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• Republican blasts ACORN reprieve - Political Intelligence - A national political and campaign blog from The Boston Globe - Boston.com

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  From Boston.com: A top House Republican today blasted a ruling by the Justice Department that allows the Obama administration to pay ACORN for services provided under contracts signed before Congress passed a law banning the community advocacy group from receiving taxpayers money....Republicans have been on the warpath against ACORN since [...]

  Posted: November 27, 2009, 10:24pm EST
  

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• Didn't work the first time, but the second time I guess will be a charm

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  From Reuters: The Obama administration, facing criticism its economic stimulus plans are failing to halt layoffs, on Tuesday said hiring prompted by the spending would accelerate next year…..Republican lawmakers have heavily criticized the Obama plan, pushed through Congress in February, for doing little to stop the loss of 3 million [...]

  Posted: November 25, 2009, 9:09am EST
  

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• The American Spectator : The Evening Keynote

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  From the American Spectator: U.S. Congressman Mike Pence, Chairman of the House Republican Conference, delivered the following remarks last Thursday night at The American Spectator's Robert L. Bartley Dinner:
  (Remarks as delivered)
  I stand before you today at an historic moment for the conservative movement and for this [...]

  Posted: November 23, 2009, 9:48pm EST
  

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• Healthcare bill faces first Senate test | Politics | Reuters

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  From Reuters: Healthcare bill faces first Senate test "The U.S. Senate will cast its first crucial test vote on healthcare reform on Saturday, with Democrats close to reaching the 60 votes needed to overcome Republican opposition and open debate...Senators will vote at 8 p.m. EST on whether to start debate" [...]

  Posted: November 21, 2009, 10:50am EST
  

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• Audit the FED,.... cuz we have no clue what they're trying to do

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  From Reuters: - A U.S. congressional panel on Thursday approved a measure to open the Federal Reserve's monetary policy decisions to government audits, a surprise blow to the central bank's efforts to shield its independence and a signal of frustration with the central bank....The provision, co-sponsored by Republican Representative Ron [...]

  Posted: November 20, 2009, 12:05pm EST
  

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• Two House Republicans To Treasury's Geithner: Resign - ABC News

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  From ABCNews: Echoing comments made by a Democratic lawmaker Wednesday night, two Republican members of the Joint Economic Committee today called for Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner to resign...Two Republicans call for the treasury secretary's resignation during hearing."It's been a year since the president was elected," the panel's ranking Republican, Rep. [...]

  Posted: November 20, 2009, 11:47am EST
  

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• No Political Purge for now

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  From The American Thinker: There has been a story flying around the internet in recent days that the Obama administration intends to purge Republicans from the bureaucracy by using a new federal Office of Personnel Management (OPM) rule requiring that all applicants for career civil service jobs who held political [...]

  Posted: November 19, 2009, 11:16am EST
  

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• No Political Purge for now

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  From The American Thinker: There has been a story flying around the internet in recent days that the Obama administration intends to purge Republicans from the bureaucracy by using a new federal Office of Personnel Management (OPM) rule requiring that all applicants for career civil service jobs who held political [...]

  Posted: November 19, 2009, 11:16am EST
  

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• McCain Defends Campaign actions with Palin

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  From Reuters: U.S. Republican Senator John McCain on Wednesday strongly defended the top advisers from his 2008 presidential campaign in the face of sharp criticism from his vice presidential running mate, Sarah Palin......McCain, in a telephone interview with Reuters, singled out campaign manager Steve Schmidt and senior adviser Nicolle Wallace [...]

  Posted: November 19, 2009, 9:21am EST
  

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• 2020: Three Parties- Republican, Democrat & Conservative Party

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  If the history of political parties is any indication than it may just be time for the American political landscape to once again expand. There were always offshoots or breakaways within history, but its been quite some time since we have seen it in reality. And no Ross Perot does [...]

  Posted: November 18, 2009, 9:33pm EST
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• Is the GOP really back Congressman Cantor? More importantly, have they learned their lesson…..

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  ... about the grassroots running this Party and the price of supporting Rhino Candidates.
  
  From A Line of Sight by Bob Beauprez.com: Voters Show Outrage against Democrat Agenda - GOP is Back
  By Congressman Eric Cantor (R-VA), House Republican Whip
  
  On Nov. 3, Republicans scored tremendous victories [...]

  Posted: November 18, 2009, 1:55pm EST
  

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• Weekly Republican Address: House Republican Whip Eric Cantor (R-VA)

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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 10:57am EST
  

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• McConnell versus Dodd over Finance Regulatory Bill

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  From Reuters: U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell said on Tuesday that a Democratic bill to revamp regulation of the financial industry must be revised to win support from his side of the political aisle..."It's a long way from being ready to go forward on any bipartisan basis," McConnell told [...]

  Posted: November 18, 2009, 9:08am EST
  

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• HHS has not learned from H1N1 mistakes: senators | Politics | Reuters

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  Read This: HHS has not learned from H1N1 mistakes: senators Politics Reuters: "U.S. officials raised expectations too high in handling the swine flu
  vaccination campaign and failed to allocate scarce vaccine effectively, two
  influential U.S. senators said on Monday.
  Connecticut independent Senator
  Joseph Lieberman and Maine Republican Susan Collins" [...]

  Posted: November 17, 2009, 6:49pm EST
  

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• Top Republican senator slams Dodd's regulation bill | Politics | Reuters

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  Read Here: Top Republican senator slams Dodd's regulation bill Politics Reuters: " U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell said on Tuesday that a Democratic
  bill to revamp regulation of the financial industry must be revised to win
  support from his side of the political aisle.'It's a long way from'" [...]

  Posted: November 17, 2009, 6:46pm EST
  

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• General Assembly Picks Caucus Leadership Team- Nixon and Cox remain..

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  ...after leading the Republican Caucus for this current session and picking up five seats this past election, one of my favorite legislators Sam Nixon and MY Representative Majority Whip Kirk Cox (along with Rep Griffith and Howell) stay in their leadership positions for the next session of the General Assembly....From [...]

  Posted: November 17, 2009, 2:40pm EST
  

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• CMS Report: House Bill Will Raise Health Care Costs, Affect Seniors' Benefits

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  From Kaiser Health News:
  A new report from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services finds that the health overhaul bill passed by the House will raise health costs by approximately $289 billion in the next ten years. The report was requested by House Republicans and compiled by CMS'' [...]

  Posted: November 17, 2009, 10:41am EST
  

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• Caucuses select leadership

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  The Virginia House of Delegates’ Democratic and Republican caucuses each elected their leadership for the 2010 General Assembly session over the weekend.

  The Republican caucus, strengthened after picking up at least five seats in the House this month, re-elected Speaker of the House William J. Howell, R-Stafford.

  They also voted [...]

  Posted: November 16, 2009, 6:30pm EST
  

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• Head on a Pole Solution

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  Republicans are having a good time with their anti-tax tea parties. It has even brought out the creative side of some right-wingers, as they have staged various stunts to demonstrate their contempt for certain Democrats and what they see as excessive government spending, in general.
  
  While this staging-stunts strategy [...]

  Posted: November 16, 2009, 3:16pm EST
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• We really need someone new to emerge in theGOP

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  ..and I don't think it's any of these people currently jockeying for position....From the AP: Sarah Palin is embarking on a book tour. Tim Pawlenty is building a national political operation. Mitt Romney is weighing in on the recession....They're all jockeying for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination - even if [...]

  Posted: November 16, 2009, 9:08am EST
  

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• What's wrong with justice in Manhattan?

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  Other than the fact that the Bush administration chose not to prosecute Khalid Sheikh Mohammed -- the supposed mastermind of 9/11 -- in a courtroom in New York, what is wrong with it?
  
  Yes, I understand that many Republicans automatically backed whatever the previous president did during his time [...]

  Posted: November 13, 2009, 11:52am EST
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• A Scary Proposition: Sen. Hatch Questions “If Feds Can Force Us to Buy Health Insurance Then There’s Literally Nothing the Federal Government Can’t Force Us to Do.”

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  From CNS News:Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah, who has served in the Senate for 33 years and is a longtime member of the Judiciary Committee, told CNSNews.com that he does not believe the Democrats’ health-care reform plan is constitutionally justifiable, noting that if the federal government can force Americans [...]

  Posted: November 13, 2009, 8:34am EST
  

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• Palin Tells Us what We Already Knew - Tension with McCain

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  Can't say I've yet been sold on Sarah Palin as the Conservative candidate
  that will save the Republican Party (compared to John McCain, most people would look like the second coming of Reagan.) I do think the lack of Foreign Policy critique was valid (as it was with Obama [...]

  Posted: November 13, 2009, 8:10am EST
  

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• DNC targets Forbes and 31 other Republicans on health care vote

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  Read Here: POLITICO: DNC targets 32 Republicans on health care vote - Ben Smith - DNC targets 32 Republicans on health care vote
  
  The 32 members being targeted:
  
  CA-3 Dan Lungren
  CA-24 Elton Gallegly
  CA-25 Howard P. "Buck" McKeon
  CA-26 David Dreier
  CA-44 [...]

  Posted: November 12, 2009, 11:07am EST
  

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• Republicans Edge Ahead of Democrats in 2010 Vote

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  Read Here: Republicans Edge Ahead of Democrats in 2010 Vote: "Roughly a year before the 2010 midterm elections, Republicans seem well-positioned to win back some of their congressional losses in 2006 and 2008. Independents are increasingly coming to prefer the Republican candidate for Congress, and now favor the GOP" [...]

  Posted: November 11, 2009, 9:46am EST
  

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• Bench Press | Richmond Times-Dispatch

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  From the Times Dispatch: Our cousins in monarchial realms say, "The king is dead, long live the king!" As good republicans, American political groupies prefer, "The election is over, may the next one begin." Here we go....Who will run for governor in 2013? Will the GOP see a contest between [...]

  Posted: November 09, 2009, 11:28am EST
  

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• http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1109/29306.html

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  From Politico: Within minutes of Saturday’s historic House vote on health care reform, Republicans pronounced the political death of Rep. Thomas Perriello (D-Va.), pointing to the vulnerable freshman congressman’s vote in favor of the bill....And in the aftermath of the politically charged vote, Perriello wasn’t the only Democratic congressman whose [...]

  Posted: November 09, 2009, 11:14am EST
  

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• Report: 237 millionaires in Congress - Erika Lovley - POLITICO.com

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  237 millionaires in Congress, do any of them really speak for us? From Politico: Among the highlights: Two-hundred-and-thirty-seven members of Congress are millionaires. That’s 44 percent of the body – compared to about 1 percent of Americans overall....CRP says California Republican Rep. Darrell Issa is the richest lawmaker on Capitol [...]

  Posted: November 08, 2009, 10:40pm EST
  

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• Healthcare passed in the thick of Night, when no one was watching - the Lie of Transparency Promised by this Administration and Congress

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  From the AP:…The Democratic-controlled House has narrowly passed landmark health care reform legislation, handing President Barack Obama a hard won victory on his signature domestic priority…. Republicans were nearly unanimous in opposing the plan that would expand coverage to tens of millions of Americans who lack it and place tough [...]

  Posted: November 08, 2009, 5:55pm EST
  

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• PELOSI: Buy a $15,000 Policy or Go to Jail

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  From the Committee On Ways & Means Republicans Ranking Member, Dave Camp:Today, Ranking Member of the House Ways and Means Committee Dave Camp (R-MI) released a letter from the non-partisan Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) confirming that the failure to comply with the individual mandate to buy health insurance contained [...]

  Posted: November 07, 2009, 8:40am EST
  

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