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BRINGING UP THE REAR: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell
Almost as soon as the polls had closed this past November and the midterm elections were behind us, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) stated that making sure that Obama is a one-term...
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Reid changing debt-ceiling plan to woo Republicans
But does it have a secret $3.8 trillion tax hike? After yesterday’s embarrassing plea to Mitch McConnell to save him from a cloture vote, Harry Reid went back to the drawing board. The Hill reports...
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Boehner, McConnell say deal may be on the way
“We now have a level of seriousness with the right people at the table …” National Journal reports on this ray of (limited) sunshine after a case of dueling chambers killed off the only two proposals...
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McConnell blasts the president’s political posturing on free trade deals
More blatant hypocrisy from BHO. A few weeks ago, The Washington Post’s Glenn Kessler debunked the president’s oft-repeated claim that the legislative branch bears responsibility for delayed final...
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EPA’s rules may force power failures
Lights out. It was easy last week, when President Obama scrubbed an expensive proposed environmental regulation, to wonder whether the world had turned right side up. Without doubt, Obama made the...
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Reid resists McConnell’s move to take up the president’s jobs bill
“‘Right away’ is a relative term.” In Dallas today, the president blasted Rep. Eric Cantor (R-Va.) for the House Majority Leader’s rejection of an all-or-nothing approach to the American Jobs Act,...
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Reid goes nuclear: Dems change rules to strip GOP of right to offer...
War. This is procedural esoterica and therefore it’s very confusing, but here’s the nutshell version: Reid’s finally lost his mind. The Hill calls it “shocking.” Reid appealed a ruling from the chair...
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Obamateurism of the Day
Get this man a scorecard. I know that Barack Obama doesn’t get out much these days, but just because he’s a loner doesn’t mean Obama shouldn’t know who runs the Senate. In a press conference last week...
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What part of “It won’t pass” does Harry Reid not understand?
All of it, apparently. No surprises here, but the failure of another component of the president’s jobs bill deserves at least a mention, if for no other reason than that it’s important to remember...
View ArticleElijah Cummings Urges Senate to Confirm Richard Cordray As Director of...
Elijah Cummings Urges Senate to Confirm Richard Cordray As Director of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Washington, DC (Dec. 6, 2011) – Today, Rep. Elijah Cummings, Ranking Member of the House...
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Iraqi refugee pleads guilty to 23 counts of terror-related charges
Courts or Gitmo? Either/or, in this case. An Iraqi refugee who turned out to have participated in the insurgencies prior to arriving in the US and took part in supporting them after his arrival...
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McCain to House GOP: This payroll-tax standoff is hurting the party, you know
“I think we need to recognize reality.” Is he right? Over to you, WSJ: GOP Senate leader Mitch McConnell famously said a year ago that his main task in the 112th Congress was to make sure that...
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WSJ warns House Republicans of “fiasco” on payroll tax holiday stand
“We wonder if they might end up re-electing the President before the 2012 campaign even begins in earnest.” Reminding House Republicans of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s pledge that his main...
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Mitch McConnell: Senate Republicans have to pick their battles wisely
Of the budget and … the contraception mandate. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell today suggested Democrats’ unwillingness to pass a budget will reflect poorly on them — unless Republicans allow...
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Mitch McConnell: Mitt Romney will be an outstanding nominee
Joining the chorus. Without issuing an official endorsement, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell joined the chorus this morning, saying it’s time for Republicans to accept Mitt Romney as the...
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The unserious nature of Washington, Exhibit A: The student loan debate
Distractions. Over the last week, President Obama made a series of speeches at colleges around the country in which he decried the coming rise of student loan interest rates on July 1. Obama, joined...
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Video: Interview with Sen. Mitch McConnell on campaign finance reform, First...
Hey, who’s up for amending the First Amendment — twice? Later today, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell will speak to the American Enterprise Institute on a subject that is beginning to rise to...
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Senate Dems balk at ending Bush-era tax rates; Update: McConnell says he’s...
Abandonment? If Barack Obama wants to go into electoral battle on the promise to hike taxes, he may find the ranks behind him thinning significantly. The Hill reports that seven key Democrats in the...
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Reid refuses to hold floor vote on Obama tax proposal
Plus, worst wholesale numbers in three years. Last week, Barack Obama tried changing the subject from a bad jobs report and a sinking economy by shifting back to his class-warfare strategy. Insisting...
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Obama: Those Republicans will be much more amenable during my second term,...
The Senate Minority Leader weighs in! As President Obama and the Democrats are wont to remind us, it is merely Republicans’ desire to prevent him from obtaining a second presidential term that...
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