Republican Party
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Richard (RJ) Eskow: Demand an "Up or Down Vote" On Real Financial Reform
Huffington Post &bull 51 Minutes Ago
After more than a year of closed-door negotiations, the President and other Democrats have finally appropriated a Republican phrase by calling for "an up or... Full Story »
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Topics:
- Voting
- Republican Party
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Republicans Call for Further Inquiry Over Massa Case
The New York Times - The Caucus &bull 52 Minutes Ago
Trying to keep the pressure on over the messy case of former Representative Eric J. Massa of New York, House Republicans on Thursday demanded that the House ethics committee look into whether Democratic leaders took appropriate steps once they learned… Full Story »
Richard Martin and Ashna Mathema - Development Poverty and Politics: Putting Communities in the Driver's Seat
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Video: Whitman's bizarre press conference
Hot Air &bull 1 Hour Ago
What if a candidate for office called a press conference, and then refused to talk to the press? California candidate for governor Meg Whitman invited the press to cover a meeting with the state's railroad commissioner, but then surprised the press by… Full Story »
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Ruling Kills an Option for Moving Health Bill
Roll Call - News &bull 1 Hour Ago
The Senate Parliamentarian has ruled that President Barack Obama must sign Congress original health care reform bill before the Senate can act on a companion reconciliation package, senior GOP sources said Thursday. House Democratic leaders have been searching for a way to ensure that any move they… Full Story »
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Dodd Dismisses GOP Charges on Timing of Financial Reform Bill
Roll Call - News &bull 1 Hour Ago
Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Chairman Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) on Thursday dismissed GOP charges that health care reform forced him to push ahead on financial regulatory reform without a bipartisan deal. Dodd rebutted claims made earlier in the day… Full Story »
Kathleen Flake - The Politics of American Religious Identity: The Seating of Senator Reed Smoot, Mormon Apostle
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On The Spirit Of Partisanship
Hullabaloo &bull 1 Hour Ago
Tooth And Nail, Might And Main As we think about the relentlessness of the Republican machine and its propensity for playing hardball, it pays sometimes to remember that their ruthless tactics are actually a matter of temperament rather than ideology. Conservatives have always been this way. The problem today is that they are operating with a radical agenda, an incompetent president… Full Story »
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Texas Revisionism
Democratic Strategist &bull 2 Hours Ago
When we last checked in on the Texas textbook wars, the craziest advocate on the state School Board for rewriting American history was a dentist named Don McLeroy, who had become so embarassing that he faced a Republican primary challenge from a more conventional conservative. The good news is that McLeroy lost, albeit very narrowly. The… Full Story »
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Topics:
- Primary
- Republican Party
- Texas
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Breaking: House passes GOP demand for investigation into Massa, Dem leadership
Hot Air &bull 2 Hours Ago
Plus, a unilateral earmark ban. Full Story »
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- Republican Party
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GOP Demands Information on Massa Probe
Roll Call - News &bull 3 Hours Ago
Republican House lawmakers will formally demand an investigation to determine Democratic leaders knowledge and reaction to allegations that ex-Rep. Eric Massa (D-N.Y.) sexually harassed his aides, Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) announced Thursday. House Republicans plan to demand a new… Full Story »
Jack Germond - Fat Man in a Middle Seat: Forty Years of Covering Politics
sponsored listing • Shopping.comJack Germond is famous as the voice-of-reason panelist on the Sunday morning discussion show THE MCLAUGHLIN GROUP. In this memoir, Germond looks back on his life and on his distinguished 40-year career as a newspaperman. Eschewing objectivity, he provides anecdotes about many figures in local and national...Full Story »
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Scandal-Ridden GOP Seizes on Ethics Issues - Really?
AlterNet &bull 3 Hours Ago
In the wake of a handful of Democratic scandals, Republicans are piling on, hoping to associate Democrats with the same stink that brought down the Republican majority: corruption. The GOP has tarred Democrats who accepted campaign money from Rep. Charlie… Full Story »
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Topics:
- Democratic
- Republican Party
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Scott Lilly: Republican Earmarks: Fool Me Twice?
Huffington Post &bull 3 Hours Ago
A year later, soon to be Speaker Newt Gingrich told the House "the Democrats...see no contradiction between adding $1.5 billion in pork barrel for the politicians and voting for a balanced budget." In the years leading up to their seizure… Full Story »
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Vote keeps Everglades restoration deal alive
Seattle Times &bull 3 Hours Ago
The board of the South Florida Water Management District, which oversees restoration efforts, voted Thursday on a six-month extension. The vote keeps the proposed deal alive at least until next month, when the Florida Supreme Court decides whether to allow… Full Story »
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Taxing for Schools.
The American Prospect - Tapped &bull 3 Hours AgoIt's always amusing when conservatives try to portray increasing government revenue as fiscally irresponsible. But the ridiculousness reached its height in Carly Fiorina's Demon Sheep ad against her Senate opponent Tom Campbell, which portrayed his past support of tax increases… Full Story »
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GOP wants Massa investigation reopened
Politico.com &bull 3 Hours Ago
House Minority Leader John Boehner and other top Republicans will offer a resolution calling on the ethics committee to reopen its investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct by former Rep. Eric Massa (D-N.Y.). Republican Whip Eric Cantor (Va.) said Democratic… Full Story »
Sally Denton - Passion and Principle: John and Jessie Fremont, the Couple Whose Power, Politics, and Love Shaped Nineteenth-Century Americ
sponsored listing • Shopping.comShe was the daughter of powerful Missouri politician Thomas Hart Benton and was a savvy political operator who played confidante and advisor to the inner circle of the highest political powers in the country. He was a key figure in western exploration and California's first senator, and became the first...Full Story »
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GOP Adopts Sweeping Earmark Ban
Roll Call - News &bull 4 Hours Ago
Surprising his colleagues in announcing his support for the ban was Appropriations ranking member Jerry Lewis (R-Calif.), a longtime opponent of such a moratorium. Lewis told reporters during a break in the meeting that the move was only temporary. Sen.… Full Story »
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NY GOPer: Gillibrand's vulnerable on Iraq too
Ben Smith - Politico.com &bull 4 Hours Ago
David Catalfamo, a New York GOP strategist and Pataki adviser, emails in response to a Gillibrand aide's preemptive shot at Dan Senor's record as Bush spokesman in Iraq. Gillibrand, in her first term as a congresswoman from a right-leaning Upstate… Full Story »
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The GOP discovers its distaste for earmarks
Washington Monthly &bull 4 Hours Ago
House Democratic leaders on Wednesday banned budget earmarks to private industry, ending a practice that has steered billions of dollars in no-bid contracts to companies and set off corruption scandals. But House Republicans, in a quick round of political one-upmanship,… Full Story »
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Topics:
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- Republican Party
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John DeBellis: To Date Republican or Democrat
Huffington Post &bull 5 Hours Ago
I've been single for awhile and though I seem to lack the dating gene, I don't like myself that much where I'm willing to spend the rest of my life in my own company, especially with a limited wardrobe. So I keep trying experimental stuff like smiling and saying hello instead of burying my face in a woolen hat and sneezing. But on those days where… Full Story »
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Listgate: Rick Berg Campaign Swiped NDGOP Email List
Say Anything &bull 5 Hours Ago
Some shocking and disappointing news tonight about Rep. Rick Berg's campaign for the NDGOP nomination to run against Rep. Earl Pomeroy. I can confirm through multiple independent sources, and the mainstream media will be reporting in the coming days, that… Full Story »
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Dodd to Unveil Financial Reform Bill Next Week
Roll Call - News &bull 5 Hours Ago
Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Chairman Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) will unveil financial regulatory reform legislation next week with plans to mark up the bill the week of March 22, just before Congress adjourns for a two-week Easter recess. Dodd… Full Story »
