Citizens United President David N. Bossie sent the following letter to all members of the United States Senate to urge them to vote against the  “
"Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act" (S. 744). 

   Vote Alert - Immigration S. 744

This week an overwhelming number of United States Senators decided to move forward with debate on the flawed immigration reform package supported by the Gang of Eight, known on Capitol Hill as S. 744. 

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Today marks the nine month anniversary of the terrorist attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, and still the loose ends far outnumber those tied.

Indeed, we’re approaching the one-year mark and there remain more questions than answers on the events in Libya that night. Unfortunately, these answers may be hard to come by in the near future, if at all.  Save for the entire investigation being taken over by a Select Committee, the State Department is up to its neck in fraud and corruption of its own. Cover-ups “from prostitution charges to drug rings,” according to a CBS News article published June 10th. “CBS News reports that is has unearthed documents from the Diplomatic Security Service (DSS), an internal watchdog agency, that implicate the State Department in a series of misconducts worldwide.”  These include charges of tampering with investigations of its own personnel.

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As the IRS scandal continues to take shape and the massive overreach of one of the most powerful agencies in Big Government becomes even more apparent, it becomes frightening to think this same agency will soon be heavily involved in your personal healthcare situation. 

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As Washington sizzles in scandal, an all too familiar playbook is coming out of hibernation from the 1990s.  I was the chief investigator of the then-named U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Government Reform and Oversight during the infamous Clinton scandals.  When former President Clinton was mired in a number of scandals those in his administration viciously attacked the various investigators with great zeal and would cut those off who were seeking truth at the knees.  Those in the Clinton White House would also try to focus the national media on the other issues of the day saying that the investigations were old news, and that too much investigating is uncalled for – despite the overwhelming allegations.  Sound familiar? 

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When will the White House release a full description of all substantive White House visits by all IRS officials and what those meetings were about and with whom? On June 1, I wrote a column for Breitbart.com that focused on the roughly 150 visits former IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman made to the White House during the time the IRS was targeting conservative groups. On June 2, Politico did a report that also examined Shulman’s visits and two sentences stood out to me. 

The first noteworthy sentence has to do with 39 of Shulman’s visits:  “The visitor logs show, for instance, that at least 39 of Shulman’s meetings focused on the Affordable Care Act - the massive health care overhaul that the IRS has an integral role in implementing. Those meetings were mostly with then-Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy Nancy-Ann DeParle, Obama’s top health care aide, and Sarah Fenn, a special assistant to the deputy chief of staff.”  The second interesting sentence has to do with 36 of Shulman’s visits:  “Records show that the vast majority of his trips were spent in the Old Executive Office Building. Only 36 of Shulman’s appointments he was cleared for were held in the White House. He met with Obama five times, which includes meetings with several attendees and a holiday party.”
Let’s pick these two points apart. 

First of all, these answers only explain a small portion of the visits.  When should we expect a total detailed account of all Shulman’s visits?  Second, just because a meeting’s official reason might be “Affordable Care Act,” that doesn’t mean that’s all that was discussed.  That’s why everyone on White House staff who met with Shulman must be questioned by investigators.  Third, once you get cleared for a meeting at the White House, whether you meet in the West Wing or OEOB is not relevant.  Folks with offices in the West Wing can sit in on OEOB meetings and vice versa.  Until we get a complete, detailed account of who from the IRS visited the White House and why, I’m going to remain skeptical about the White House’s claims that they didn’t know anything at the time. 

As the IRS scandal continues to evolve, I found one piece of information that came out this week quite shocking. Former IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman, who led the IRS when much of the targeting of Tea Party and conservative groups, visited the Obama White House a whopping 159 times from January 2009 to November 2012.

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The IRS scandal involving the improper targeting of conservative groups first broke 20 days ago, on May 10th.   Attorney General Eric Holder announced he was starting a Justice Department criminal investigation of the IRS allegations on Tuesday May 14th.  On Thursday May 16th, President Obama announced unsurprisingly that he did not favor the appointment of a special counsel to investigate the IRS targeting, even though it’s not his call to make.  Chairman Dave Camp of the House Ways and Means Committee held the first congressional hearing about the explosive Inspector General’s report on Friday May 17th.   Lois Lerner, Director of the IRS tax-exempt organizations division, became the first scandal figure to invoke the 5th amendment to avoid self-incrimination on Wednesday May 22nd before Chairman Darrell Issa’s House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. 

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Memorial Day is one of our national holidays where the true meaning far too often gets lost in the shuffle. 

To those who have lost a family member or loved one defending America’s freedom, this weekend is much more than an opportunity to attend a barbecue and enjoy a three-day weekend. In the mix of the hustle and bustle of our everyday lives, let us not forget the real reason for this weekend: those patriots who made the ultimate sacrifice during a time of war. 

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This year marks the 40th anniversary of the Watergate hearings which ultimately led to President Richard Nixon’s resignation.  One point in the Articles of Impeachment signed off by the House Judiciary Committee sounds eerily similar to the devastating scandal coming out of the Obama Administration today: 

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