The Note: A Scandal’s Second Wind
By MICHAEL FALCONE (@michaelpfalcone) NOTABLES PFEIFFER CALLS IRS ACTIVITY ‘INEXCUSABLE’: White House Senior Adviser Dan Pfeiffer told ABC’s GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS yesterday that the legality surrounding the targeting of conservative groups by the Internal Revenue Service is “irrelevant,” but called the behavior “outrageous and inexcusable.” “I… Read More »
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Obama Optimistic Despite ‘Shortage of Common Sense’ in DC
ATLANTA — President Obama said today he remains optimistic about the prospects for his second term agenda despite what he called a “shortage of common sense” in the nation’s capital. “We’ve got good, common-sense solutions that we can implement right now. The bad news is,… Read More »
Obama Strikes Personal Tone in Commencement Speech on Race, Manhood
ATLANTA — President Obama said today that he is motivated by the knowledge that “but for the grace of God … I might have been in prison,” in a commencement address at historically black Morehouse College, where he spoke frankly about race and young men’s… Read More »
George Will: Impeachment Talk Is ‘Silly’
Below you can find some of the notable comments made Sunday on “This Week with George Stephanopoulos.” Appearing on today’s show was Obama senior adviser Dan Pfeiffer, Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga., and Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y. Plus, our… Read More »
Republicans Informed of IRS Investigation Last Year
Much has been made of the fact that senior Treasury Department officials were told about the investigation into the treatment of tea party groups in June 2012 — months before last year’s the Presidential election. Republicans who requested the investigation were also told about it… Read More »
Michelle Obama Makes Light of President’s Failures in Graduation Speech
Delivering her only speech at a high school graduation this year, first lady Michelle Obama joked about the failures her husband, President Obama, has encountered in life as she told a graduating class of high school seniors in Nashville, Tenn. today that in order to… Read More »
President Obama Golfs After Week of Political Scandals
WASHINGTON — President Obama — despite dealing with a trio of political scandals that flared up this week — squeezed in some time on the golf course today, and included a woman in his foursome for the first time this year. The president played golf… Read More »
Obama Pivots to Jobs Tour at End of Scandal Filled Week
After a week filled with political scandals, President Obama turned to promoting his jobs tour in his weekly address Saturday. “That’s why I like getting out of the Washington echo chamber whenever I can – because too often, our politics aren’t focused on the same… Read More »
IRS Planted Question About Tax Exempt Groups
The Internal Revenue Service planted a question at an American Bar Association conference in order to reveal that it had inappropriately targeted conservative groups prior to the 2012 elections. But members of Congress are questioning why they weren’t told earlier. The question that prompted Lois… Read More »
Treasury Secretary Told of IRS Probe in March, Learned Details Last Week
Treasury Secretary Jack Lew was first informed in March that there was an investigation into the IRS’ screening of nonprofit groups, but did not learn the details of that probe until last week, he said today. “In mid March, I had had a conversation, just… Read More »