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Marco Rubio will not attend CPAC
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) will not be attending the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington next week, reports Alex Leary:
Sec. Clinton interview in March 2009 marginalizes human rights, says Mubaraks are ‘friends of the family’
During a March 2009 visit to Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, to meet with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton gave an interview to al-Arabiya television. Clinton deemphasized the annual human rights report that criticized Egypt’s human rights record and talked up her friendship with the Mubaraks: More…
Bachmann budget cuts propose reducing veterans benefits
Rep. Michelle Bachmann (R-Minn.) proposed this week $400 billion in “real and necessary” budget cuts in federal spending to avoid raising the budget ceiling from $14.3 trillion. The cuts include capping increases in Department of Veterans Affairs’ health care spending and reducing Social Security Disability Income (SSDI) payments for More…
CBO: Economy likely to stay below potential for years
The Congressional Budget Office released its Budget and Economic Outlook for fiscal years through 2021, estimating that unemployment will likely remain high until 2016 with modest job growth.
The CBO expects that the unemployment rate will fall to 9.2 percent in the fourth quarter of 2011, 8.2 percent in the fourth More…
Huckabee still strong with Iowa evangelical voters
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee still has a strong lead with evangelical Republican voters in Iowa that helped give him a surprise 2008 win in the Iowa Caucuses over Mitt Romney, according to a poll conducted by Neighborhood Research:
With Baptists, Huckabee leads Romney 39-16 with 10 for
Allen West: Muslim Rep. Keith Ellison represents the ‘antithesis of the principles upon which this country was established’
U.S. Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) appeared recently on the South Florida-based program The Shalom Show and said U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.), the first Muslim representative in Congress, represents the “antithesis of the principles upon which this country was established.”
Connie Mack fundraising for Senate run?
Florida Republican Rep. Connie Mack appears to be preparing for a U.S. Senate run in 2012 — though he doesn’t outright say it, only referring to the “next opportunity” and attacking his potential Democratic opponent — by asking donors for up to $125,000 in an e-mail obtained by More…
Bachmann to give her own rebuttal to SOTU through Tea Party Express
Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) will give her own rebuttal to President Obama’s State of The Union Tuesday, broadcast by the Tea Party Express.
“There are two very exciting developments I wanted to share with you today, friends,” reads the fundraising e-mail sent out by the Tea Party Express More…
Rep. Paul Ryan to deliver SOTU response
Chairman of the House Budget Committee Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) will deliver the Republican response to the State of the Union Tuesday, according to Mike Allen of Politico. Ryan proposed a roadmap to budget reform in March that includes massive tax cuts, giving vouchers for private insurance in lieu More…
Bill to delay repeal of ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ introduced in House
The repeal of “don’t ask, don’t tell,” the U.S. military’s policy of banning openly gay servicemembers, was signed into law late last year. Nevertheless, Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.) has already introduced a bill that would require the signature of chiefs of the four branches of the military to sign More…
