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Obama agenda marches on despite controversies

Despite Democratic fears, predictions of the demise of President Barack Obama's agenda appear exaggerated after a week of cascading controversies, political triage by the administration and party leaders in Congress and lack of evidence to date of wrongdoing close to the Oval Office.Full story

IRS probe ignored most influential groups

There's an irony in the Internal Revenue Service's crackdown on conservative groups. Full story

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

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Republicans see IRS scandal parallel in EPA info requests

NBC Politics: IRS official in charge of scrutinizing political groups now heads agency's role in 'Obamacare'

Attention to IRS law gaining steam in Congress (h/t Lawrence O’Donnell)

NBC Politics: IRS officials set to testify at House hearing

Tea party tax returns show activism on a budget

Some Tea Party groups probed by IRS had close GOP ties

IRS Cheif Testifies on Capitol Hill

Progressives solidify opposition to changes on Social Security, Medicare

Top Lines: Heritage (Action) trying to kill two birds — IRS, immigration reform — with one obstruction

Republicans accused of ‘gamesmanship’ in first hearing on IRS scandal

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  Ousted IRS chief: ‘We provided horrible customer service’

IRS commissioner Steven Miller, who submitted his resignation earlier this week, faced lawmakers at a House hearing on the IRS targeting, insisting that he had not mislead Congress or the American people. NBC’s Lisa Myers reports.

  House Representatives Grill IRS Officials

Rep. David Camp, (R-MI), asks ousted IRS chief Steven Miller and acting IRS commissioner J. Russell George, when they became aware of the tax scandal and who informed them. Also, Rep. Sander Levin, (D-MI), asks if there was "political motivation" invol...

  Bipartisan agreement about IRS overreach

Chris Matthews talks with Rep. Dave Reichert, R-Wash., and Rep. Sandy Levin, D-Mich., about Friday’s IRS hearing regarding the agency’s targeting of Tea Party groups.

  Could GOP politics on IRS scandal ultimately benefit Obama?

The Washington Post’s Dana Milbank and Georgetown University’s Michael Eric Dyson dissect whether the Republicans are practicing “dumb politics” over the IRS scandal and if they could wind up doing President Obama a favor by turning the topic into “just another partisan issue.”

  IRS acting commissioner testifies on agency targeting Tea Party groups

NBC’s Luke Russert reports on IRS acting commissioner Steven Miller’s testimony in front of Congress on Friday regarding the IRS scandal. Rep. Earl Blumenauer of the House Ways and Means Committee also joins The Cycle to discuss.

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Outgoing acting IRS Commissioner Miller leaves a House Ways and Means Committee hearing on the Internal Revenue Service targeting conservative groups on Capitol Hill in Washington
Outgoing acting IRS Commissioner Miller leaves a House Ways and Means Committee hearing on the Internal Revenue Service targeting conservative groups on Capitol Hill in Washington

Outgoing acting IRS Commissioner Steven Miller leaves a House Ways and Means Committee hearing on the Internal Revenue Service targeting conservative groups on Capitol Hill in Washington May 17, 2013. Miller was fired on Wednesday as the White House sought to stem criticism over the IRS matter. On T

Outgoing acting IRS Commissioner Miller confers with staff during a House Ways and Means Committee hearing on the Internal Revenue Service targeting conservative groups on Capitol Hill in Washington
Outgoing acting IRS Commissioner Miller confers with staff during a House Ways and Means Committee hearing on the Internal Revenue Service targeting conservative groups on Capitol Hill in Washington

Outgoing acting IRS Commissioner Steven Miller confers with staff during a House Ways and Means Committee hearing on the Internal Revenue Service targeting conservative groups on Capitol Hill in Washington May 17, 2013. Miller was fired on Wednesday as the White House sought to stem criticism over t

Outgoing acting IRS Commissioner Miller and Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration George attend a House Ways and Means Committee hearing on the Internal Revenue Service on Capitol Hill in Washington
Outgoing acting IRS Commissioner Miller and Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration George attend a House Ways and Means Committee hearing on the Internal Revenue Service on Capitol Hill in Washington

Outgoing acting IRS Commissioner Steven Miller and Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration J. Russell George attend a House Ways and Means Committee hearing on the Internal Revenue Service targeting conservative groups on Capitol Hill in Washington May 17, 2013. Miller resigned on Wednesda

U.S.  House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) questions outgoing acting IRS Commissioner Steven Miller during a hearing on the Internal Revenue Service targeting conservative groups on Capitol Hill in Washington
U.S. House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) questions outgoing acting IRS Commissioner Steven Miller during a hearing on the Internal Revenue Service targeting conservative groups on Capitol Hill in Washington

U.S. House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) questions outgoing acting IRS Commissioner Steven Miller during a hearing on the Internal Revenue Service targeting conservative groups on Capitol Hill in Washington, May 17, 2013. Miller resigned on Wednesday after the revelation the I