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2012 GOP Presidential Power Rankings contain some surprises

By | 05.09.11 | 12:16 pm | More from The Iowa Independent

Image by Matt MahurinIn the fifth edition of The Iowa Independent’s 2012 Presidential Power Rankings, the panelists take note of debate performances while continuing to search for consensus on which of the potential candidates will lead the pack.

The panelists again take note of a wide field, commenting on or ranking 13 potential More…

Longtime adversaries Norquist and Gaffney continue ideological battle at conservative conference

By | 04.12.11 | 6:26 pm

At this weekend’s Awakening conference in Lynchburg, Va., a longstanding ideological battle continued between Grover Norquist, president of the taxpayer advocacy group Americans for Tax Reform, and his longtime foes, anti-Sharia activist Frank Gaffney.

Fragile GOP unity means budget bill needs bipartisan support

By | 04.12.11 | 10:44 am

Though congressional lawmakers avoided a federal government shutdown by agreeing to a short-term funding extension late Friday and early Saturday, there’s still concern that the deal negotiated between President Barack Obama, House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) to cut $38.5 billion of government More…

Wisconsin voters send strong message to Gov. Walker in supreme court election

By | 04.06.11 | 12:55 pm | More from The Colorado Independent

The Wisconsin supreme court election held Tuesday is still too close to call. At 9 a.m. this morning Colorado time, conservative Justice David Prosser reportedly led liberal opponent Joanne Kloppenburg by 800 or so votes. An hour later, AP reported Kloppenburg ahead of Prosser by 200 votes. Last we More…

Experts at AARP hearing say questions raise bigger implications about tax code

By | 04.01.11 | 5:13 pm

Two panel experts were called by the health and oversight subcommittees of the House Ways & Means Committee at Friday’s hearing to investigate whether, based on its earnings, structure and business practices, AARP deserves to retain its nonprofit 503(c)4 tax-exempt status.

The GOP witness — William Josephson (PDF), a retired partner More…

Dems say AARP investigation is politically motivated, will reveal nothing

By | 04.01.11 | 3:01 pm

Image by: Matt MahurinReminiscent of New York Rep. Peter King’s recent Homeland Security Committee hearing investigating radical Islam in the Muslim-American community, Friday’s investigation of AARP, called by the oversight and health subcommittees of the House Committee on Ways and Means, have been denounced by Democrats on the committees as a More…

House Republicans moving to abolish District of Columbia’s same-sex marriage law

By | 04.01.11 | 11:33 am

Congress.org reported earlier this week that U.S. House Republicans are once again planning to meddle with the laws mandated by the District of Columbia’s own city government.

In this latest instance, the GOP, eschewing their previously-stated concerns for job creation, is pressing to overturn the District’s year-old same-sex marriage More…

AARP: If Congress wants to take away our nonprofit status, it will have to change tax code

By | 03.31.11 | 5:15 pm

Image by: Matt MahurinAARP, the GOP’s most recent scapegoat, has been preparing its defense strategy against attacks from Republicans that the nonprofit advocacy group for older Americans deserves to have its tax-exempt status stripped.

Idaho House GOP takes revenge on Dems by voting down child disability bill

By | 03.31.11 | 12:30 pm

Image by Matt MahurinThere are petty political battles happening in the Gem State.

The Idaho House Wednesday voted down a bill that amends an existing law related to early childhood and early intervention services.

What’s telling is that the bill flew through the Senate 27-8 three weeks earlier

GOP debate pushed back because there are (almost) no candidates

By | 03.31.11 | 10:49 am

The first GOP presidential candidate debate of the 2012 election season has been postponed, according to msnbc.com.

Michele Bachmann, Sarah Palin, Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, Donald Trump, Newt Gingrich, Tim Pawlenty