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  • Cruz: ‘Abolish the IRS’

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    I think we ought to abolish the IRS and instead move to a simple flat tax where the average American can fill our taxes on a postcard, put down how much you earn, put down a deduction for charitable contribution, for home mortgage, and how much you owe,” Cruz said in an interview with Fox News on Monday.

    “It ought to be just a simple one-page postcard and take the agents, bureaucracy out of Washington and limit the power of government,” he added.

    Lawmakers are probing the IRS’s use of higher scrutiny for Tea party groups seeking tax-exempt status.

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  • Rand Paul and Ted Cruz threaten filibuster on guns

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    Sens. Rand Paul, Ted Cruz and Mike Lee are threatening to filibuster gun-control legislation, according to a letter they plan to hand-deliver to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s office on Tuesday.

    “We will oppose the motion to proceed to any legislation that will serve as a vehicle for any additional gun restrictions,” the three conservatives wrote in a copy of the signed letter obtained by POLITICO.

    Reid plans to bring up a gun-control measure that focuses on broadening background checks and cracking down on interstate gun-trafficking after the current Senate recess.

    Conservatives are concerned that once that bill reaches the floor, amendments could stiffen restrictions on gun control.

    Moreover, they understand that Reid intends to allow liberal amendments that would limit clip capacity and ban certain assault weapons to be offered…

    Full article: http://www.politico. … r-on-guns-89299.html


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