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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 [...]

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Groups unite vs. Planned Parenthood

By SARAH KLIFF POLITICO Anti-abortion groups will launch today an aggressive campaign aiming to strip Planned Parenthood of its federal funding. A new website, Expose Planned Parenthood, went live late Tuesday backed by a coalition of national and local anti-abortion groups. The website, previewed exclusively to POLITICO, will serve as a hub for the movement’s [...]

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Romney downplays Mormon issue

By KASIE HUNT POLITICO Religion and politics might be impolite conversation, but Mitt Romney covered both today during his chat with the ladies of ABC’s “The View.” “I want to bring up something that could cause you and has perhaps caused you some problems if you run and that is the fact that you’re a [...]

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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 [...]

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Steele drops out of race; Priebus is the new Republican Party chairman

Reince Priebus is the new chairman of the Republican National Committee. Priebus won with 97 votes in the seventh round of voting. Priebus, the chairman of the Wisconsin Republican Party, was the leader from the first ballot, and was the only candidate to not lose any supporters as voting progressed Friday afternoon. Incumbent Michael Steele, [...]

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The Jared Lee Loughner Republican Hoax Taken Seriously

What happens when you are willing to accept a fake document to prove your point?  I’ll let Really Rick explain.… Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Tell a friend

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Left Strike Back on Jared Lee Loughner – A Registered Republican!

UPDATED Since posting this image, Twitter has been a buzz over Jared Lee Loughner being a registered Republican, and linking to this post on our blog. Over at Democratic Underground, a user by the name Barack_America points out that using the Arizona SoS website requires either a Drivers Licence, Date of Birth, or Voter ID number [...]

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Insiders: Romney Is Top GOP 2012 Contender, Daniels Second

Rank the top 5 candidates, 1 through 5, in terms of whom you think is most likely to capture the 2012 Republican presidential nomination. Republicans (107 votes) Jan. 2011 Insiders Index Score Change from Jan. 2010 Mitt Romney 78 -3 pts Mitch Daniels 37 +12 pts Tim Pawlenty 33 -13 pts John Thune 32 -6 [...]

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G.O.P. Newcomers Set Out to Undo Obama Victories

By JENNIFER STEINHAUER and ROBERT PEAR New York Times Soon after the 112th Congress convenes Wednesday, Republicans in the House plan to make good on a campaign promise that helped vault many new members to victory: voting to repeal President Obama’s health care overhaul. The vote, which Republican leaders pledged would occur before the president’s [...]

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Top House Republican Predicts ‘Significant’ Bipartisan Support for Health Care Law Repeal

A top House Republican said Sunday that he expects “significant” bipartisan support for a proposed repeal of the health care overhaul — a vote he said would be held before President Obama’s State of the Union address. Rep. Fred Upton, R-Mich., who will take the helm of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, would not [...]

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