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Category Archives: Congress
Tea party leader lashes out at Scott Brown
By JENNIFER EPSTEIN Sen. Scott Brown has thrown his tea party supporters “under the bus” with his recent critiques of some Republican budget cut proposals, a movement leader said Friday. Brown, a Massachusetts Republican, on Thursday denounced GOP suggestions to cut social and cultural programs as “irresponsible,” and Judson Phillips, a leader of Tea Party [...]
Democrats Hope Claire McCaskill Flies Above Plane Flap
By SCOTT WONG & DAVID CATANESE | 3/18/11 4:53 AM EDT Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) hit an unexpected patch of turbulence on her ride to reelection in 2012. In the past week, the Missouri Republican Party filed an ethics complaint against her in the Senate, after POLITICO reported she billed taxpayers for a political trip [...]
House votes to defund Planned Parenthood
Mike Pence’s amendment to defund Planned Parenthood passed 240-185 in the House. By DAVID NATHER & KATE NOCERA The House just approved Rep. Mike Pence’s amendment to cut off funding to Planned Parenthood, checking off a hot-button social issue even as it set up a bigger showdown over defunding the health care law. The vote [...]
Posted in Abortion, Congress, Conservatism, Eric Cantor, Mike Pence, Planned Parenthood, Politico, Solid Principles
Tagged as: Abortion, Birth Control, Eric Cantor, Jerry Nadler, Live Action, Mike Pence, Planned Parenthood, Politico, Title X Funding
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House votes to overthrow ‘czars’
By: ROBIN BRAVENDER POLITICO The House voted Thursday to dethrone nine White House “czars.” Republicans successfully added an amendment to the continuing resolution that would leave President Barack Obama’s senior advisers on policy issues including health care, energy and others out of a job. The vote was 249-179. Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.) offered [...]
Posted in 112th Congress, Congress, Energy Issues, Offshore Oil Drilling, Solid Principles
Tagged as: 112th Congress, CV, Czars, Energy, Green Jobs Czar, Obamacare, Offshore Oil Drilling, Republicans, TARP
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Webb Won’t Seek Re-Election
Virginia Democratic Senator Jim Webb plans to announce today that he won’t seek reelection, the Senator confirmed Wednesday. Webb appeared likely to face a rematch with former Senator George Allen, whom he beat in a bruising 2006 contest. He had expressed ambivalence about the prospect of another run, and has said he never planned a [...]
Senate Votes Down Effort to Repeal Health Care Law
FOXNEWShttp://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/02/02/senate-debates-health-care-law-anew-wholesale-repeal-unlikely/ Although several states indicated they will not implement the health care law now that one federal district judge has ruled it void, a Republican effort Wednesday to add an amendment to an airports construction bill to repeal the law failed by a Senate vote of 47-51. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s decision to use [...]
Posted in 112th Congress, Congress, Fox News, Health Care, Republicans, Solid Principles
Tagged as: Obamacare, Obamacare Repeal, Republicans, Sen. Mitch McConnell, Senate Health Care Vote
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House passes health law repeal
By CARRIE BUDOFF BROWN | 1/19/11 3:29 PM EST Updated: 1/19/11 8:41 PM EST House Republicans passed a bill to repeal President Barack Obama’s health care plan Wednesday, taking their first major step toward rolling back the massive overhaul that has dominated the American political landscape for almost two years. The vote was 245 to [...]
Posted in 112th Congress, Congress, Democrats, Eric Cantor, GOP, Harry Reid, House Of Reps, John Boehner, Politico, Republicans, Solid Principles
Tagged as: Democrats, Eric Cantor, GOP, Obamacare, Politico, Republicans, Sen. Harry Reid, Sen. Majority Leader
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HISTORIC: PELOSI LOSES 19 VOTES
HISTORIC: PELOSI LOSES 19 VOTES — John Bresnahan and I write about the 19 Democrats who refused to give their votes for speaker to Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), marking the largest set of defections from a party leader on a speakership vote since Frederick Gillett lost 23 on the first of nine ballots in [...]
Posted in 112th Congress, Congress, Hoover Institution, Nancy Pelosi, Politico
Tagged as: 112th Congress, Congress, Nancy Pelosi
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