Open Congress : News Articles for Sen. Rob Portman [R, OH]

Apple CEO Tim Cook stands up to senators on company's tax policies

2013-05-22T01:00:00Z

...tax code and was doing what was in the best interests of its shareholders. "The tax code is a relic of the 60s," said Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio. Arguing that Apple's practices are an indication not of wrongdoing but that the tax system needed to be refor

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Ex-IRS Head on Who Knew of Tea Party Targeting: ‘I Can’t Say That I Know that Answer’

2013-05-21T01:00:00Z

...had the benefit of reading the report and that’s a full accounting of the facts that I have at this point.” When asked by Senator Rob Portman (R- Ohio) if the practice of targeting conservative groups applying for 501(c)(4) status with the IRS was s

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Tim Cook: Apple Doesn't Use 'Tax Gimmicks'

2013-05-21T01:00:00Z

...for reducing its tax burden and maximize profit in shareholders' interest. Some commentators remarked that Congress and Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) in particular was vilifying Apple for following laws set by Congress: What point is Portman making?That App

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Breakthrough on immigration reform?

2013-05-21T01:00:00Z

...Republicans are holding back. A spokesman for Sen. Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) says she’s undecided at this point. Ohio Sen. Rob Portman’s communications director Jeff Sadosky says his boss will “continue to monitor [the amendment process], and will cont

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Obama fights GOP, scandal - Mon, 20 May 2013 PST

2013-05-20T01:00:00Z

...looking into the IRS misconduct, also said he has no evidence to suggest Obama had advance knowledge of the IRS actions. Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, said on ABC’s “This Week” that he believed it would be necessary to appoint a special counsel, indep

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Obama defended in IRS probe

2013-05-20T01:00:00Z

...review while Republicans continue to demand answers of Obama and his allies in government. That’s not sufficient, said Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio. “I think a special counsel is going to wind up being necessary,” he said. That move is not needed, sai

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White House fights back against IRS accusations

2013-05-20T01:00:00Z

...looking into the IRS misconduct, also said he has no evidence to suggest Obama had advance knowledge of the IRS actions. Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, said on ABC's "This Week" that he believed it would be necessary to appoint a special counsel, independent

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Inside the Beltway: The Culture Count

2013-05-20T01:00:00Z

...host and economics editor of the National Review Online. “I think a special counsel is going to wind up being necessary,” Sen. Rob Portman, Ohio Republican, told ABC on Sunday. But who? A guessing game is about to ensue — but the roster of potenti

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White House insists Obama was not involved in IRS

2013-05-20T01:00:00Z

...review while Republicans continue to demand answers of Obama and his allies in government. That’s not sufficient, said Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio. "I think a special counsel is going to wind up being necessary," he added said. That move is not needed, s

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Menendez: Examine tax-exempt claims by political partisans

2013-05-19T01:00:00Z

...Tea Party groups when Karl Rove is out there saying he's using these C-4s to change the outcome of the next election." Sen. Rob Portman , R-Ohio, said on the same program the investigation should focus on what IRS employees did and whether the White Hou

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TV news shows

2013-05-19T01:00:00Z

...of guests for today’s TV news shows: ABC’s This Week - White House senior adviser Dan Pfeiffer; Sen. Robert Menendez, D- N.J.; Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio; Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga.; Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y. 9 a.m., KATV, Channel 7, Little Rock. NBC’s

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Sunday Morning Bobblehead Thread

2013-05-19T01:00:00Z

...scandals for all their worth. ABC's " This Week " -- White House senior adviser Dan Pfeiffer; Sen. Robert Menendez, D- N.J.; Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio; Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga.; Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y. Roundtable: ABC News’ George Will; National Journ

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Sunday Talk Lineup: Pfeiffer on IRS, Benghazi

2013-05-18T01:00:00Z

...by the Associated Press. ABC’s “This Week”: White House senior adviser Dan Pfeiffer; Sen. Robert Menendez (D., N.J.), Sen. Rob Portman (R., Ohio), Rep. Tom Price (R., Ga.), Rep. Charles Rangel (D., N.Y.) NBC’s “Meet the Press”: Pfeiffer, Sen

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Guest Lineups for the Sunday News Shows

2013-05-17T01:00:00Z

...the Sunday TV news shows: ABC's "This Week" — White House senior adviser Dan Pfeiffer; Sen. Robert Menendez, D- N.J.; Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio; Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga.; Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y. ——— NBC's "Meet the Press" — Pfeiffer, Sen. Mitc

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Ohio Sen. Portman wants to find out more on IRS

2013-05-16T01:00:00Z

...is skeptical about President Barack Obama's suggestion that he hadn't been aware of IRS targeting of conservative groups. Sen. Rob Portman told Ohio reporters in a conference call Thursday that questions had been raised more than a year ago. He said tha

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Sen. Harry Reid discloses niece is a lesbian

2013-05-16T01:00:00Z

...Reid's revelation is just the latest example of a member of Congress explaining a personal reason behind a political stance. Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, announced in March that he was changing his position to support marriage for same-sex couples because

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Portman wants to find out more on IRS

2013-05-16T01:00:00Z

...Senator Rob Portman, a Republican, said Thursday March 14, 2013 that he now supports gay marriage because one of his sons is gay. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) State officials are concerned that the wet Ohio spring will … As the investigation i

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Ohio's Sen. Portman says his IRS complaint gave Obama early warning

2013-05-16T01:00:00Z

...and having trouble getting their nonprofit status approved. The response then, he says, was to deny it was happening: Sen. Rob Portman says he raised alarms more than a year ago about the IRS. Ohio's GOP senator also says he does not accept that the tar

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Rob Portman: Obama 'Incompetence' Led to IRS Scandal

2013-05-16T01:00:00Z

...Rob Portman says there's been a "pattern of incompetence" in the Obama administration that led to the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative groups. Speaking to the National Review’s Robert Costa, the Ohio Republican said, “An apology

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Medicare, Medicaid Nominee Tavenner Set for Vote

2013-05-15T01:00:00Z

...January. “A number of us are deeply concerned about how the [Affordable Care Act] is going to be implemented,” said Sen. Rob Portman (R., Ohio) during Ms. Tavenner’s confirmation hearing. “We want to make sure somebody’s going to be there to h

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