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“ Sent from my iPad Press Release Via Grin Senator Lindsey Graham Is About To Get Maced – Nancy Mace Set To Challenge For Senate Seat Zimmerman attorney details battle with prosecutors over evidence in murder trial Mark O'Mara described the struggle he said he went through to get evidence from the prosecution team of Bernie De La Rionda and State Attorney Angela Corey. He cited the picture of a bloodied Zimmerman, taken the night Zimmerman shot and killed Trayvon Martin, as an example. "It is undeniable that they had a plan in mind, with the 15 months that we had to get ready, of keeping information from us, and I don't say that lightly, I really don't," O'Mara told the group. A member of Corey's own team was fired and is now suing her office after he testified that prosecutors had kept evidence from O'Mara. Not So Fast: Congress Is Still in an Obamacare Trap Lawmakers and staff can breathe easy — their health care tab is not going to soar next year. The Office of Personnel Management, under heavy pressure from Capitol Hill, will issue a ruling that says the government can continue to make a contribution to the health care premiums of members of Congress and their aides, according to several Hill sources. A White House official confirmed the deal and said the proposed regulations will be issued next week. - New York Times Yet a detailed analysis of this issue by Heritage Foundation experts found that the Office of Personnel Management does not have the legal authority to do what the Obama Administration promised Congress last night. House Votes to Bar I.R.S. Action on Health Law Under the (curent) law, the I.R.S. will play a key role. It will provide tax credits to low- and moderate-income people to help them buy private insurance. It can impose penalties on people who go without insurance and on larger employers that fail to offer coverage to full-time employees. Republicans said the tax agency could not be trusted. ”