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Republicans

House GOP gives election-year airing to IRS gripes

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans gave an election-year airing to their complaints about Internal Revenue Service chief John Koskinen Tuesday, telling a GOP-run House committee that he should be impeached for lying to lawmakers and destroying evidence. "Mr. Koskinen was sent to the IRS to clean it up but it'

GOP

IRS chief stiffs House panel on impeachment inquiry

WASHINGTON (AP) — The commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service said Monday that Republican allegations that he misled congressional investigators probing his agency "are without merit," and said he wouldn't appear at a congressional hearing this week set to examine whether he deserves to be impeached. John

congress

Brazil’s Rousseff faces growing likelihood of impeachment

BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff on Monday appeared on the verge of losing office after a congressional vote to impeach her and with seemingly slipping support in the Senate, which would vote on whether to remove the leftist leader amid a national political and economic crisis. The 367-137

congress

Brazil Congress moves closer to impeaching Rousseff

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A congressional committee has recommended that the impeachment process against President Dilma Rousseff move forward, bringing the possible ouster of the embattled leader a step closer. Rousseff is facing impeachment proceedings over allegations her administration violated fiscal rules to mask budget problems by shifting around government