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NEWS ABOUT: Roy Blunt

Roy Blunt stories: 10 news summaries
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Republicans Gain Ground in Senate Races

Latest trends show even Reid, Spector, Dodd in trouble: Silver

Aug 24, 09 11:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - Things are looking brighter for Republicans in the Senate, writes Nate Silver of FiveThirtyEight.com. In his monthly ranking of which seats are most likely to switch parties in 2010, Republicans have made a big move. Of the 10 seats that look more likely to switch hands, seven favor Republicans.... More »

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Senate • New Hampshire • Harry Reid • Senate Democrats • Senate Republicans • Connecticut • Chris Dodd • Nevada • Roy Blunt • US Senate • 2010 election • Nate Silver • Republicans • Kelly Ayotte

ANALYSIS

Strong Candidates Give GOP Hope for Open Senate Seats

No dearth of Republican recruits for 2010 races in Fla., Mo., Ohio

Jan 14, 09 10:40 AM CST
(Newser) - Don’t let the stories about how grim 2010 looks for the Senate Republicans fool you. The spate of retirements in swing states is no boon, to be sure, but, Politico reports, the GOP will have no trouble coming up with good candidates in Florida, Ohio, and Missouri. A state-by-state... More »

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Florida • Ohio • Rob Portman • Senate Republicans • Missouri • Jim Talent • Mel Martinez • George Voinovich • Senate race • Roy Blunt • US Senate • Election 2010 • Marco Rubio • Kit Bond • Sarah Steelman

Blunt Steps Aside as GOP House Whip

Missourian weary of cajoling an unwilling Republican membership

Nov 6, 08 12:08 PM CST
(Newser) - House Minority Whip Roy Blunt is giving up his place in the Republican leadership, CQPolitics reports. Blunt, who’s held the post since 2002, said today he’s weary of “asking members to do something they don’t want to do.” He endorsed his deputy, Eric Cantor, as... More »

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John Boehner • House minority whip • Roy Blunt • Republican Leadership Council • House Republicans • Eric Cantor

TALK SHOW ROUNDUP

 Talking Heads Talk Economy 

Pocketbook issues seem likely to trump racism for voters

Oct 12, 08 2:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - With little time remaining until Election Day, the Sunday talk shows focused on the ongoing economic turmoil and the racial issues roiling the presidential campaigns. Politico spins the dial:
  • On This Week, surrogates from both parties endorsed the Treasury’s capital-injection plan for banks. But guests split over an
... More »

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Henry Paulson • Ed Rendell • Barney Frank • Roy Blunt • Meet the Press • Election 2008

Rep Warns GOP Opposition Could Sink Bailout Deal

House conservative hedges on support for plan

Sep 28, 08 11:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Even as Washington officials reached for the bubbly, a prominent House Republican warned that GOP lawmakers may not approve the bailout deal reached last night. “We are not ready to say that a deal is done,” said Virginia Rep. Eric Cantor, who has spearheaded efforts by House conservatives... More »

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Barney Frank • Roy Blunt • House Republicans • bailout • Eric Cantor • financial crisis

 Dems Ditch Ban on 
 Offshore Drilling 

Current moratorium expires Oct. 1, GOP hails victory

Sep 24, 08 2:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Democrats are removing a ban on offshore drilling from the budget resolution to avoid a White House veto, Politico reports. The move aims "to take a budget standoff of the table so we can address the larger Bush financial crisis," said a spokesman for House Speaker Nancy Pelos.... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • oil • congressional Democrats • House Democrats • Roy Blunt • budget dispute • oil drilling • bailout • offshore oil

House in Rare Hush-Hush
Huddle on
Spy Bill

First secret session called in 25 years

Mar 14, 08 4:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - The House held its first secret session in 25 years last night to debate a revamped spy bill, Reuters reports. Republicans said they needed the secrecy to give examples of how proposed changes to surveillance laws could endanger national security. The Democrats consented—but some skeptics suspected it was a... More »

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Democrats • Republican • House of Representatives • surveillance • Roy Blunt • wiretapping bill

Get Off 'Dead Asses' and Raise Cash, Rep. Tells GOP

Boehner decries efforts that have Republicans short of goals—and Dems

Feb 27, 08 4:44 PM CST
(Newser) - House Minority Leader John Boehner yesterday told Republican colleagues to get off their “dead asses” and raise money for the fall election, Politico reports. Ahead of a March 12 dinner, only 15 representatives have met fundraising goals, 42 members have failed—and 142 haven’t even set goals. The... More »

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Democrats • Republican • John Boehner • campaign fundraising • Roy Blunt • Tom Cole • NRCC • DCCC

House GOP Steps Up for McCain

Republican leaders set aside doubts

Feb 14, 08 6:31 AM CST
(Newser) - The top three GOP leaders in the House embraced  frontrunner John McCain in a feel-good meeting with House colleagues yesterday aimed at settling lingering doubts about his candidacy. McCain also got three standing ovations, praise for his commitment, and only one question about immigration—the issue on which many of... More »

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immigration • John McCain • conservative • John Boehner • Roy Blunt • House Republicans • unity • Tom Cole

Bush Wins War Budget Battle

Senate approves $70 billion in war funds

Dec 19, 07 3:39 AM CST
(Newser) - The White House last night won a major victory in the Senate—securing $70 billion in funding for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, free of the restrictions linked to troop withdrawals Democrats had insisted on for weeks. In a budget deal that ended months of wrangling, the Senate passed... More »

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Iraq • Afghanistan • Mitch McConnell • Joe Lieberman • budget • Tom Harkin • Roy Blunt • Taxpayers for Common Sense

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