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The people in charge of spending our money are your congressmen and women. We are their boss. And right now, only about 15% of us approve of how these folks conduct their business. And yet, they all get to keep their jobs.

The state Senate approved the bill to require labels on genetically modified organisms. The bill now moves to the House. Similar legislation is currently pending in more than a dozen states.

Students demanding wider free education clashed with police in Valparaiso, Chile on Tuesday as President Sebastian Pinera's delivered his final state of the nation speech to Congress. (May 21)

Senate Grills Apple CEO Over Tax Practices

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Lois Lerner, an Internal Revenue Service official, asserts her Fifth Amendment right and refuses to answer questions during a congressional comttee Wednesday. (CNN)

After the Senate Judiciary Committee passed the "Gang of 8" Immigration bill with minimal amendments, the crowd erupted in cheers first chanting "Yes, we can!" After the Chair of the committee, Senator Leahy announced that he was going to "pretend" to ask for order, the crowd began shouting "¡Si, Se Puede!" Leahy invited the excited audience to approach the Senate committee stands to give and receive congratulations and to celebrate with other Senate members.

In Tuesday's testimony before the Senate, outgoing IRS chief Steven Miller apparently reversed course under some tough questioning by Republican Senator Richard Burr of North Carolina. During his testimony last week, Miller not only insisted that the singling out of conservative Tea Party groups for paralyzing harassment was not political but that it wasn't even targeting. During his testimony today, Miller not only stopped objecting to the use of the word "targeting," but seemed to agree with Burr that the targeting was in fact partisan.