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U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said on Tuesday he had ordered the FBI to open a criminal probe in a growing scandal over the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative political groups.
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WASHINGTON, March 22- The tax reform tempo is picking up in the U.S. Congress, with lawmakers meeting, task forces floating proposals and lobbyists scurrying to get in on the action- a small piece of which recently took place in an historic Capitol Hill meeting room.
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Senator John Hoeven, from North Dakota, told reporters his amendment to allow Congress to approve the pipeline would be selected from hundreds of others for a vote, and that it had at least the 51 backers needed to pass.
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WASHINGTON, March 21- The U.S. Senate overwhelmingly passed a largely symbolic resolution calling for repeal of a 2.3 percent tax on medical device companies on Thursday, as more than 30 Democrats joined Republicans in approving it.
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WASHINGTON, March 21- Opponents of a 2.3 percent tax on medical device companies will likely win passage this week in the U.S. Senate of a largely symbolic resolution calling for repeal of the tax, with some Democrats likely to join all Republicans.
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WASHINGTON, March 21- Legislation allowing U.S. states to collect sales taxes on goods sold over the Internet made its way to the Senate floor on Thursday- a sign that a decades-long struggle by states to tax businesses beyond their borders could end this year.
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WASHINGTON, March 21- A list of tentative tax reform options was floated on Thursday in the U.S. Senate, including repealing the alternative minimum tax and requiring insurers to report more financial data, along with a range of modest administrative improvements.
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*Baucus warns of growing impatience in Congress. Richard Gilfillan, who is overseeing the initiative at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, told the Senate Finance Committee that his agency is now testing three-dozen care delivery models involving 50,000 healthcare providers and more than 1 million beneficiaries.
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President Barack Obama has asked Jeff Zients to stay on as acting budget director, the White House said Monday, a move that takes him out of the running to become U.S. trade chief. White House spokesman Jay Carney said Zients, who had been the front-runner to take over as U.S.
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Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus chimed in a few minutes later, calling Marantis "very, very talented" and praising his work as the panel's former chief counsel. "
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President Barack Obama has asked Jeff Zients to stay on as acting budget director, the White House said Monday, taking him out of the running to become U.S. trade chief. White House spokesman Jay Carney said Zients, who had been the front-runner to take over as U.S.
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WASHINGTON, March 15- U.S. lawmakers in both chambers of Congress said Friday they are moving forward with bills introduced this week to pluck the power of approving the Keystone XL pipeline, which would run from Canada's oil sands to Texas, from the hands of the Obama administration.
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WASHINGTON, March 14- A bipartisan bill introduced in the U.S. Senate on Thursday would give Congress the power to approve TransCanada Corp's Keystone XL pipeline project to link Canada's oil sands with refineries and ports in Texas.
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WASHINGTON, March 11- The top tax law writer in the U.S. House of Representatives will pitch a plan to revamp the taxation of many small businesses, and some large ones, on Tuesday in his latest bid to rewrite the tax code. Dave Camp, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, has said he wants to pass tax reform legislation this year.
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WASHINGTON, March 5- Democratic and Republican tax writers in the U.S. Senate will within weeks begin circulating concrete ideas for revamping the U.S. tax code to try to kick-start legislation for this year, a Senate Democratic committee aide said on Tuesday.
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WASHINGTON, March 4- The chairman of the Senate Finance Committee on Monday warned he will not support a proposed free trade agreement between the United States and the European Union unless it tears down barriers that have long blocked U.S. farm exports.
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WASHINGTON, March 4- The chairman of the Senate Finance Committee on Monday warned he will not support a proposed free trade agreement between the United States and the European Union unless it tears down barriers that have long blocked U.S. farm exports.
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Congress could vote on pacts but not amend them.
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Congress could vote on pacts, but could not amend them. House of Representative Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp urged President Barack Obama to "demonstrate his commitment to a vigorous and productive trade policy" by opening talks with Congress on the "fast track" powers and "nominating a qualified and committed U.S. trade representative."
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WASHINGTON, Feb 27- The U.S. Senate on Wednesday confirmed Jack Lew as President Barack Obama's new Treasury secretary, putting the former White House chief of staff in the middle of political brawls over the government's budget.
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WASHINGTON, Feb 27- The U.S. Senate on Wednesday confirmed Jack Lew as President Barack Obama's new Treasury secretary, putting the former White House chief of staff in the middle of a bitter political fight over the government's budget. Some Republicans had expressed misgivings about Lew's perks from previous employers Citigroup and New York University.