Day: June 5, 2013
Christie Commits to Special Election, Saying He Doesn’t Care About the Cost
I don’t know the cost for the special election and I don’t care.
— New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R), announcing a special U.S. Senate election that falls just weeks ahead of the November gubernatorial election.
A Plurality Don’t Believe Obama on IRS Scandal
47%
Of Americans say they don’t believe Obama on the IRS controversy, compared with 40% who say he is being truthful, a new Bloomberg poll finds. A new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll finds 55% of poll respondents said IRS scrutiny of conservative groups raised some level of doubt about the administration’s “overall honesty and integrity.”
A No-Competence Vote
Marco Rubio’s Gang of Eight drafted it.
Rubio even staked his political career on it.
But if his immigration reform
Is itself not reformed,
Marco now says he’s not going to vote for it.
Rep. McDermott: Why Do Anti-Tax Political Groups Want Government Hand-Outs in the Form of Tax Breaks?
In a hearing on the IRS scandal, Rep. Jim McDermott (D-Wash.) questioned representatives from tea party groups that appeared to be political groups who oppose taxation whether they actually qualified as social welfare groups as required by law in order to receive tax exemptions. His prepared statement follows:
