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Taxes Remain Sticking Point in Fiscal Cliff Talks

Source: PBS NewsHour, Nov 27 2012, 7:21am CST

By: Terence Burlij and Katelyn Polantz Photo by Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images. With negotiations between White House officials and congressional staffers taking place behind the scenes, word came Monday th ...

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The Other Court-Packing Scandal

Source: American Thinker  |   Jun 20 2013, 1:14am CDT

Conservatives have recently woken up to President Obama's attempt to pack the D.C. Circuit court of appeals with liberal judges. What little attention the media has dedicated to court packing has entirely revolved around that court. While it is understa ...

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Two Cheers For the House Republicans: But to Earn Three Cheers They Need to Take this Next Step

Source: Town Hall  |   Jun 19 2013, 11:33pm CDT

House Republicans finally stood up to Speaker John Boehner this week and warned him that if he attempts to jam down their throats any immigration bill that does not have the support of at least half the House Republicans, they will oust him as Spe ...

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Quote:
"It's all a marketing ploy"


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House: Senate immigration bill DOA

Source: The Politico  |   Jun 19 2013, 9:06pm CDT

Senators, powerful outside groups and the White House are working intently to ensure that the Senate produces an immigration bill that could glide through the Republican House. Wait until it reaches the parallel ...

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Boehner torn between conservative issues and those with broad appeal

Source: Los Angeles Times  |   Jun 19 2013, 8:45pm CDT

On Tuesday, it was abortion, as Republicans passed one of the most stringent restrictions in a decade. In recent weeks, GOP-run committees held numerous hearings to investigate the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of ...

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Schuette: Ex-SOS Land still viable GOP candidate for Levin's seat

Source: Detroit News Online  |   Jun 19 2013, 6:40pm CDT

Former Secretary of State Terri Lynn Land may not have a multimillion-dollar congressional war chest at her disposal like Republican members of Michigans congressional delegation who have passed on running ...

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Ten cautions for the Republicans

Source: HeraldOnline.com  |   Jun 19 2013, 6:38pm CDT

Republicans are pleased with themselves these days. The president is mired in scandals while the public does not believe they have overreached. A bunch of veteran Senate Democrats have retired, making po ...

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Mary Landrieu's piñata

Source: Ouachita Citizen  |   Jun 19 2013, 5:20pm CDT

Mary Landrieu's piÅata Give the devil her due, Sen. Mary Landrieu is not one to shy away from picking a fight, even when she's dead wrong on an issue and probably knows it. The latest example of Landrieu doing what she does best concerns the expansio ...

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Dropping the Hammer on CDBG

Source: Washington Monthly  |   Jun 19 2013, 4:44pm CDT

June 19, 2013 5:30 PM Forget Ronald Reagan and the Bushes. House Republicans are taking Community Development Block Grants back to the 70s and Gerald Ford. That’s the bottom line to a $44.1 billion transportation and hous ...

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Harry Reid, 2005, Was Against 'Nuclear Option' Before He Was For It

Source: Wake up America  |   Jun 19 2013, 2:17pm CDT

Yesterday Senate minority leader, Mitch McConnell, called Senate majority leader Harry Reid's bluff on using what is referred to as the "nuclear option" to change the rules of the Senate to prevent the minority party from filibustering, but ...

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