NPR英语听力附文本+LRC字幕2013年05月合辑（64份）

标题：NPR新闻在线收听附字幕(2013-05-20) 听力内容： From NPR NEWS in Washington, I'm Korva Coleman. The senior White House advisor says President Obama did not learn about improper IRS scrutiny of Tea Party groups until the investigation was nearly over. Speaking on FOX NEWS Sunday, Obama Advisor Dan Pfeiffer says the White House was not in loop on the IRS inspector general's investigation. The first time, as we've said, that anyone heard about this at the White House was when the counsel's office at the Treasury Department called the counsel office of the White House a few weeks ago to let us know that there was an investigation that was coming to conclusion. We didn't know the details of it. We didn't see the report. So we didn't know facts at that point, just that such an investigation was coming to a conclusion. But Republicans are buying that. Speaking on ABC's This Week, Ohio Senator Rob Portman says a special council could be necessary to find out what really happened. I just find it very hard to believe that lower level employees here in Cincinnati, Ohio, took these on themselves. And that went on for a couple of years without anybody knowing about it. The White House says the IRS is in the middle of a month-long review of the matter. Although, Republicans say that review won't go far enough. One of the nation's most closely watched gubernatorial races formally got underway in Virginia this weekend. NPR's Allison Keyes reports the question is whether a conservative Republican can win a southern state that twice backed President Obama. State Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, a Tea party favorite, accepted the Republican party's nomination in a speech focused on creating jobs and growing the economy. Cuccinelli known for his support of tax cuts and restrictions on abortion, thought to defuse Democratic attacks on him as a right wing extremist. He says it is not extreme to fight for the people of Virginia. Recent polls show a close race between Cuccin