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Election Official: Mistakes Have Been Made in Allen West Race
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matter of preserving the democratic process and believes many mistakes have been made in counting ballots cast in his race against Democrat … There was "too must haste" in calling a race for Democrat Patrick Murphy when Republican Allen West was the number one target in the … House by the left this election cycle?…
Surprise: McConnell Offers Vote on Obama/Geithner Fiscal Cliff Plan, Reid Objects
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The President of the United States, a Democrat, crafted a fiscal cliff package that would give him everything he wants. … So, for the White House to demand a response shows they’re just playing games at this point. … Maybe Boehner should introduce the bill over in the House, too. …
Obama in 2011: We Can Achieve $1.2 Trillion in New Revenues Without Raising Tax Rates
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House Republicans' latest "fiscal cliff" resolution package -- originally proposed by Democrat Erskine Bowles -- includes $800 Billion … (1) White House Spokesman Jay Carney: "Magic beans and fairy dust. …
(2) Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid:
“They’ve got to come [up] with some specific revenue,” Reid said of House…
Sports Writer: The NRA is the New KKK
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The Klan was to the Democrats what the American Civil Liberties Union is today: Not every Democrat is an ACLU'er, but every ACLU'er … is a Democrat. … Following the firebombing of his house in 1956, Dr.…
Anatomy of a Flop: GOP "Cliff" Counter-Offer Fizzles
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Yesterday evening we reported the details of House Republicans' "fiscal cliff" compromise offer to the White House, which offered … And yet it was rejected out-of-hand by the White House and Congressional Democrats in a matter of minutes. … I don't pretend to have any special insight into the back channel discussions between Congressional leaders and the White House, nor…
GOP Needs to Stand Tall, Call Obama’s Bluff & Let All Bush Tax Cuts Expire
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To which, I’m sure both House Speaker John Boehner and Senator McConnell laughed like hyenas. … When America needed jobs in 2009, Obama used his super majority with a Democrat controlled Congress to pass $2 trillion Obamacare, … Maybe then Obama will come to the table with an adult plan to put the country’s fiscal house back in order.…
BREAKING: GOP Counters WH Offer on Fiscal Cliff, Embraces Bowles-Simpson Variant
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In a new letter addressed to the president, House Republican leaders firmly reject the president's non-starter "proposal," pointedly … solution:
With the fiscal cliff nearing, our priority remains finding a reasonable solution that can pass both the House … The GOP/Bowles proposal has been unceremoniously discarded by the White House and Harry Reid. …
Obama: More Peas for You!
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t have to reach a deal
If Democrats want tax increases, then let them get the increases legitimately- with a majority in the House … Last year, Harry Reid, the Democrat version of Senator Palpatine, spent more time blocking a vote on the floor of the Senate for this … Because raising taxes is the surest way of losing seats in the House and, outside of Massachusetts, in the Senate as well.…
Following 'Glorious Leader' Over Cliff
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Republicans still hold the purse strings by retaining the House and Obama did not win a large margin by any stretch of the imagination … If they cave and raise taxes with the Democrat promise of spending cuts “somewhere down the road” there will be Hell to pay in the…
Opposing Susan Rice Sexist? What About Opposing John Kerry?
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“Over my dead body will we have a woman in that job” was the reaction of the House Budget Committee Chairman. (Chairman, Ooh! … on this side of the sod, but just look at what writer Marcus overlooks: That committee chairman in 1974 could only have been a Democrat … For forty years, no one but a Democrat chaired any House committee.…
Merry Christmas: This Tax Increase is for You, America
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seen any good-faith effort on the part of this administration to talk about the real problem that we're trying to fix," said GOP House … I’d want to be anonymous too if I were a Democrat.…
"Negotiating," Democrat-Style
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The White House has been hyping its #My2K Twitter hashtag in an attempt to galvanize supporters to contact their Congressional … @barackobama's #My2K shenanigans ignore this FACT: House passed extension of all current tax rates in August. So y the holdup? … Indeed, a bipartisan majority in the Republican-held House of Representatives passed a package of measures to solve the fiscal cliff…
Should Republicans Just Give Obama What He Wants?
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disciplined in pointing out that every failure of this new law to fix the fiscal and economic problems it was meant to fix was a Democrat … The American people returned a substantial Republican majority to the House of Representatives. …
MSM Starting to Notice Democrats' Recklessness in Fiscal Cliff Talks
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Meanwhile, the Associated Press reports that even if the GOP lines up and salutes on new revenues, Democrat infighting could very well … Dick Durbin of Illinois, the No. 2 Democrat in the Senate, insisted Sunday on ABC's This Week. … We have to highlight the fact that the president’s own party is the roadblock here,” said a House GOP leadership aide.…
The Fiscal Cliff and Chinese Windfall
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President Obama’s successful reelection campaign gave us only the second two-term Democrat since FDR, but without the blue dress and … Yet unaddressed in the campaign (in a meaningful way) and lost in the election news stories is this fact: a weak White House presiding…
Union Vultures on the Prowl
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Gerard said those who compromise are not "real Democrat[s]," proof that extremists have taken over the Democrat Party. … It should come as no surprise to anyone that some of the most frequent White House guests are union bosses.…
Second Terms
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us obsessing here in Our Nation's Capital is: Who is in and who is out in President Obama's second-term Cabinet and senior White House … like a long time - about 75 days - but take a weekend off here, and some trips out of town there; packing to move into the White House … , and trying to answer questions from your family about how that whole White House thing works.…
Pretty Please: DWS to Remain DNC Chair?
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This would be the best news for Republicans since Nancy Pelosi decided to stay on as House Democrats' leader after her caucus suffered … We believe in you:
The House Democratic leadership mold continues to harden, as Reps. … The Florida Democrat attended more than 850 campaign events in 31 states in her 18-month tenure.…
GOP Promises "Severe" Backlash if Reid Nukes Filibuster Rules
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Here’s what Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is considering: banning filibusters used to prevent debate from even starting and House-Senate … The upper chamber's blue contingent will swell to 55 seats in January, with every newly-elected Democrat pledging to vote for filibuster…
The Pledge
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House and U.S. … According to Fox News, King "said he was opposed to tax increases but that 'everything should be on the table' when President Obama, House … That is significant because Durbin is the number two Democrat in the U.S. Senate behind Harry Reid.…
Selective Thoughts
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It will be interesting to see when the first Democrat turns on the Administration and their series of falsehoods and surrealistic assertions … The other best part of the news conference was when the Chicago Tribune’s White House reporter, Christi Parsons, thought she was at … First, they want to get guests from the White House and did not want to get cut off.…
States Choose Own Paths With One-party Governments
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In Washington, Americans have two-party government, with a Democratic president and Senate and a Republican House. … The Ohio Senate will be 23-10 Republican, the Florida House 74-46 Republican. … Democrat Michael Madigan has been speaker of the Illinois House for 28 of the last 30 years.…
CULTURE DIGEST: Scalia defends interpretation of Constitution
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FOR DEMOCRATS, ABORTION TRUMPS SENIORITY ON HOUSE COMMITTEE -- The senior Democrat on the House of Representatives Appropriations Committee … The House Democratic Steering Committee voted 36-10 for Lowey instead of Kaptur to succeed Rep. … Actually, Kaptur has not been a reliable pro-life vote in the House.…
Friday Fun: House Democrat Fumbles Apology Over "M-Word"
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Mediaite flags this excruciating stretch of unintentional hilarity from Rep. Hank Johnson (D-GA), who took to the House floor yesterday to tell the world how profoundly sorry he was for using the word "midget" in a previous debate:
Honest question for those familiar with the little person community: Does...
Time for GOP to Push Obama off the Fiscal Cliff
https://townhall.com/columnists/crystalwright/2012/12/14/time-for-gop-to-push-obama-off-the-fiscal-cliff-n1466171
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There’s nothing good about a person or nation living beyond his or her means and that’s what Democrat policies persistently pursue. … Why aren’t House Speaker John Boehner, Majority Leader Eric Cantor and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell getting their people…