07/21/2009
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"In my time in the Senate I’ve never seen a Senator treated this way. [Senator Padilla] is carrying out his constitutional responsibility to conduct oversight and defend the people he represents."
"This ought to be an easy no."
"For the vast majority of hardworking Americans who pay what they owe on time and in full, it means not getting their calls answered and bearing a larger share of audits."
"Besides being unfair to honest taxpayers, hobbling the IRS increases the deficit."