Mar 21, 2012 – This means the entire national debt exceeds our gross domestic product (GDP), the measure of all the goods and services we produce … John Cornyn, the chairman of the GOP's Senate campaign committee, says in an op-ed column for the Austin American-Statesman. … The Republican House this week unveiled its budget plan to curb spending and shrink the deficit, but it's already dead on arrival in…

Apr 9, 2012 – He said he wants to continue to try and influence the party platform, but said he's already discussed with the Republican National … Committee how he can best help the nominee defeat President Obama if it's not him. …

Apr 6, 2012 – A perilous tipping point, via the Senate Republican Budget Committee and the Weekly Standard:   Under this president's … (It's probably worth noting here that national defense is a constitutional imperative).  … Paul Ryan's budget staff tells me the Republican Path to Prosperity never crosses the national security rubicon illustrated above. …

Apr 5, 2012 – Mary Spaulding Balch, director of state legislation for the National Right to Life Committee, said the law's foes want the public to … "But ultrasound -- the window to the mother's womb -- puts a bright light on that lie," she told National Right to Life News. … The Georgia Senate and House of Representatives both passed the legislation March 30, and Republican Gov.…

Apr 5, 2012 – During his campaign for re-election, don't expect Barack Obama to bring up the national debt.  … The above chart, courtesy of the House Republican Study Committee, demonstrates the distribution of debt to other nations and notably…

Apr 3, 2012 – This is not a budget supported by some small group in the republican party. This is now the party's governing platform. … Hundreds of national parks would be forced to close for part or all of the year. … This congressional Republican budget is something different altogether. It is a trojan horse.…

Apr 3, 2012 – National Committee has announced it is linking fundraising arms with the Romney campaign, a significant step, both symbolically and … National Committee this week as both the candidate and the GOP brace for an expensive general-election fight against President Barack … For the Republican nominee to be able to compete with the president's re-election effort, "they need to get started now."…

Apr 3, 2012 – Oops.When members of the Senate's "Gang of Six" -- a bipartisan posse determined to cut the national debt -- announced a proposal to … Spokesman Drew Hammill explained that a GOP member had put Obama budget language in his own bill to stage "a gimmick vote that the Republican … The spending plan written by House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan -- which the House passed 228-191 last week even though it presents…

Apr 2, 2012 – The Republican Study Committee released its fiscal 2013 budget proposal this week and it’s not horrible. … following programs: the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Economic Development Administration (EDA), Legal Services Corporation, National … Endowment for the Arts, National Labor Relations Board, the Presidential Election Campaign Fund, Trade Adjustment Assistance programs…

Apr 19, 2012 – Mitt Romney has a number of significant shortcomings as the presumptive Republican nominee, but he's already demonstrating that … lot of ground during a ten-minute discussion: Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com   Romney and the Republican … National Committee are pursuing an extremely effective strategy of forcing Obama -- and voters -- to try to reconcile the yawning…

Apr 19, 2012 – To widen the controversy further, Vice President Joe Biden and Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz alleged … that the contraceptive fight was part of a wider Republican "war on women." … in the administration's face when a zealous Democratic consultant, Hilary Rosen, claimed that Ann Romney, wife of presumptive Republican…

Apr 19, 2012 – Some 20 million Americans in primaries and caucuses will take part in selecting the Republican presidential nominee. … The 2010 exit poll shows Republicans won 38 percent of the Latino vote -- and that that was enough for a national majority, since they … One is Paul Ryan, the House Budget Committee Chairman who endorsed Romney and campaigned with him all over Wisconsin.…

Apr 19, 2012 – Committee decision not to seat any of its delegates, all of Florida's delegates would have counted in the contest between Hillary … The 2008 contest for the Republican nomination was far more cut and dried. Former Gov. … The strength of the ultimate Republican nominee in that contest will be critical to GOP chances overall.…

Apr 14, 2012 – With the Republican primary winding down, and the general election about to heat up, it's time for an initial look at delegate … National Committee. … For one, Nevada has a popular Republican governor, Brian Sandoval, who endorsed Romney on Wednesday.…

Apr 13, 2012 – case in Canada where Jenna Talackova, a 23-year-old transgendered woman, won a regional competition but was disqualified for the national … a committee chairman in the Mississippi legislature. … April 3 was the final day for a committee to act on legislation approved in the other house, the American reported.…

Apr 13, 2012 – Chris Coons, Delaware Democrat, acknowledging Republican criticisms of Obama's Buffett Rule, admitted that it "isn't going to balance … "I question the priority of doing this right now," said Former Democratic National Committee Chairman Tim Kaine. … Republican leaders in Congress are pushing the Bowles-Simpson plan but not the Obama campaign who think they can win in November by…

Apr 13, 2012 – I'd been under the impression that, while the Senate and the presidency are going to be legitimately hot contests, the Republican … this week, with Romney asserting that 92 percent of the jobs lost under Obama were women's jobs, and Obama and the Democratic National … Committee firing back that Romney's campaign couldn't even answer whether he supported a major piece of equal-pay legislation.…

Apr 13, 2012 – Ostensibly aiming at Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney for his "old-fashioned" views of women, Rosen's mouth instead shot … In 2008, Howard Gutman, a member of the Obama campaign's national finance committee, attacked GOP vice presidential candidate and former … These include tea party leaders such as Breitbart.com editor Dana Loesch, national grassroots groups such as Smart Girl Politics, the…

Apr 12, 2012 – Here we have the presumptive Republican nominee, flanked by concerned-looking women, actually using the words "war on women" to describe … Last I checked, the congressional committee of the president's party does just about nothing without the imprimatur of the White House … or of the White House's minions at the Democratic National Committee.…

Apr 11, 2012 – On Wednesday, Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus wrote an editorial blasting the Buffett Rule as a gimmick, and…

Apr 11, 2012 – Kevin Brady, top Republican on the Congressional Joint Economic Committee. … A highly respected member of the Republican policy establishment, Stanford University professor of economics John Taylor, recently … testified before the Joint Economic Committee in favor of the Sound Dollar Act re-enforcing Dean Hubbard’s key point.…

Apr 10, 2012 – On Tuesday, House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan delivered the Keynote Address at the "Tax Policies For 4% Growth" conference … The Republican Party, he urges, must strive to promote upward mobility and economic independence, the two surest ways to avert the … impending debt crisis and pay off our national debt.…

Apr 10, 2012 – Heck, I’ve even said on national TV that I would go back to Bill Clinton’s tax policy if I could undo all the reckless spending and … and it featured John Goodman of the National Center for Policy Analysis, Ezra Klein of the Washington Post, and Donald Marron of the … Well, here’s what Kevin Williamson of National Review said in response.…

Apr 29, 2012 – They're calling him one of their top national targets. "Truth should never be outspoken, truth should be truth. … But Steve Israel, the New York congressman who chairs the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, said West goes too far. … He also believes that Democrats are targeting him because they're afraid he gives black voters a reason to consider Republican candidates…

Apr 26, 2012 – The prospective Republican nominee will have a tough time living up to recent standards. … John Kasich, who spent 18 years in the House of Representatives -- and was chairman of the budget committee when the budget was finally … Bush's national security adviser and secretary of state.…