Thursday, February 20, 2014

Cruz Meeting With Hollywood Conservatives on IRS Scrutiny

Cruz Meeting With Hollywood Conservatives on IRS Scrutiny: "U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz plans to meet with Friends of Abe — the IRS-targeted group of elite Hollywood conservatives — to address the "McCarthyite" scrutiny it is under as it seeks tax-free charity status.

"FOA should respond to the IRS as it would to any McCarthyite request for information," Cruz, a Texas Republican, told The Hollywood Reporter, referring to the IRS's demand for its membership roster.

"The U.S. Supreme Court has already ruled that Americans have freedom of association, "



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Sen. Cornyn Reveals Not One, Not Two, but Three Public Pensions Atop His Salary - NationalJournal.com

Think Cornyn's going to solve the pension crisis that is bankrupting us?  Not likely.



"Sen. Cornyn Reveals Not One, Not Two, but Three Public Pensions Atop His Salary"

Sen. Cornyn Reveals Not One, Not Two, but Three Public Pensions Atop His Salary - NationalJournal.com:


Wednesday, February 19, 2014

CNS STORY: Irish family in Israel says special-needs child brought new attitude

I found this gem of a story while going through old e-mail. Enjoy.

JERUSALEM (CNS) -- Before their daughter Rachel was born almost three years ago, Theresa and Gerry Casey did not travel very much with their three older children, preferring to wait until taking trips with them would be easier. But Rachel, who was born with Down syndrome and severe heart defects, changed all that."

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Paycheck protection issue hits local level | PA Independent

Paycheck protection issue hits local level | PA Independent: "The battle over the so-called paycheck protection legislation has gone local in Pennsylvania.

About two weeks after hundreds of union workers flooded the state Capitol in Harrisburg to protest two bills that would force public-sector labor unions to collect their own dues, commissioners in Berks County approved a resolution supporting the state legislation.

Berks County Chairman Commissioner Christian Leinbach, a Republican, also serves as president of the County Commissioners Association of Pennsylvania and hopes to see the organization throw its support behind the legislation with a resolution of its own."



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