON, May 20- The U.S. Senate should cut crop insurance subsidies, the most expensive part of the farm safety net, by $1 billion a year before it passes the new farm bill, the White House said on Monday. The House would make the biggest food stamp cuts in a generation, $20 billion, compared to $4 billion in the Senate.
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In a 40- page memorandum released a day before Apple CEO Tim Cook is scheduled to testify before Congress, the Senate's Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations identified three subsidiaries that have no "tax residency" in Ireland, where they are incorporated, or in the United States, where company executives manage those companies.
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WASHINGTON, May 9- Senator John McCain introduced a bill on Thursday that would uproot the current system of bundling cable channels and let U.S. customers pay for select channels on an "a la carte" basis, a move likely to face stiff industry opposition.
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*China seen as major source of cyber theft attempts By Deborah Charles. The four powerful senators- Democrats Carl Levin and Jay Rockefeller and Republicans John McCain and Tom Coburn- joined together to launch the Deter Cyber Theft Act. General Keith Alexander, head of the U.S. National Security Agency and commander of the U.S.
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A Senate immigration bill would cost $6.3 trillion over 50 years to provide benefits for millions now in the U.S. illegally, the Heritage Foundation says in a controversial study.
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BEIRUT, May 6- United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon warned against escalating a fraught situation in Syria after Israel struck targets near Damascus on Sunday, targeting what its officials said were Iranian missiles bound for Hezbollah militants.
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President Barack Obama on Wednesday nominated a veteran Democratic congressman to oversee mortgage financiers Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, a choice that could set up a contentious political debate over housing policy.
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President Barack Obama on Wednesday nominated a veteran Democratic congressman to oversee mortgage financiers Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, a choice that could set up a contentious political debate over housing policy.
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President Barack Obama on Wednesday nominated a veteran Democratic congressman to oversee mortgage financiers Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, a choice that could set up a contentious political debate over housing policy.
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President Barack Obama on Wednesday nominated a veteran Democratic congressman to oversee mortgage financiers Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, a choice that could set up a contentious political debate over housing policy.
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*White House faced pressure to replace current FHFA chief. Representative Mel Watt, a longtime consumer advocate, to oversee mortgage financiers Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, a White House official said.
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*White House faced pressure to replace current FHFA chief. Representative Mel Watt, a longtime consumer advocate, to oversee mortgage financiers Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, a White House official said.
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President Barack Obama plans to nominate Democratic congressman Mel Watt to oversee mortgage financiers Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, a White House official said on Wednesday. The official said the announcement was expected to come from the White House on Wednesday. The White House said there would be a "personnel announcement" at 2:15 p.m..
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President Barack Obama plans to nominate Democratic congressman Mel Watt to oversee mortgage financiers Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, a White House official said on Wednesday. The official said the announcement was expected to come from the White House on Wednesday. The White House said there would be a "personnel announcement" at 2:15 p.m..
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*White House faced pressure to replace current FHFA chief. Representative Mel Watt, a longtime consumer advocate, to oversee mortgage financiers Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, a White House official said.
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WASHINGTON, April 18- In a week that saw the dramatic collapse of a bill to expand background checks for gun buyers, a bipartisan group of U.S. senators sought to project confidence that a measure to overhaul the nation's immigration laws would not fall victim to the same fate.
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WASHINGTON, April 18- In a week that saw the dramatic collapse of a bill to expand background checks for gun buyers, a bipartisan group of U.S. senators sought to project confidence that a measure to overhaul the nation's immigration laws would not fall victim to the same fate.