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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: Republican National Committee

Republican National Committee stories: 11 news summaries

 New White House 
 Counsel Scares 
 GOP, Other 
 Lawyers 

Bauer is a skilled, controversial Democratic veteran

Nov 13, 09 1:56 PM CST
(Newser) - Robert Bauer, the new White House counsel, is a longtime Democratic operative known for his hard-nosed style and work ethic. He is a veteran of the Clinton impeachment proceedings and represented House Democrats during the Bush years, where he was known for his aggressive strategy—he went as far as... More »

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Republican • RNC • White House • GOP • Bill Clinton • Tom DeLay • impeachment • lawyer • Bob Bauer • Obama administration • Gregory Craig • White House counsel • Republican National Committee • Greg Craig

 Steele Orders End to 
 RNC Abortion Coverage 

'Money from our loyal donors should not be used for this purpose'

Nov 13, 09 6:24 AM CST
(Newser) - An embarrassed Michael Steele has ordered elective abortion to be stripped from services covered by medical insurance offered to RNC employees. The ban, prompted by a Politico report yesterday that abortion coverage has been included in RNC policies since 1991, brings the RNC in line with what the Republican Party... More »

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abortion • health care reform • Michael Steele • Republicans • Republican National Committee • health care abortion

RNC Insurance Plan Covers Employees' Abortions

A Steele spokesman says it's going to be changed

Nov 12, 09 6:50 PM CST
(Newser) - With abortion emerging as a sticking point in the health care debate, Politico has dug up a zinger on the Republican National Committee: Its own employee insurance policy covers elective abortions. "We are taking steps to address the issue," says an RNC spokeswoman, adding that the policy goes... More »

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abortion • health insurance • health care reform • Republicans • Republican National Committee • health care abortion

Steele: I Scare White Republicans

RNC chair says he sees it in meetings

Nov 10, 09 12:32 PM CST
(Newser) - Rack up another gaffe for Michael Steele. The Republican National Committee chair has been trying to improve his party’s relationship with minority voters, but he may have been a little too honest in a recent interview with NewsOne's Roland Martin. Martin suggested that white Republicans were "scared" of... More »

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Republican • African Americans • RNC • race relations • Michael Steele • Republican National Committee

Robinson, Now
a 'GOP Hero,' Hated GOP

RNC touts baseball legend who compared party to Nazis

Oct 14, 09 9:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Whoops. The RNC’s new “GOP Heroes” website devotes a page to baseball legend Jackie Robinson, declaring him a “great Republican” who campaigned for Richard Nixon and Nelson Rockefeller. There’s just one problem: Robinson was a registered independent who professed he’d “never identified with one... More »

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race • Jackie Robinson • Barry Goldwater • Republican Party • Republican National Committee • Nelson Rockefeller

OPINION

Hey, Right Wingers: You're Hanoi Jane Now

Folks attacking Obama over Peace Prize are the America haters

Oct 13, 09 11:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - “Why, oh why, do conservatives hate America so?” One might get that idea, Eugene Robinson writes, when the likes of Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh, and the RNC rush to join the Taliban in denouncing President Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize. These people are “exhibiting what they, in a... More »

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Rush Limbaugh • Glenn Beck • Nobel Peace Prize • Afghanistan war • President Obama • Michael Steele • Republican National Committee • Eugene Robinson • Hanoi Jane

(Newser) - Congressional GOP leaders met with RNC chairman Michael Steele late last month to assert their authority when it comes to policymaking, and while those involved said the get-together in House Minority Leader John Boehner’s office was routine, Politico's sources described it as heated. Of particular concern was Steele’s... More »

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Congress • RNC • Senate • House of Representatives • Republican Party • Lamar Alexander • John Boehner • health care reform • Michael Steele • Republican National Committee • policy

Steele: Let Michelle Make Olympics Pitch

RNC chair blasts Obama's trip as 'unnecessary'

Sep 29, 09 2:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama shouldn’t bother going to Denmark to argue for Chicago's Olympic bid, Michael Steele says; that’s what Michelle’s for. “The first lady would have been and should have been the lead there,” the RNC chair said today. “Let her go and sell Chicago.... More »

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Barack Obama • Chicago • Michelle Obama • Democratic National Committee • Denmark • Copenhagen • 2016 Olympics • International Olympic Committee • President Obama • Michael Steele • Republican National Committee

GOP Raises More Cash Than Dems in Aug.

Unusual spike gives minority party $1.7M more for the month

Sep 24, 09 10:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - Republican campaign committees got a big fundraising bump in August, pulling in $1.7 million more than Democrats, despite being the minority party. “Republicans have been able to tap into some of the anger against Democrats in power and translate that into fundraising,” one analyst tells USA ... More »

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Republican • campaign fundraising • political donors • fundraising • National Republican Senatorial Committee • Republican National Committee

(Newser) - RNC Chairman Michael Steele continued his simultaneous defense of and onslaught on Medicare today, writes Eric Kleefeld of Talking Points Memo. Dems are “proposing up to $550 billion in cuts or shifting of funds out of Medicare, and I don't know what that means,” Steele said on Fox... More »

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veterans • Medicare • health care reform • Obama administration • chairman • President Obama • Michael Steele • Republican National Committee

(Newser) - The RNC has joined the fracas over health care reform with a proposed “seniors’ bill of rights” that guards against Medicare cuts, ABC News reports. “Our seniors have really come under fire in the last few weeks,” says RNC chair Michael Steele—who backed Medicare cuts as... More »

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RNC • Medicare • Medicaid • Democratic National Committee • health care reform • DNC • seniors • Obama administration • President Obama • Michael Steele • Republican National Committee

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