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By By ERIC LIPTON and BEN PROTESS, on May 24th, 2013 In a sign of Wall Street’s resurgent influence in Washington, bank lobbyists are aiding lawmakers in preparing legislation that softens financial regulations.
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By Justin Green, on May 24th, 2013 The Senate Majority Leader is laying the groundwork for the next Republican administration:
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By , on May 24th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> President Barack Obama on Thursday shifted the United States away from a “boundless global war on terror,” restricting deadly drone strikes abroad and signaling that America’s long struggle against al Qaeda will one day end. In a major policy speech, Obama narrowed the scope of the US targeted-killing campaign against al Qaeda and its allies and took new steps toward closing the Guantanamo Bay military prison – controversial elements of the US counterterrorism fight that have drawn condemnation at home and abroad. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By By JEREMY W. PETERS, on May 24th, 2013 Filling a long-vacant seat on an important appeals court passes for progress in a legislative body where partisan wrangling continues to hold up many important posts.
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By , on May 24th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Today is Friday, May 31, the 151st day of 2013. There are 214 days left in the year. Highlights in history on this date: 1043 – Lady Godiva rides naked through the market square in Coventry, England. 1520 – After being a hostage in Denmark, young nobleman Gustav Vasa slips back into Sweden to start a rebellion against the Danes that will establish Swedish independence. 1790 – The U.S. copyright law is enacted
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By By JONATHAN WEISMAN, on May 23rd, 2013 The bill would head off a doubling of interest rates, instead tying the rates to prevailing market trends, an approach not favored by Senate Democrats.
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By By SOMINI SENGUPTA, on May 23rd, 2013 Born overseas and educated in the United States, workers in the heart of the tech industry are in a kind of suspension as the Senate considers the immigration bill.
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By By MICHAEL D. SHEAR, on May 23rd, 2013 While Wednesday’s I.R.S. hearing felt like an unforgiving, angry inquisition, senators seemed halfhearted in their desire to beat up on Apple, which has been accused of dodging taxes.
Continue reading Washington Memo: Torches and Pitchforks for I.R.S. but Cheers for Apple
By By JAMES KANTER, on May 22nd, 2013 The forum was to focus on entities based in Europe, but it comes after the United States Senate found that Apple had reduced taxes by recording income in Ireland.
Continue reading European Union Leaders Meet on Tax Avoidance
By Justin Green, on May 22nd, 2013 The Senate Judiciary Committee approved the immigration reform bill by a vote of 13-5 last evening, bringing a path to citizenship one step closer for an estimated 11 million unauthorized immigrants.
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By , on May 22nd, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> EU leaders tackle tax fraud said to cost a trillion euros a year at a summit on Wednesday in the hope that tightening up the rules will help restore faith in European integration and raise revenue. But Austria and Luxembourg are both reluctant to sign up and share information on bank accounts automatically for fear of undermining their important financial services sectors. The one-day summit also takes place as revelations about the tax practices of some of the world’s biggest companies in their own backyard make it easy for critics to pick holes. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By Josh Rogin, on May 22nd, 2013 Josh Rogin reports on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee’s approval of a bill to arm the rebels.
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By , on May 22nd, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> A sweeping overhaul of the US immigration system took a major step toward viability on Tuesday when a Senate panel gave bipartisan approval to a landmark bill offering a path to citizenship for millions. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By By ASHLEY PARKER and JULIA PRESTON, on May 22nd, 2013 In a bipartisan vote of 13 to 5, the Senate Judiciary Committee approved a broad overhaul of the nation’s immigration laws, setting up a fight expected to last through June.
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By Eleanor Clift, on May 22nd, 2013 A Senate hearing on the ongoing IRS scandal featured lots of outraged bluster, but few admissions of responsibility and nothing like a smoking gun. Eleanor Clift on a day of dead ends.
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By , on May 21st, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Judiciary Committee approves landmark immigration bill offering citizenship to millions. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By By THE NEW YORK TIMES, on May 21st, 2013 Apple’s chief executive, Timothy D. Cook, was testifying about how the company was able to avoid billions of dollars in taxes.
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By By JONATHAN WEISMAN, on May 21st, 2013 Steven T. Miller took responsibility for planting a question at a closed-door meeting that prompted a top I.R.S. official to disclose that the agency had targeted conservative groups
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By By ASHLEY PARKER, on May 21st, 2013 The bipartisan group of eight senators who drafted an immigration overhaul see Senator Orrin G. Hatch of Utah as a potentially influential partner.
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By By NELSON D. SCHWARTZ, on May 20th, 2013 Though the company is the nation’s most profitable technology company, it avoided taxes by making some of its units “stateless,” and exempt from taxes everywhere.
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Obama shifts US from ‘perpetual war-footing’
<!– google_ad_section_start –> President Barack Obama on Thursday shifted the United States away from a “boundless global war on terror,” restricting deadly drone strikes abroad and signaling that America’s long struggle against al Qaeda will one day end. In a major policy speech, Obama narrowed the scope of the US targeted-killing campaign against al Qaeda and its allies and took new steps toward closing the Guantanamo Bay military prison – controversial elements of the US counterterrorism fight that have drawn condemnation at home and abroad. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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