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Columnist Ernest Istook says Congress, on its own, has clear authority to arrest and jail former IRS official Lois Lerner until she testifies. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** Sens. Carl Levin (left), Michigan Democrat and Chairman for the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Permanent subcommittee on Investigations, and John McCain of Arizona, the subcommittee's ranking Republican, arrive on Capitol Hill in Washington on May 21, 2013, for the subcommittee's hearing to examine the methods employed by multinational corporations to shift profits offshore and how such activities are affected by the Internal Revenue Code. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** Chicago billionaire business executive Penny Pritzker, President Obama's pick for Commerce Secretary, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington on May 23, 2013, before the Senate Commerce Committee hearing on her nomination. (Associated Press)

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International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde leaves her apartment building in Paris for a French court on Thursday, May 23, 2013. Ms. Lagarde is being investigated by the special court over a controversial arbitration deal that she oversaw as French finance minister in 2008. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

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People walk past an electronic stock indicator showing the global stock prices in Tokyo on Thursday, May 23, 2013. Japanese stocks plummeted Thursday after a spike in government bond yields and unexpectedly weak Chinese manufacturing spooked investors sitting atop months of massive gains in share prices. The Nikkei 225, top center, nosedived 14,483.98, or 7.3 percent to close at 14,483.98. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)

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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday, May 22, 2013, before the Joint Economic Committee. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

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Gary Sinise stands in front of a smart home his foundation helps fund for wounded veterans. (Image courtesy of The Gary Sinise Foundation)

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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke listens as he testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 22, 2013, before the Joint Economic Committee hearing on "The Economic Outlook". Bernanke told Congress Wednesday that the U.S. job market remains weak and that it is too soon for the Federal Reserve to end its extraordinary stimulus programs. (Associated Press)

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Here. The president wants you to pass it on. (Illustration by Dana Summers of the Tribune Media Services)

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Marc Whitten, Microsoft Corp.'s chief production officer of interactive entertainment, talks about the features of the next-generation Xbox One entertainment and gaming console system, Tuesday, May 21, 2013, at an event in Redmond, Wash. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)