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• Sparks will fly: House panel braces for heated IRS hearing
  Capitol Hill readied Wednesday for perhaps the most explosive -- or at least dramatic -- of the three hearings into IRS abuses of conservative and Tea Party groups in the past week, with one of the key witnesses expected to invoke her constitutional right to remain silent.The Republican-controlled House Oversight and Government Reform committee was set to convene its own hearing on the revelations...
  
  
  
• 'I hope I get a second chance': Anthony Weiner launches bid to become NYC mayor
  Anthony Weiner, whose career as a congressman collapsed after he posted sexually suggestive pictures of himself on Twitter, has announced that he’s running for mayor of New York City.“I made some big mistakes and I know I let a lot of people down. But I've also learned some tough lessons,” the Democrat said in a video posted on his website late on Tuesday."I'm running for mayor because I've been f...
  
  
  
• Tea party seizes on IRS scandal as investigations, ineptitude perpetuate outrage
  
  
  
  
• Busy time for news beyond tornado tragedy
  
  
  
  
• Immigration reform bill survives first hurdle, passes Senate committee
  
  
  
  
• Immigration bill clears hurdle with 13-5 approval by Senate committee
  A sweeping bill to overhaul the nation's immigration system cleared its first major hurdle late Tuesday night, with the 18-member committee charged with completing a first round of legislative edits voting to advance the amended bill to the full Senate.  The vote in the Senate Judiciary Committee was 13-5.  Three Republicans - Sens. Jeff Flake of Arizona, Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Orrin...
  
  
  
• Leahy withholds amendment to include LGBT couples in immigration reform
  Acknowledging that it would jeopardize the passage of a sweeping immigration reform bill, a top ally of LGBT rights advocates will not call for a committee vote on an amendment that would include the spouses of LGBT individuals with the same standing as heterosexual couples in immigration law. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy announced "with a heavy heart" that he would withhold h...
  
  
  
• Ex-manager doubts IRS on Tea Party scandal
  
  
  
  
• With high-tech visa compromise, immigration reform proponents win GOP ally
  With a final committee vote on a comprehensive immigration reform bill finally in sight, proponents of immigration reform won the support of a key Republican panel member after hammering out a bipartisan compromise dealing with visas for high-skilled foreign workers.Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah, long considered a Republican swing vote on the 18-member Senate Judiciary Committee, announced Tuesday nigh...
  
  
  
• IRS official to invoke Fifth Amendment at hearing
  A top IRS official scheduled to testify Wednesday before the House Oversight committee has notified Congress that she will invoke the Fifth Amendment and refuse to answer questions.Lois Lerner, head of the IRS unit which handled tax exempt organizations, won't answer questions about what she knows about the improper screening of conservative groups or about why she repeatedly failed to tell Congre...