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For Supercommittee, Partial Failure is an Option
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“There’s sequestration and then there’s sequestration.”
-- Senior House GOP leadership aide talking to Power Play about automatic cuts built into the August debt-ceiling deal.
Members of Congress have been talking about the debt-ceiling supercommittee’s Nov. 23 deadline with melodrama worthy of a telenovela.
Will they get...
Occupy London Pledges Solidarity After Wall Street Protesters Evicted
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Since Occupy Wall Street’s earliest days, demonstrators have concentrated on certain themes which have resonated through their speeches and chants. Fairness, democracy and equality are, obviously, the major messages the movement champions. And as the Occupy movement spread around the world, another theme was pushed: solidarity. So there’s little surprise...
Occupy Wall Street, angry over eviction, occupies a new corner
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Hundreds of supporters of Occupy Wall Street vowed Tuesday to keep up their protests, convening at a busy corner for a meeting to discuss their next move; the city, meanwhile, appeared headed for a legal showdown over its eviction of protesters from the group's encampment.
A hearing was...
NYC Police Remove Occupy Wall Street Protesters From Site
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Nov. 15 (Bloomberg) -- New York City police in riot gear swept into a Lower Manhattan park early today to remove hundreds of Occupy Wall Street demonstrators who had been camping there for more than eight weeks to protest income inequality.
The action followed similar moves that shut camps...
Gingrich Becomes Latest GOP Presidential Hopeful to Surge Among Voters
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Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich is back in the mix in the Republican presidential race after several polls put him in the top tier of candidates vying to take the White House following a series of strong debate performances.
A Public Policy Polling survey released Monday showed Gingrich taking...
Rick Perry goes after Congress, judges
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Rick Perry is out to make Washington a little more like Texas, as he unveils proposals today to cut the pay of Congress, end lifetime appointments of all federal judges and revamp a bureaucracy that he believes hampers the economy.
The GOP presidential hopeful and Texas governor will outline...
Graft Grows with Government Gifts to Green COs
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A Time for Choosing, Not Mitt Romney
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In reflecting on Reagan and Romney's role in the Republican Party, I drew inspiration from both men's words. Never being one of those activists who leaned heavily on "what would Reagan do" to cheaply win an argument full of intellectual void, I couldn't help but feel the very same conviction...
Obama's Newest Excuse: Lazy Americans
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Email, Hate Mail and Comments from Readers
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Foreign Policy Debate Wrap-Up
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Live Open Thread: South Carolina Foreign Policy Debate
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Saturday Night: GOP Foreign Policy Debate
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At least a few members of the Townhall/HotAir team will be tuning in and live-tweeting our thoughts in an open thread, so tune in!…
Obama's New Job Plan: Kill 400,000 Jobs Immediately
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Obama: I want to be known as the Junket President
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Kill Bin Laden: A Novel Based on True Events
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Editor's Note: The following is an excerpt from KBL: Kill Bin Laden: A Novel Based on True Events, John Weisman's semi-fictional account of the mission that killed Osama Bin Laden.
The retired Airborne ranger stepped up to the body bag on the plowed
wheat field just as the two...
No, Attorney General Eric Holder Still Has Not Apologized For Border Agent's Murder
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"The Terry family never received the letter, not today, not yesterday," Domino tells Townhall.…
Rubio Decries False Choice Between Big Government and Big Business
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Marco Rubio, the freshman senator from Florida, has wowed conservatives with his candor and repeatedly been touted as a possible vice presidential choice. But Rubio has rebuffed this speculation, and is focusing instead on a message: America is more than big business versus big government, it's about individuals working, innovating...
Food Stamp Usage Is Increasing
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What reminded me of this report is Debbie Wasserman Schultz's recent Twitter debate with Townhall over the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance…
OWS Goes All OWS on Itself
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LIVE OPEN THREAD: The Michigan GOP Debate
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Follow the Townhall/HotAir editorial team's live coverage of tonight's twists and turns below, and don't be bashful about posting your…
Mitt Romney calls Cain allegations "disturbing"
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Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney said Tuesday that the claims by the first woman to go public with allegations of sexual misconduct by Romney rival Herman Cain are "particularly disturbing."
The former Massachusetts governor briefly addressed claims by Sharon Bialek in an interview with ABC News and Yahoo, which...
CNN pushes back Arizona GOP primary debate
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PHOENIX -- Arizonans will have to wait a bit longer to hear Republican presidential hopefuls discuss border issues here.
The Arizona Republican Party announced late Tuesday that the forum, originally set for Nov. 30, now has been moved to Feb. 22. That is just six days before the state's...
GOP debate puts spotlight on hard-hit Michigan
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The GOP presidential candidates debate tonight in Michigan, where the state's economic woes will be on center stage.
The debate airs on CNBC, starting at 8 p.m. ET.
The snail-like pace of the national economic recovery is a running theme in this campaign. But Michigan's problems -- an...
Dems target Romney ahead of tonight's GOP debate
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The battle for Michigan is officially on.
Eight Republican candidates may be rolling into metro Detroit for tonight’s presidential debate at Oakland University, but the Democratic National Committee picked one – Mitt Romney – to target in full-page advertisements in today’s Free Press and Detroit News.
The...