Open Congress : News Articles for Rep. Devin Nunes [R, CA-22]

Obama agenda seems to be weathering controversies

2013-05-18T01:00:00Z

...conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status for special treatment. The president's re-election campaign?" persisted Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif. "No," said Miller. The hearing took place at the end of a week in which Republicans repeatedly assailed Obam

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Despite controversies, Obama agenda marches on

2013-05-18T01:00:00Z

...conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status for special treatment. "The president's re-election campaign?" persisted Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif. "No," said Miller. The hearing took place at the end of a week in which Republicans repeatedly assailed Oba

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Watchdog told Treasury officials of IRS program

2013-05-18T01:00:00Z

...groups, but insisted that he never had contact with White House officials. "Absolutely not," he said when asked by Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif. Miller even challenged the notion that the groups were"targeted" because they were conservative. Instead, he sa

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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

...Revenue Service gave Tea Party and other conservative groups that applied for tax-exempt status. From 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 Pho

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IRS stoked Tea Party tempest

2013-05-18T01:00:00Z

...to get an answer. Roady sits on the IRS advisory committee for tax-exempt entities, and Miller acknowledged to Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., on Friday that Lerner answered a question suggested by the agency itself. Asked Nunes: “Was Ms. Roady's question

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Lawyer says IRS question was planted

2013-05-17T01:00:00Z

...IRS commissioner who resigned Wednesday, appeared to confirm Roady’s version of events, though he was less definitive. Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.): Was Ms. Roady’s question to Ms. Lerner about targeting conservative groups planned in advance? Miller

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Hmmmm...

2013-05-17T01:00:00Z

...of the revelation and how stunned members of the audience were when it happened.) Today, under questioning from Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA), acting IRS Director Steven Miller seemed to acknowledge that the question in the Q&A was planted. But his answer was

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Outgoing IRS Chief: Question That Sparked Scandal Was A Plant

2013-05-17T01:00:00Z

...a prepared Q & A,” outgoing acting IRS chief Steven Miller told Congress on Friday, in response to a question from Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA). Nunes asked Miller if the question itself, which was asked by Celia Roady, a veteran tax lawyer, was planted in

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Lerner’s admission of IRS’s inappropriate behavior was pre-planned public disclosure

2013-05-17T01:00:00Z

...part of a prepared strategy for the IRS to release this information to the public. Under questioning from Republican Rep. Devin Nunes, Miller said it was a “prepared Q and A,” and the question, which came from tax lawyer Celia Roady had been discuss

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IRS Acting Chief Apologizes, But Defends His Actions

2013-05-17T01:00:00Z

...of anything wrong and calling his agency’s actions “horrible customer service.” Eventually, when pushed on the matter by Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.), Miller said, “I never said I didn’t do anything wrong” and “I should be held accountable,

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Devin Nunes’s office clarifies: No, the DOJ didn’t wiretap the cloakroom in the House of Representatives

2013-05-16T01:00:00Z

...at phone records from the Capitol of conversations between Members of Congress and reporters is something that concerns Rep. Nunes, bringing up issues related to the separation of powers. So he was sloppy in confusing obtaining phone records for wiretap

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Justice Department accused of monitoring lawmakers in House of Representatives cloak room

2013-05-16T01:00:00Z

...Devin Nunes of California claims that the Department of Justice has tapped the phones in the Republican cloak room at the CapitolThe cloak rooms are a place in the Capitol where elected officials relax, have discussions, sleep and speak to reporters Nun

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This S— Just Got Real

2013-05-16T01:00:00Z

...may have even secretly obtained phone records for members of Congress is going to be a bombshell if true. See what Rep. Devin Nunes told Hugh Hewitt this afternoon: Rep. Nunes: I don’t think people are focusing on the right thing when they talk about

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Did Justice Monitor Congress' Phone Calls With AP?

2013-05-16T01:00:00Z

...of Associated Press phone records. Expanding on a Wednesday interview with conservative radio talk show host Hugh Hewitt, Rep. Devin Nunes told me Thursday morning that there is no other explanation in light of the DOJ’s acknowledgment that, as part o

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Rep. Nunes: DOJ Took Phone Data from House Cloak Room

2013-05-16T01:00:00Z

...Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) made headlines this morning when he said in an interview that the Department of Justice “wiretapped” the phones in the House of Representatives cloakroom, where members and only the most trusted staffers socialize and talk amo

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No, the Justice Department Did Not Wiretap the House Cloakroom

2013-05-16T01:00:00Z

...DN: …members of Congress talk to the press all the time. In an interview with conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt, Rep. Devin Nunes of California dropped a bit of a bombshell: the Department of Justice had tapped the House cloakroom as part of its AP

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Whipping GOP troops into line gets tougher

2013-05-12T01:00:00Z

...it's always carried at least an implied blend of menace and reward. "It's never as it's portrayed in the movies," said Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Visalia. McCarthy, for one, is at the helm of a remarkably young caucus; about half of the Republicans have served

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Fresno County at odds with Azerbaijan

2013-05-07T01:00:00Z

...what was soon to become the first truly democratic movement in the Soviet Empire. Thank you to Valley congressional members Devin Nunes, David Valadao and Jim Costa for their statements commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Azerbaijani pogroms again

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INGA BARKS: Immigration reform? Pass the salsa

2013-05-03T01:00:00Z

...the border and ends the unacceptable status quo in which millions of people are living and working in the shadows." -- Rep. Devin Nunes (R, Tulare) "We are a proud nation of immigrants, but we are also a nation of laws. We must consider both principles

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Bill requires Obama, Biden to enter Obamacare

2013-04-30T01:00:00Z

...Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI), along with Health Subcommittee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX), Congressmen Sam Johnson (R-TX), Devin Nunes (R-CA), Charles Boustany Jr., M.D. (R-LA) and Aaron Schock (R-IL), introduced legislation to provide that the only health

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