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  Was Congress misinformed on IRS developments?

Millennials maintain vastly different world, social views

  Melissa Harris-Perry’s table discuss whether it is possible that millennials could succeed in ways that past generations haven't in building a more inclusive and diverse democracy.

A warning to conservatives about how to treat a ‘scandal’

  MSNBC’s Steve Kornacki talks about the three possible outcomes for the week that was: scandals will fire up the Republican base heading into the 2014 midterm elections, the controversies would have no impact at all or the base will get too caught up in “scandal fever.” Kornacki also shares examples

How scandals drive politics

  MSNBC’s Steve Kornacki talks to an Up panel which includes, Democratic pollster Margie Omero, Prof. Alan Abramowitz, The New Yorker’s Rick Hertzberg, Julianne Malveaux talk about the scandals plaguing the Obama administration and why the president’s approval rating has increased in spite of them.

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IRS probe ignored most influential groups

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Two Dems in top races voted with GOP on health care repeal

House Again Votes to Repeal ObamaCare

WATCH: The Gaggle breaks down IRS hearing

Republicans advance bill to tie student loan rates to markets

Congress rethinks 9/11 law on military force

RI treasurer to lawmakers: Cap payday loan rates

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  Getting to the root of the IRS problem

MSNBC’s Steve Kornacki and an UP panel talk about the IRS controversy and whether campaign finance laws need to be changed to prevent this from happening again. The panel also talks about the importance of disclosure.

  Don't Tax The Rich, Take Money From The Poor

The program that funds school lunch assistance for the nation's poorest children is under attack by right wing conservatives. Ed talks to Joel Berg about the possible cuts and how his organization is struggling to protect kids.

  Will current scandals affect the 2014 midterms?

Agenda killer? MSNBC Host Karen Finney and Former Press Secretary under George W. Bush, Tony Fratto, discuss President Obama’s second term agenda.  Both Finney and Fratto predict the outcomes of the 2014 election season and how the current scandals could influence the results.  They both discuss the

  Congressman: IRS hearing 'showed what a giant overreach the matter is'

MSNBC’s Alex Witt gauges House Ways and Means Committee member Rep. Lloyd Doggett’s, D-Texas, reaction from the IRS hearing. He reveals what he learned from the meeting including answers that “showed what a giant overreach the matter is” and evidence that there was no corruption within President Oba

  Amid rampant gun violence, Louisiana legislators aim to loosen gun laws

Louisiana is the state with the worst gun murder rate in the nation. But while children take bullets on the streets of New Orleans, Louisiana legislators are making sure that guns are more available than ever. NBC Latino’s Raul Reyes, MSNBC host Ari Melber, former George H.W. Bush aide Joe Watkins,

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