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A Tea Party Senator's Pompous Assumptions

Source: The Nation, Nov 12 2012, 9:56am CST

Ron Johnson is not a familiar name to most Americans who are pondering the politics of the "fiscal cliff." But Johnson's reaction to the 2012 election results will tell folks everything they need to know about the challenge rational Demo ...

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51 minutes ago

Why John McCain Hates Republicans Again

Source: New York Magazine  |   May 24 2013, 11:23am CDT

John McCain is a cranky man in general, and the latest punks he told to get off his lawn include tea-party hoodlums Ted Cruz and Mike Lee. (Addressing the latter, McCain growled, “maybe the senator from Utah ought t ...

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1 hour ago

McCain Takes On Rubio Over Senate Standstill

Source: CBS Miami  |   May 24 2013, 10:32am CDT

MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Florida Senator Marco Rubio has found himself on the wrong side of a debate with U.S. Senator John McCain over the GOP desire to conduct regular business in Congress. Senator McCain has chided Senator Mike Lee of Utah and ...

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27 weeks ago


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"And I am very confident that when proposals come before the U.S. Senate, I will be able to evaluate them as to how they benefit or harm middle-class Wisconsinites. A yardstick of 'does it create jobs,' 'does it lower the deficit' and 'does it help grow the middle class' is an important one. I'm quite confident that I have those abilities."


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2 hours ago

McCain manages to surprise

Source: MSNBC Blogs  |   May 24 2013, 10:11am CDT

There was an interesting argument on the Senate floor yesterday in which Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) debated Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) on the budget process. McCaskill believes, as both parties used to agree, that there ...

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4 hours ago

The Morning Plum: Government of, by, and for the Tea Party

Source: The Washington Post  |   May 24 2013, 8:12am CDT

A trio of far right Tea Party Senators — Ted Cruz, Rand Paul, and Mike Lee — continues to block the Senate from entering into negotiations over the budget by insisting that negotiators be barred in advance from raising the debt limit as part of t ...

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Mass. Senate Passes $34 Billion Budget

Source: WBUR | 90.9 FM  |   May 24 2013, 5:45am CDT

BOSTON — The Senate on Thursday night voted 36-3 to approve a $33.99 billion budget for fiscal 2014, adding $68.4 million in spending to the plan over the course of two days of debate. The budget now heads to con ...

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8 hours ago

Tea party vs. old guard in GOP Senate rift

Source: WVEC.com  |   May 24 2013, 3:37am CDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — A long-simmering feud between establishment Republicans and tea partyers broke into full view, with Sen. John McCain accusing younger colleagues of overplaying their hands and tempting Democrats to change Senate r ...

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9 hours ago

McCain out of touch with Senate GOP, Cruz says

Source: United Press International  |   May 24 2013, 2:46am CDT

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) speaks at a press conference on repealing President Obama's Affordable Healthcare Act, on Capitol Hill on March 11, 2013 in Washington, D.C. UPI/Kevin Dietsch License photo WASHINGTON, May 24 (UPI) -- Senators ...

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12 hours ago

Sen. Ted Cruz: 'I dont trust Republicans'

Source: Rantburg  |   May 23 2013, 11:29pm CDT

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) said Wednesday that he doesn't trust members of his own party to negotiate a budget conference report. Cruz's remark came after Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said he thought it was "bizarre" that a mem ...

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14 hours ago

Senate GOP's budget battle

Source: The Politico  |   May 23 2013, 10:09pm CDT

Senate Republicans are warring over the budget, creating rifts between the old and new guards, the mainstream and the tea party and Sens. John McCain and Ted Cruz. Republicans typically are a well-oiled message machine, k ...

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