I.R.S. to Cut Tax Auditors - New York Times: “The federal government is moving to eliminate the jobs of nearly half of the lawyers at the Internal Revenue Service who audit tax returns of some of the wealthiest Americans, specifically those who are subject to gift and estate taxes when they transfer parts of their [...]

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Bush’s Tactic of Refusing Laws Is Probed: “‘The President’s constitutional duty is to enforce laws he has signed into being unless and until they are held unconstitutional by the Supreme Court or a subordinate tribunal,’ panel members wrote. ‘The Constitution is not what the President says it is.’”
Just kinda gives flip-flops a new lease on [...]

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The People’s Business: “On Tuesday it (the House) took up the gay-marriage amendment. This was a meaningless exercise, except in terms of amassing political ammunition: The Senate had already defeated the amendment. Nonetheless, some members had no trouble explaining the value of the dead-end debate. ‘This is probably the best message we can give to [...]

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The People’s Business: “On Tuesday it (the House) took up the gay-marriage amendment. This was a meaningless exercise, except in terms of amassing political ammunition: The Senate had already defeated the amendment. Nonetheless, some members had no trouble explaining the value of the dead-end debate. ‘This is probably the best message we can give to [...]

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