Open Congress : News Articles for Rep. Dave Camp [R, MI-4]

Top GOP Lawmakers: No Need for Special Prosecutor for IRS Scandal

2013-05-24T01:00:00Z

...including House Speaker John Boehner, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, Sen. Orrin Hatch, and House Ways and Means members Dave Camp and Charles Boustany, have signaled they're in agreement. "There will be more hearings coming. I think it's premature,"

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D.C. tells us what's best for families

2013-05-23T01:00:00Z

...U.S. Rep. Dave Camp, R-Midland, wrote a letter about the merits of Common Core (proposed academic standards). While we all want to make sure our schools are preparing students for the world they live in, Common Core presents some concerns that need to b

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Who says the IRS didn't succumb to political pressure?

2013-05-23T01:00:00Z

...experts say. In May 2011, news of the IRS' big-donor probe went public. Republicans reacted furiously. On June 3, 2011, Rep. Dave Camp (R-Mich.), the chairman of the House ways and means committee, sent a letter to then-IRS commissioner Doug Shulman dem

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The IRS as political tool It started with the Kennedy White House

2013-05-23T01:00:00Z

...tripped up by the media when challenged about evidence of President Obama's personal involvement in the IRS scandal. Rep. Dave Camp of Michigan, who chairs the House committee looking into the IRS, "admitted there was no evidence" linking Obama to the I

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GOP needs to reframe IRS scandal

2013-05-21T01:00:00Z

...Rep. Dave Camp, the chief spear-carrier for the Republican side, at least in the media, is a great guy, I am sure. My many friends and clients in Michigan — one of my favorite states — are always very high on Camp. But his role as top talking head i

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More Scrutiny Ahead for the IRS

2013-05-20T01:00:00Z

...instead of political malfeasance, yet this has done little to appease House Republicans. In a blistering opening statement, Rep. Dave Camp, R-Mich., the normally low-key chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, called the IRS’s actions an “abuse of

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Sunday shows round-up: All about the IRS and Benghazi

2013-05-19T01:00:00Z

...Sunday. “This is arrogance of power, abuse of power, to the nth degree, and we’re going to get to the bottom of this.” Rep. Dave Camp, R-Mich., the chair of the House Ways and Means Committee, argued that the IRS scandal demonstrates the need for

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Camp calls for tax reform in wake of IRS controversy

2013-05-19T01:00:00Z

...country needs a “fairer, flatter, more efficient tax code" in the wake of the IRS targeting conservative groups, Rep. Dave Camp said on Sunday. NBC “Meet the Press” host David Gregory asked the chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee if the

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Quotations of the day

2013-05-18T01:00:00Z

...It seems like the truth is hidden from the American people just long enough to make it through an election." - Republican Dave Camp, chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, speaking about the IRS scandal and two other issues plaguing the White House.

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Investigator says he told top Treasury officials of IRS probe in June of campaign year 2012

2013-05-18T01:00:00Z

...left are, Tiberi, Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., Rep. Kevin Brady, R-Texas, and Committee Chairman Rep. Dave Camp, R-Mich. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) (17 May 2013) APPHOTO DCSA134: House Ways and Means Committee member Rep. Mike

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Former IRS Chief Grilled In Congressional Hearing

2013-05-18T01:00:00Z

...It seems like the truth his hidden from the American people just long enough to make it through an election,” Rep. Dave Camp (R-Mich) said during Friday’s hearing. There are three House committees investigating the case and so is the FBI. Those invo

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TV highlights: Ben Affleck hosts season finale of ‘Saturday Night Live’

2013-05-17T01:00:00Z

...broadcast with Bishop T.D. Jakes; “Bloomberg Government’s Capitol Gains” (WUSA at 11:30) has Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.), Rep. Dave Camp (R-Mich.) and Bloomberg’s Matt Hummer and Alan Levin; Sunday night, Tracy Morgan hosts the Billboard Music Awa

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House committee to grill ousted IRS chief

2013-05-17T01:00:00Z

...seems to be part of a culture of cover-ups and political intimidation by the Obama administration. The remark by Republican Dave Camp of Michigan came as his panel began a hearing on the IRS's tough screening of conservative groups. The panel's top Demo

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At IRS Hearing, The Venting Is Bipartisan

2013-05-17T01:00:00Z

...too powerful, too intrusive and too abusive of honest, hardworking taxpayers," said the committee's Republican chairman, Rep. Dave Camp of Michigan. That drew a protest from the top Democrat on the committee, Rep. Sander Levin of Michigan, who said it w

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Sunday talk show tip sheet

2013-05-17T01:00:00Z

...Press” on NBC • Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) Continue Reading • White House senior adviser Dan Pfeiffer • Rep. Dave Camp (R-Mich.), chairman, House Ways and Means Committee • Rep. Xavier Becerra (D-Calif.), chairman, House De

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IRS 'Culture of Discrimination' Troubling: Rep. Camp

2013-05-17T01:00:00Z

...Dave Camp, (R-MI), shares what he wants to hear from former acting IRS Commissioner Steven Miller, when he testifies before the House later this morning. House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp told CNBC ahead of his panel's IRS scandal hearin

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Rep. Dave Camp accuses White House of 'cover up' in IRS scandal

2013-05-17T01:00:00Z

...appears to be just the latest example of a culture of cover-ups — and political intimidation — in this administration,” said Rep. Dave Camp, Michigan Republican, during his opening statements at a Friday hearing his panel is conducting regarding t

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Congressional hearing seeks to ask IRS: 'Why?'

2013-05-16T01:00:00Z

...Ways and Means Committees Chairman Rep. Dave Camp, R-Mich., left, and ranking Democrat Rep. Sandy Levin, D-Mich.,in a hearing last year. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) (Photo: J. Scott Applewhite AP) WASHINGTON (USA TODAY) -- The nation's soon-to-

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Head of IRS ousted amid controversy

2013-05-16T01:00:00Z

...nothing to change the fact that the tax system is targeting honest, hardworking taxpayers instead of working for them," said Rep. Dave Camp, R-Midland, chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, in a prepared statement. Holder announced Tuesday that the

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Next scandal casualty: Tax reform

2013-05-16T01:00:00Z

...Dave Camp (R-Mich.) and Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) are both opening investigations into the debacle. Camp will hold a hearing on the matter tomorrow and Baucus will hold one of his own on Tuesday. Both lawmakers have said the

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