Category Archives: House Of Reps

Elected, but Still Campaigning

Posted on November 27th, 2012

  Obama Steps Up Effort to Rally Support for Fiscal Plan, Will Meet With CEOs     WASHINGTON—President Barack Obama is ramping up the White House’s postelection effort to generate public support for his preferred package of tax increases and spending cuts. Mr. Obama, while standing firm on his viewpoint during talks with Republicans, called [...]

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President Obama’s $700 Billion Medicare Problem

Posted on August 15th, 2012

There’s a treasure trove of attack ads waiting to be filmed and aired By: James Capretta Governor Mitt Romney’s selection of Representative Paul Ryan as his vice-presidential running mate is revealing on a couple of levels.   First, it shows that Governor Romney has a keen eye for talent (which probably explains his success as [...]

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Can This Book Deliver ‘Fanniegate’ To The GOP In 2012?

Posted on June 8th, 2011

Fanniegate: Gamechanger For The GOP? WALTER RUSSELL MEAD – June 7, 2011 Democrats, watch out. The Republican Party and especially its Tea Party wing have just acquired a new weapon of mass destruction — and it has nothing to do with any of Congressman Wiener’s rogue body parts.  If they deploy this weapon effectively in [...]

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House passes health law repeal

Posted on January 20th, 2011

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 [...]

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Welcome Speaker Boehner

Posted on January 5th, 2011

Watching Speaker Boehner’s inaugural speech today, I felt that the brakes were finally applied to one of the most turbulent moments in American Political history. At the same time, 2 years ago – the people now turfed out of the house were feeling the same way over gaining the White House. I can only hope [...]

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Gloom for Democrats as they look to November

Posted on September 1st, 2010

By Dan Balz Washington Post Staff Writer  The Gallup organization dropped a bomb on the political world this week. In shorthand, the pollsters said Monday that if the midterm elections were held now, Republicans would take control of the House – and probably by a comfortable margin. On Tuesday, James Campbell, a professor of political [...]

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Ed Martin Surges: Carnahan Stalls

Posted on July 25th, 2010

ST. LOUIS, MO.) July 23, 2010 – Today, the political world is wondering about the stalled fundraising of Congressman Russ Carnahan as his opponent Ed Martin continues to surge.  In the final report before the primary, Carnahan reports raising just over $9,000, while Ed Martin nearly doubled this with more than $18,000. More troubling for [...]

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Party like it’s 1994

Posted on May 21st, 2010

By:  Cheri Jacobus The best strategy for Republicans running for office this November? Get President Obama to campaign for your Democratic opponent. It’s a plan that appears to be working rather splendidly for the GOP so far. In fact, it’s so successful, there should be little doubt that Republicans would be willing to open their [...]

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Rep. Patrick Kennedy: Whatever Happen to Iraq?

Posted on March 10th, 2010

Patrick Kennedy: MSM Despicable By Amie Parnes Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-R.I.) railed against the mainstream media on Wednesday, calling the press corps “despicable” and saying that reporters are “not covering the most significant issue of national importance.” In a speech on the House floor, an angry Kennedy turned a speech on Afghanistan into a finger-pointing [...]

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Checkmate Mr. Boehner

Posted on February 10th, 2010

Boehner on Sunday “Obviously, I am pleased that the White House finally seems interested in a real, bipartisan conversation on health care,” Source Politico: ‘White House announces televised health meet’ Boehner On Tuesday “It’s going to be very difficult to have bipartisan conversations with regard to a 2,700 page health care bill that the Democrat majority [...]

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