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Defying Directive, IRS Set To Pay Out $70 Million In Employee Bonuses

In two weeks, the Internal Revenue Service will close its doors for the third time this summer. IRS employees will not report to work on

One week. That’s all it took. One week after Tax Day came and went, the Internal Revenue Service will send out furlough notices to its

As Tax Day creeps closer, I’ve been getting a slew of messages – on Twitter, email, and Facebook – hopeful that the big day will

(Note: Now that this post is a few days old, not everyone gets the joke. I don’t want to spoil the surprise at the end

My kids are minutes away from their annual Easter Egg Hunt. Set among the backdrop of rural North Carolina, it’s miles away – both literally

You remember when you were little and you would keep checking the sky for snow clouds on the off chance that you got a snow

What do Republicans and Democrats have in common? Neither party can seem to muster a bill to head off the sequester looming on Friday. Two

About all I can say for the United States Senate is that it opens with a prayer and closes with an investigation. – Will Rogers

Five days. That’s how long until the sequestration goes into effect. Sequestration, painted as one half of the worst thing ever, is a series of

Well, color me surprised. The House voted on the budget after all, and they voted up or down, rather than amending the Senate bill. The