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Anti-Earmark Rep. Scores Earmark for Blimp Research

Sessions' $1.6M went to firm not in his district

Jul 30, 09 12:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - Rep. Pete Sessions is a vocal opponent of earmarks, but last year he scored one for a company that's not even in his district. Thanks to Sessions, $1.6 million for airship research went to a firm with no experience in either government contracting or blimp-making, Politico reports. Seems that... More »

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Congress • earmarks • aide • lobbyist • blimp • House Republicans • Pete Sessions

Republicans Don't Want 'Help' From Palin

Lawmakers facing tough 2010 battles think she'd hurt them

Jul 10, 09 2:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sarah Palin may not spend much of her newfound free time campaigning: Many GOP lawmakers facing tough 2010 contests don't want to be associated with the soon-to-be-ex-governor, who they fear will galvanize liberals, the Hill reports. One anonymous Republican said that if Palin came to his district, his opponent would... More »

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Alaska • resignation • Charles Grassley • campaign fundraising • House Republicans • Sarah Palin • fundraising • Election 2010 • Republicans • Republican governor

OPINION

 The Climate Change 
 Bill Is Awful—Now Pass It 




'Pathetic' Waxman-Markey at least puts a price on carbon: Friedman

Jul 1, 09 7:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - Waxman-Markey is a "pathetic" and "appalling" bill that totally fails to respond to the urgency of climate change—and it should be passed by the Senate and signed into law straight away, writes Thomas Friedman. For the New York Times columnist, the flawed legislation has one great... More »

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climate change • Barack Obama • Congress • environment • global warming • cap and trade • carbon trading • carbon • Thomas Friedman • House Republicans • Waxman-Markey

OPINION

Opposing Climate Bill Is Treason Against Planet

Climate deniers worse than conspiracy theorists: Krugman

Jun 29, 09 9:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - Passing the climate change bill was a major accomplishment for the House, even in its watered-down form—but as Paul Krugman listened to the 212 members of Congress who voted no, "I couldn’t help thinking that I was watching a form of treason—treason against the planet."... More »

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climate change • environment • global warming • House of Representatives • House Republicans • Paul Broun • Waxman-Markey

(Newser) - Barack Obama can keep up the bipartisan talk, but it looks like Democrat-sponsored health care reform legislation in Congress has very little chance of winning meaningful GOP support, per the New York Times. GOP lawmakers are balking en masse at the provision for a public plan to challenge private... More »

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Congress • Senate Republicans • legislation • health care reform • House Republicans • Obama administration • bipartisan

Dems Rip GOP for Sharing Interrogation Secrets

House Republicans
go on record after closed-door briefing

Jun 5, 09 7:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - Democrats are seething today after Republicans told the press about classified intelligence gleaned in a closed-door briefing about interrogation techniques. GOP members told the Hill they were informed that harsh techniques led to information that prevented terrorist attacks. That led Democrats to blast their rivals for disclosing secret information, triggering... More »

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Congress • torture • House Democrats • Peter Hoekstra • House Intelligence Committee • harsh interrogation • House Republicans • Jan Schakowsky

Obama to Name NY Republican Army Secretary

McHugh is ranking GOPer on Armed Services Committee

Jun 2, 09 10:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama will nominate yet another Republican to an administration post today, tapping New York Rep. John McHugh as Army secretary, the New York Times reports. McHugh is the ranking Republican on the House armed services committee, and serves on West Point’s Board of Visitors. More »

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Barack Obama • House of Representatives • House Armed Services Committee • House Republicans • John McHugh

Alaska Rep. Disavows
Twitter Impostor

Fake Don Young expounded on Obama, marshmallow fluff

May 1, 09 1:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - Whoever’s been masquerading as Rep. Don Young on Twitter is an impostor, Fox News reports. “Congressman Young is NOT currently using Twitter,” said a spokesman. “The messages posted seem to be the work of someone with a little too much free time on their hands.”... More »

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Alaska • imposter • Don Young • House Republicans • Twitter • Marshmallow Fluff

(Newser) - The Obama administration’s policies on national security, spending, and the law make John Boehner almost physically ill, the House minority leader tells the Washington Times. Democratic hate-crime legislation in particular, which Boehner says could be used against religious leaders who don’t support the gay agenda, makes him... More »

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legislation • John Boehner • foreign policy • congressional Democrats • House minority leader • House Republicans • Obama administration • President Obama

GOP Launches Website to Combat Obstructionist Image

'Solutions Center' rehashes Republican classics

Apr 14, 09 12:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Democrats’ “Party of ‘No’” attack seems to be getting to the GOP: House Minority Whip Eric Cantor has started an online “Solutions Center” to showcase Republican plans on basic issues, reports Politico. “When you control the White House, it’s easy to have a... More »

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GOP • House of Representatives • Republican Party • House Republicans • Obama administration • Eric Cantor

OPINION

 Unity Candidate 
 Turns Into Most 
 Polarizing Prez 



Obama faces huge partisan approval gap: analysts

Apr 8, 09 7:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - He ran on a message of unity and moderation, but Barack Obama is “the most polarizing new president of recent times,” writes Michael Gerson in the Washington Post. There’s a 61-point Obama approval gap between Democrats and Republicans, Pew researchers found. The widening gap has been a... More »

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Senate Republicans • budget • partisanship • congressional Democrats • House Republicans • unity • approval ratings • President Obama

 GOP Pushes Budget With
Tax Cuts, $500B Deficit 

Alternative budget overhauls Medicare but repeals Obama spending

Apr 1, 09 11:25 AM CDT
(AP) - House Republicans are pushing an alternative budget plan that would cut income tax rates and radically overhaul Medicare, the AP reports. The plan unveiled today by Paul Ryan of Wisconsin also freezes overall spending on domestic programs and repeals most of the spending in President Obama's recently passed economic stimulus... More »

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Congress • Medicare • budget • tax cuts • House Republicans • President Obama

(Newser) - The White House today ridiculed a budget proposal laid out by House Republicans, but the GOP gave as good as it got, the Hill reports. Spokesman Robert Gibbs said the GOP document included a “picture of a windmill” but no substantive numbers. “It took me several minutes to... More »

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Congress • John Boehner • federal budget • House Republicans • Obama administration • Robert Gibbs • President Obama

GOP Targets Critics With Own Economic Plans

Budget proposals
seek to douse 'Party
of No' label

Mar 26, 09 9:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - “The Party of No” is rejecting that label by introducing alternatives to President Obama’s policies rooted in GOP ideology, Politico reports. The Republican Road to Recovery is a weighty fiscal counterpart to the Democrats’ economic agenda, and marks a new strategy in the minority’s response. Republicans laud... More »

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Congress • Mike Pence • budget • House Republicans • conservatism • Eric Cantor • President Obama • economic policies

GOP to Cheney: Go Away, You're Embarrassing Us

Blasts at Obama draw attention to unpopular ex-veep

Mar 24, 09 8:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - For many Republicans, Dick Cheney is like an embarrassing uncle at a family party. The former VP says unpopular, provocative things, and, reports the Hill, they just wish he would go away. By attacking President Obama in recent appearances, says one GOP lawmaker, Cheney did “House Republicans no favors.... More »

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Dick Cheney • Republican Party • House Republicans • Robert Gibbs • President Obama

ANALYSIS

 AIG Bonus Vote 
 Splits GOP Honchos 

Insider Boehner and publicity-hungry Cantor go opposite ways

Mar 20, 09 11:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - The vote to tax AIG bonuses split the House’s top two Republicans, and illustrates the differences in their strategies, reports Politico. Minority Leader John Boehner voted against, calling it “a bad bill with bad consequences.” Boehner’s No. 2, rising star Eric Cantor, supported it, calling it... More »

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John Boehner • AIG • bonuses • House Republicans • Eric Cantor

(Newser) - By a 328-93 vote, the House today approved a bill that would recover most of the bonus money awarded to executives of bailout-buoyed AIG by taxing it at 90%. The measure drew significant Republican support, and some Democrats made it clear the legislation is an attempt to persuade execs to... More »

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House of Representatives • AIG • House Democrats • House Republicans • bailout • Wall Street bailout • Earl Pomeroy

 Just Quit, 
 Geithner: 
 GOP Rep. 

AIG bonuses is latest of Tim's failings: Mack

Mar 18, 09 1:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - The AIG bonus flap is the last straw for Rep. Connie Mack, who today called for Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner to resign or be fired, USA Today reports. “The scandal is but the latest fiasco under his watch,” said the Florida Republican, the first among GOP congressmen to... More »

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GOP • AIG • bonuses • House Republicans • Treasury secretary • President Obama • Timothy Geithner • Connie Mack

ANALYSIS

Dems Paint Cantor as GOP's New, Obstructionist Face

Ads, op-eds, even Obama paint rising star as obstructionist

Mar 10, 09 10:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - With Dick Cheney gone and Rush Limbaugh already tiresome, Democrats need a new go-to bugbear—and House Minority Whip Eric Cantor is their guy, reports Politico. Democrats are using his name to tar other Republicans in ads and calling the young Virginian out in op-eds. The president himself said of... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • House of Representatives • Rahm Emanuel • House Republicans • Eric Cantor • President Obama • Bill Maher Grid

GOP Shifts Focus of Attacks Onto Obama

After targeting Pelosi, Reid, party aims at president on spending

Mar 5, 09 7:50 AM CST
(Newser) - For 6 weeks the Republicans have steered clear of criticizing Barack Obama, attacking the House and Senate leadership, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid, while giving the popular president a free pass. But now, reports CQPolitics, the GOP is changing direction with a new campaign linking Obama with federal spending that... More »

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Barack Obama • Congress • John Boehner • bipartisanship • House Republicans • Darrell Issa

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