A.M. Links: Indians Head to the Polls, House Republicans Accuse Lerner of Breaking IRS Rules, Obama Wants a ‘Congress That Works’

• Indians are heading to the polls on the first big day of the
  general
  election. More than 814 million Indians are eligible to vote in
  the nine-phase election, which began on April 7 and will end on May
  12.
• House Republicans have accused
  Lois Lerner, the former director of the Tax Exempt and
  Government Entities Division at the IRS, of breaking agency rules
  by pushing for Crossroads GPS, the nonprofit founded by Karl Rove,
  to be denied tax-exempt status. The House Ways and Means Committee
  voted yesterday along party lines to send a letter to Attorney
  General Eric Holder recommending the Department of Justice take
  Lerner to court.
• Turkish authorities have maintained a ban on
  YouTube despite a court ordering that the ban be lifted.
• Russia’s Foreign Ministry says that
  NATO is using the crisis in Ukraine as an excuse to increase
  its appeal and justify its existence.
• The search area for MH370
  is shrinking after an Australian ship picked up two signals
  consistent with the so-called “black box.”
• President Obama told donors yesterday that he wants a
  “Congress that works” and cited the ongoing fight over
  immigration reform as an example of politics being considered more
  seriously than policy.  

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