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Sen. Casey: How to Simplify the Tax Code

  Sen. Robert Casey, (D-PA), asks the Fed Chairman if he can see any way to reach a bipartisan solution to reforming the current tax law. The ideal solution is to "broaden the base" and "lower the tax rate," Bernanke said.

Scarborough: If S.C. votes for Sanford, won't NYC forgive Weiner?

  Former Rep. Anthony Weiner, D-N.Y., who resigned in 2011 after lewd online behavior, announced on Wednesday in a new political ad he was entering the New York City mayoral race. Politico's Mike Allen and Jim VandeHei and NBC News' Chuck Todd join the discussion.

House GOP panel moves on deep budget cuts

Republicans controlling the House pressed ahead Tuesday with slashing cuts to domestic programs far deeper than the cuts departments like Education, Interior and State are facing under an already painful round of automatic austerity. Full story

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  Apple's CEO Arrives on Capitol Hill

Tim Cook smiled as he arrived to give testimony before a Senate committee, reports CNBC's Eamon Javers. And Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) and Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI) disagree on whether Congress should apologize for "bullying" one of America's "greatest success...

  Cook: 'Proud to Represent Apple'

Sen. Carl Levin, (D-MI), swears in Apple's CEO before a Senate committee hearing on tax reform. Cook defends his company's stand on tax repatriation, adding Apple complies with the letter and spirit of the tax law and does not use "tax gimmicks."

  Sen. Levin: Where Is ASI 'Functionally' Managed & Control...

Sen. Carl Levin, (D-MI), questions Tim Cook, Apple CEO, and Phillip Bullock, Apple's head of tax operations about whether income from Apple Sales International and AOI is paid in the United States or Ireland.

  Lawmakers investigate IRS focus on conservative groups

Rep. Sander Levin, D-Mich., shares his reaction to the Ways and Means hearing on the IRS controversy.

  Snowe: Americans must speak up, demand bipartisanship

Former Sen. Olympia Snowe explains why the partisan divide is sharper than ever in Washington, D.C.

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