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Sarkozy, Obama Not Netanyahu Fans?
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/elisabethmeinecke/2011/11/07/sarkozy,_obama_not_netanyahu_fans
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, the two presidents retired to a private room, to further discuss the matters of the day. … According to the report, Obama replied: "You're fed up with him, but I have to deal with him every day!" … America with another leader who just voted to legitimize a hostile, violent regime.…
Delegitimizing the Delegitimizers
https://townhall.com/columnists/carolineglick/2011/11/07/delegitimizing_the_delegitimizers
https://townhall.com/columnists/carolineglick/2011/11/07/delegitimizing_the_delegitimizers
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You have to hand it to the Palestinians. … In 1974, UNESCO voted to boycott Israel and to "withhold assistance from Israel in the fields of education, science and culture because … " to the state.…
Taxpayers Beware
https://townhall.com/columnists/danholler/2011/11/07/taxpayers_beware
https://townhall.com/columnists/danholler/2011/11/07/taxpayers_beware
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Mac (the GSEs) to purchase and the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) to insure home loans up to $729,750. … However, as we saw last week when taxpayers shelled out another $6 billion to keep Freddie Mac solvent, there is a serious risk to … turn back on their Pledge to America. …
Incriminating Timeline: Democrats Punt on Fiscal Responsibility
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/elisabethmeinecke/2011/11/25/i…criminating_timeline_democrats_punt_on_fiscal_responsibility
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to do that.” … May 11 – Austan Goolsbee, chair of the president’s Council of Economic Advisers, says it is “quite insane” to tie spending cuts to … June 29 – Sessions renews call for the Senate to remain in town to deal with its budget and debt ceiling work.…
Pelosi Ridicules Catholic "Conscience Thing"
https://townhall.com/columnists/bobbeauprez/2011/11/25/pelosi_ridicules_catholic_conscience_thing
https://townhall.com/columnists/bobbeauprez/2011/11/25/pelosi_ridicules_catholic_conscience_thing
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The Church has long defended the right for health care providers to refuse to perform abortions or provide contraception devices and … contrary to Church teaching. … to letting hospitals “say to a woman, ‘I’m sorry you could die’ if you don’t get an abortion.” …
Failure or Success?
https://townhall.com/columnists/thomassowell/2011/11/23/failure_or_success
https://townhall.com/columnists/thomassowell/2011/11/23/failure_or_success
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Many people are lamenting the failure of the Congressional "Super Committee" to come up with an agreement on ways to reduce the … The overwhelmingly Democratic Congress that voted to spend the money which increased the deficits more during the Obama administration … The first was the national debt ceiling, which had to be raised, if politicians were not going to be forced to either cut existing…
VIDEO: It Could Be Worse
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2011/11/22/video_it_could_be_worse
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2011/11/22/video_it_could_be_worse
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South Korean lawmakers voted 151 to 7 in favor of ratifying the landmark trade agreement in a surprise legislative session called by … Security guards hustled him out of the chamber as he shouted and tried to resist. … Outside the National Assembly building, opponents of the deal scuffled with police mobilized to maintain order.…
Obama’s Zip-a-Dee-Do-Dah Black Agenda
https://townhall.com/columnists/crystalwright/2011/11/22/obama’s_zip-a-dee-do-dah_black_agenda
https://townhall.com/columnists/crystalwright/2011/11/22/obama’s_zip-a-dee-do-dah_black_agenda
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Obama is loath to refer to himself as black much less give audience to a black agenda. … Let’s not forget it took the CBC more than a year to get a second meeting with Obama even though over 95% of blacks voted for him in … I bet the White House had to comb through lots of files to find those.…
Goodbye UNESCO
https://townhall.com/columnists/phyllisschlafly/2011/11/22/goodbye_unesco
https://townhall.com/columnists/phyllisschlafly/2011/11/22/goodbye_unesco
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summarily terminated when UNESCO voted 107 to 14 (with 52 abstentions) to approve full membership for Palestine.The cutoff of U.S. … handouts to those agencies, too. … fund to fight the effects of climate change.…
Put Tax Breaks for Mortgages, Local Taxes on Table
https://townhall.com/columnists/michaelbarone/2011/11/21/put_tax_breaks_for_mortgages,_local_taxes_on_table
https://townhall.com/columnists/michaelbarone/2011/11/21/put_tax_breaks_for_mortgages,_local_taxes_on_table
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The state and local tax deduction is worth a lot more to high earners than to modest earners, and it's worth nothing to the nearly … Nationally, voters with incomes over $100,000 voted 49 percent to 49 percent in the presidential race. … Those with incomes over $200,000 voted 52 percent to 46 percent for Barack Obama.…
Occupy Wall Street Labor Day Telethon
https://townhall.com/columnists/mikeadams/2011/11/21/occupy_wall_street_labor_day_telethon
https://townhall.com/columnists/mikeadams/2011/11/21/occupy_wall_street_labor_day_telethon
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The telethon is being held for disillusioned youths who voted for Barack Obama only to have their hopes and dreams dashed by hopelessness … This is often due to personal hygiene issues. Unfortunately, once it sets in, a vicious cycle tends to break out. … At first, this was thought to be caused by the overwhelming tendency to focus on other people’s possessions.…
Obama as Mr. Chicken
https://townhall.com/columnists/johnransom/2011/11/21/obama_as_mr_chicken
https://townhall.com/columnists/johnransom/2011/11/21/obama_as_mr_chicken
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Too bad he can’t order Seal Team Six to take out the Super Committee or have NATO spin up a few cruise missiles to keep them in line … And just as has happened in Europe, the capital markets will not react well to failure by politicians to solve what remains a spending … Go back to the dog days of August when the debt ceiling debate and the faux Super Committee compromise conspired to foul Obama as the…
Who Cares About Balanced Budgets
https://townhall.com/columnists/johnransom/2011/11/19/who_cares_about_balanced_budgets
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From the National Journal:
But it faced a steep, uphill climb to get to the two-thirds votes needed to pass. … Today provides cover to both Republicans who promised to take action on a BBA and to Blue Dog Democrats, who most assuredly would have … And it's conservatives' job to get them to care about it issues important to conservatives. …
Congress gives USCIRF 'stay of execution'
https://townhall.com/columnists/baptistpress/2011/11/18/congress_gives_uscirf__stay_of_execution
https://townhall.com/columnists/baptistpress/2011/11/18/congress_gives_uscirf__stay_of_execution
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The House voted 391-21 in mid-September to reauthorize USCIRF for two more years, but the bill met a roadblock in the Senate. … Among its responsibilities is to make a yearly report on global conditions for religious adherents and to recommend to the State Department … Land encouraged others to exert their influence.…
House Rejects Balanced Budget Amendment Proposal
https://townhall.com/columnists/townhallcomstaff/2011/11/18/house_rejects_balanced_budget_amendment_proposal
https://townhall.com/columnists/townhallcomstaff/2011/11/18/house_rejects_balanced_budget_amendment_proposal
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House of Representatives rejected a proposal Friday to amend the Constitution to require a balanced budget, seen by many as the only … way to force lawmakers to hold the fiscal line and reverse the flow of federal red ink. … force Congress to make devastating cuts to social programs.…
Breaking: Balanced Budget Amendment Fails in the House
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/helenwhalencohen/2011/11/18/breaking_balanced_budget_amendment_fails_in_the_house
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/helenwhalencohen/2011/11/18/breaking_balanced_budget_amendment_fails_in_the_house
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The GOP-controlled House failed by 23 votes on Friday to muster the required two-thirds majority to pass a balanced-budget amendment … But it faced a steep, uphill climb to get the two-thirds support needed to pass. … ) voted against.…
Obama Energy Secretary on Solyndra: Nothing's Really Our Fault
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2011/11/18/obama_energy_secretary_on_solyndra_nothings_really_our_fault
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"green energy" agenda, to his ill-fated visit to the company's headquarters, to Solyndra's high-priced political lobbying efforts, … to the 2010 election/layoffs maneuver. … That's right, the Bush-era credit committee unanimously voted against offering the loan commitment to Solyndra. …
Newt Checks and Balances Liberal Judges
https://townhall.com/columnists/peterferrara/2011/11/18/newt_checks_and_balances_liberal_judges
https://townhall.com/columnists/peterferrara/2011/11/18/newt_checks_and_balances_liberal_judges
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For an example as to how this works, Gingrich points to Abraham Lincoln and his response to the Dred Scott decision upholding slavery … contrary to the Constitution. … Congress to explain their decisions to the American people if they can, or to discipline the judiciary through its control over the…
New Deportation Rules a Cynical Move
https://townhall.com/columnists/lindachavez/2011/11/18/new_deportation_rules_a_cynical_move
https://townhall.com/columnists/lindachavez/2011/11/18/new_deportation_rules_a_cynical_move
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who voted for George W. … These individuals have no "home" to go back to. … It's not only the smart political move for Republicans to do so again -- it's also the right thing to do.…
Obama versus Cain: A Clash of Theological Proportions
https://townhall.com/columnists/harryrjacksonjr/2011/11/17/obama_versus_cain_a_clash_of_theological_proportions
https://townhall.com/columnists/harryrjacksonjr/2011/11/17/obama_versus_cain_a_clash_of_theological_proportions
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of the most effective path to economic advancement. … Cain would look to private industry for the future of economic growth. … and many before him, who were committed to opposing views.…
7 Things You Can't Say On TV If You Want to be President
https://townhall.com/columnists/ryanjamesgirdusky/2011/11/17/7_things_you_cant_say_on_tv_if_you_want_to_be_president
https://townhall.com/columnists/ryanjamesgirdusky/2011/11/17/7_things_you_cant_say_on_tv_if_you_want_to_be_president
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to make such statements anymore. … To work with pure statistics, had every one of these estimated 3 million voted in the 2008 election, only 910,000 of them would have … voted for John McCain.…
Victory for the Second Amendment: House Passes Concealed Carry Bill
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2011/11/17/victory_for_the_second_amendment_house_passes_concealed_carry_bill
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2011/11/17/victory_for_the_second_amendment_house_passes_concealed_carry_bill
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, giving gun owners with a concealed weapons permit holders the ability to travel across state lines more easily. … the issuance of a valid permit or license to permit a nonresident to possess or carry a concealed firearm. … Seven Republicans voted against it. …
Alert: Left-wing Obama Judicial Appointee Faces Crucial Vote Today
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2011/12/06/alert_leftwing_obama_judicial_appointee_faces_crucial_vote_today
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2011/12/06/alert_leftwing_obama_judicial_appointee_faces_crucial_vote_today
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Self-stylized "moderate" Democrats like Ben Nelson, Joe Manchin, Claire McCaskill, and Bob Casey all voted to move this radical nomination … Harry Reid needs to rustle up 60 votes to advance the nomination. … Halligan wanted it to do to manufacturers of a legal product ‘legally inappropriate.’ …
Will The Economy Sink Obama?
https://townhall.com/columnists/monacharen/2011/12/06/will_the_economy_sink_obama
https://townhall.com/columnists/monacharen/2011/12/06/will_the_economy_sink_obama
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That, to put it mildly, is overconfident.Consider that while Obama has suffered politically due to the poor economy, Republicans are … to the nation's problems is the solution. … He will encourage voters to continue to blame George W.…
Too Big to Assimilate
https://townhall.com/columnists/ryanjamesgirdusky/2011/12/06/too_big_to_assimilate
https://townhall.com/columnists/ryanjamesgirdusky/2011/12/06/too_big_to_assimilate
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The doctrine of both parties professed that Wall Street was too big to fail, yet neither party is willing to forfeit praise to the … to a church…”. … to just 13.5%.…