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ANALYSIS

GOP's Cantor Plays Foil in Obama's Bipartisan Push


Feb 26, 09 11:40 AM CST
(Newser) - At a time when congressional Republicans hold little power, Minority Whip Eric Cantor has finagled a pivotal role for himself in Washington. Cantor—Barack Obama’s Republican of choice in bipartisan overtures—has coyly positioned himself against House Democrats instead of the popular president, Rick Klein notes for ABC News.... More »

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Barack Obama • Newt Gingrich • Republican • Bill Clinton • House minority whip • bipartisanship • House Republicans • Eric Cantor • President Obama

OPINION

Don't Give Up on Bipartisanship, Barack

President needs GOP for his ambitious agenda, says Broder

Feb 19, 09 8:41 AM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama came into the White House pledging bipartisanship, but one month in, pundits are telling the president to forget compromise and "get real." Don't listen, writes David S. Broder in the Washington Post, who calls those recommendations "the worst advice he has received." Not only... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • Richard Lugar • Senate Republicans • bipartisanship • House Republicans • Bob Bennett

Aerosmith to GOP:
Hands Off Our Song

House GOP's Back in the Saddle video yanked after copyright claim

Feb 18, 09 8:48 AM CST
(Newser) - Minority Whip Eric Cantor's effort to rally the House GOP with a video using Aerosmith's Back in the Saddle was swiftly bucked by the band, reports TPM. The company holding the song’s copyright requested that the video—which crowed about the House GOP's unified opposition to the stimulus package—... More »

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Congress • copyright • song • rock bands • classic rock • House Republicans • Aerosmith • Eric Cantor

ANALYSIS

On Stimulus, White House Kept Congress Close

Prez still didn't get much GOP support

Feb 17, 09 12:36 PM CST
(Newser) - President Obama promised a new spirit of cooperation in Washington, and in his relationship with Congress, he did his best to deliver, the Wall Street Journal reports. Obama left congressional leaders wide leeway in crafting the stimulus bill and stayed in close touch with members. Joe Biden stayed on pivotal... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Barack Obama • Congress • Senate Democrats • Senate Republicans • House Democrats • economic stimulus package • bipartisanship • House Republicans • Obama administration • Congressional Black Caucus • financial crisis

ANALYSIS

The Stimulus
Battle Is Just Getting Started

Succeed or fail, look for it to be the focus of the 2010 elections

Feb 16, 09 12:21 PM CST
(Newser) - At $790 billion, the stimulus package that Barack Obama signs into law this week carried enormous economic risks. But as the Washington Post reports, the political stakes of the stimulus are nearly as large. By denying the president a single vote in the House, the GOP is betting that the... More »

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Barack Obama • economic stimulus package • House Republicans • Obama administration • Eric Cantor • 2010 election • financial crisis

GOP Lawmakers Hail Hated Stimulus

Republicans crow about projects they like in bill they loathed

Feb 14, 09 3:17 AM CST
(Newser) - Republican lawmakers aren't letting the fact they opposed the stimulus bill stop them from bragging now that it's passed, McClatchy Newspapers reports. A press release from Alaska Rep. Don Young boasted that he had won a victory for the state's small business owners in the bill's final version, but the... More »

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Senate • Senate Republicans • economic stimulus package • House Republicans


 GOP Hardliners 
 Change Tune 
 on Gregg  

Senator's decision to quit is rallying cry for Republicans

Feb 13, 09 9:57 AM CST
(Newser) - Judd Gregg said the right bipartisan things, but to a Republican Party in need of a boost, his withdrawal as nominee for commerce secretary feels like an act of defiance against the administration, reports Politico. When his decision was announced in a party meeting, attendees broke into applause. "Sen.... More »

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Republican • Senate Republicans • economic stimulus package • House Republicans • Obama administration • Judd Gregg • President Obama • Obama Cabinet

ANALYSIS

Congress Needs to Speed Read Like Crazy to Study Stimulus

At 1,434 pages, 13 hours hardly enough

Feb 13, 09 7:09 AM CST
(Newser) - It might be called a stimulus bill, but it’s far from stimulating reading. At 1,434 pages, and written in the usual incomprehensible legalese, the stimulus is going to be passed unread by members of Congress. That’s no fault of theirs, blogs Jimmie Bise at the Sundries Shack;... More »

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Congress • Senate Republicans • economic stimulus package • House Republicans • financial crisis

OPINION

Rove: Thanks, Obama,
for Boosting the GOP

Republican opposition to bill 'redefined' the party

Feb 12, 09 8:15 AM CST
(Newser) - The Dems may ultimately have gotten their way with the stimulus bill, but the GOP has gotten a lift from the debate process, Karl Rove writes in the Wall Street Journal. Republicans pointed out specific flaws in the bill while introducing ideas of their own, thereby reducing popular support for... More »

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Congress • Karl Rove • Senate Republicans • economic stimulus package • House Republicans • Obama administration • President Obama

ANALYSIS

Once-Genial Obama Comes Out Swinging

At first presser, president paints critics as behind the times

Feb 10, 09 6:50 AM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama began his presidency with major overtures to Republicans, inviting three into his Cabinet and knocking back beer with House and Senate minority leaders at the White House. But yesterday he was in fighting mode, blasting opponents of the stimulus package as discredited and out of touch. Three weeks... More »

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Barack Obama • press conference • economic stimulus package • bipartisanship • House Republicans • Obama administration • President Obama

Palin Ducks GOP Retreat
for Swanky Dinner

Ex-VP candidate claims she can't leave Alaska, then heads to DC

Feb 1, 09 6:11 PM CST
(Newser) - Sarah Palin snubbed Republican leaders who asked her to speak at a congressional retreat this weekend, ABC News reports. Palin told organizers that pressing state business made it impossible for her to leave Alaska for the Hot Springs, Va. conference. Where was Palin this weekend? At a swanky Washington dinner,... More »

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Alaska • John Boehner • House Republicans • Sarah Palin • Alfalfa Club

GOP Proposes Alternative Stimulus

$478B plan, about half the cost of Obama's, said to create 6.2M jobs

Jan 29, 09 10:54 AM CST
(Newser) - House Republicans, fresh from unanimously opposing President Obama’s stimulus package, have proposed their own rescue bill, even as the White House promises retaliation, Politico reports. GOP leaders say their version would cost $478 billion—just over half the Obama price tag—and create 6.2 million jobs, a third... More »

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economic stimulus package • House Republicans • Obama administration • financial crisis • President Obama

ANALYSIS

GOP Stimulus Stonewall Spells Trouble for Prez

Obama team surprised by unified Republican opposition in House

Jan 29, 09 1:43 AM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama's failure to snag a single vote from House Republicans for his economic stimulus package underlines the tough task the president faces in winning bipartisan support for his plan, notes Politico. Obama aides were surprised by the vote but expressed confidence that some Republicans will eventually come around. More »

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Barack Obama • Congress • House of Representatives • economic stimulus package • bipartisanship • House Republicans • Obama administration • President Obama

Republican Congressman Apologizes for Limbaugh Flap

Sees 'eye-to-eye'
with talk show host

Jan 28, 09 6:21 PM CST
(Newser) - A Republican congressman who defended his colleagues from the wrath of Rush Limbaugh apologized today to his "fellow conservatives" and said his anti-Rush statements were taken out of context, Politico reports. Georgia's Phil Gingrey said his comments "read much harsher than they were actually intended," and he... More »

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Rush Limbaugh • House of Representatives • House Republicans • Republicans • Phil Gingrey

After Stimulus Vote, Happy Hour's at the White House

Obama invites lawmakers for cocktails

Jan 28, 09 4:26 PM CST
(Newser) - A little liquor can buy a lot of goodwill. At least, that’s what President Obama is hoping—he’s invited key lawmakers to the White House for cocktails after the House votes this evening on the stimulus package, the New York Post reports. Keeping with Obama’s keenly diplomatic... More »

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Barack Obama • Congress • House Democrats • cocktails • economic stimulus package • bipartisanship • House Republicans • Obama administration

 House Rejects Digital TV Delay 

Republicans argue deferral will cost broadcasters

Jan 28, 09 2:07 PM CST
(Newser) - The House defeated a bill today to delay the switch to all-digital television, the Washington Post reports. The vote comes two days after the Senate approved extending the deadline to June 12 from Feb. 17, and is a defeat for congressional Democrats and the Obama administration, who want to give... More »

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television • Congress • digital television • analog networks • House Republicans • analog • Obama administration

GOP Rep
Fires Back
at Limbaugh

Ga. congressman defends leadership, blasts talking heads

Jan 28, 09 8:29 AM CST
(Newser) - Rush Limbaugh is in hot water with an unexpected critic: A Republican congressman who doesn't appreciate the radio blowhard's take on his party's leaders. Limbaugh and President Obama have traded barbs this week, but Limbaugh's dragging Mitch McConnell and John Boehner into the spat was too much for Phil Gingrey... More »

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talk radio • Rush Limbaugh • GOP • Mitch McConnell • Senate Republicans • John Boehner • House Republicans • Phil Gingrey

 House GOP Pounces 
 on Visiting Obama 

President 'all form—not substance' on stimulus, one lawmaker says

Jan 27, 09 2:09 PM CST
(Newser) - President Obama’s visit with House Republicans on Capitol Hill today, intended as an olive branch, instead turned into a forum for grievances about Obama’s stimulus proposals, Politico reports. The GOP is steadfast in its push for more tax cuts, but Obama isn’t budging, either. “Feel free... More »

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Congress • GOP • House of Representatives • economic stimulus package • House Republicans • Obama administration • President Obama

analysis

Both Sides Wary of Blowback Over Stimulus

Obama, Dems want GOP buy-in, Repubs seek constraints

Jan 27, 09 2:00 PM CST
(Newser) - As President Obama and congressional Republicans fight over the outline of an economic stimulus package, each side is wary of catching blame for a botched effort, reports the San Francisco Chronicle. Obama can’t guarantee the $825 billion plan will actually work and seeks public GOP buy-in; Republicans want to... More »

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Barack Obama • Congress • Senate Republicans • recession • economic stimulus package • House Republicans • Obama administration • financial crisis

Boehner Rejects Stimulus
as Obama Heads to Hill

Minority whip gets in line ahead of tomorrow's vote

Jan 27, 09 11:00 AM CST
(Newser) - President Obama is headed to the Capitol today to chat up House Republicans on the stimulus bill, but they may be tough to sway: House Republican Leader John Boehner has told them to vote against Obama’s pet package tomorrow, Politico reports. Minority whip Eric Cantor seconded the motion in... More »

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Congress • Senate Republicans • John Boehner • economic stimulus package • House Republicans • financial crisis • President Obama

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