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Conservatives See Long-Term ‘Gift’ in Obama Spending Freeze

By | 01.29.10 | 6:00 am

On December 9, House Republicans did what they’d done multiple times throughout 2009. They released an open letter to President Obama, laying out their ideas for a “No-Cost Jobs Plan.” It included, among ideas like scaled-back energy regulation and a temporary tax break for corporations repatriating More…

Michele Bachmann Weighs In on 9/11 Trials

By | 12.11.09 | 8:48 am

Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) and the National Review’s Andrew McCarthy teamed up with other House Republicans on Thursday on the front steps of the Supreme Court to take a shot at President Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder for deciding to try Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and the other alleged co-conspirators More…

Boehner: Democrats Will ‘Feel the Heat in August’

By | 08.03.09 | 6:11 pm

Eric Kleefeld points to a new post from Rep. John Boehner (R-Ohio), cheering on disruptions of Democratic town halls. Embedded in that post is an interesting document: A July 31 memo from Boehner called “A Very Hot Summer,” encouraging Republicans to win the health care fight over the recess.

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The Return of the Chart

By | 07.15.09 | 2:22 pm

Jonathan Cohn says what needs to be said about the House Republicans’ new chart mocking the House Democrat-sponsored health care bill:

But these charts — and, more important, the Republicans who use them as propoganda [sic] — tend to ignore one inconvenient fact: American health care is already

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House ‘Birther Bill’ Up to Nine Co-Sponsors

By | 07.15.09 | 11:06 am

Rep. Bill Posey’s (R-Fla.) bill that would change campaign law to demand proof of citizenship from presidential candidates is up to nine co-sponsors. Since June, Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Rep. Dan Burton (R-Ind.), Rep. Kenny Marchant (R-Texas), and Rep. Ted Poe (R-Texas) have added their names to the More…

Republicans Nudge Democrats Over Iran Resolution

By | 06.19.09 | 10:53 am

There’s some static between Democratic and Republican members of Congress in favor of the Iran Resolution. After Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.) used her time to talk about Iran’s nuclear program, Rep. Howard Berman (D-Calif.) gently shifted the focus back to “the people of the Iran.” Rep. Mike Pence (R-Ind.) very More…

Bill Posey, Congressional Birther, Finds Some Friends and Bashes ‘Angry Woman’ Rachel Maddow

By | 06.18.09 | 3:16 pm

Rep. Bill Posey (R-Fla.), who has introduced a bill that would require future presidential candidates to provide proof of U.S. citizenship, has collected four more co-sponsors — Reps. John R. Carter, John Culberson and Randy Neugebauer, all Republicans from Texas, and Rep. John Campbell (R-Calif.). Rep. Bob Goodlatte More…

Mike Pence’s Iran Resolution Has 14 Co-Sponsors

By | 06.17.09 | 2:48 pm

That’s according to his spokesman Matt Lloyd. No names yet, but they’re coming as the resolution gathers steam.

Neocons, House GOPers Demand Obama Take Moussavi’s Side

By | 06.16.09 | 12:11 am

Before voters went to the polls in Friday’s elections in Iran, critics of President Obama’s Iran policy — and of his outreach to the Middle East in general — attempted to pre-empt the possible defeat of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad by pronouncing it meaningless. John Bolton, the former United Nations Ambassador More…

Rep. John Carter Responded to DHS Right-Wing Extremism Report by Mocking Clinton

By | 06.11.09 | 10:22 am

I’m looking back through the transcripts of the April 22 floor speeches that Rep. John Carter (R-Texas) and a number of Republican colleagues gave about the Department of Homeland Security’s assessment on “right-wing extremism.” Carter demanded the resignation of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, comparing the report to the Clinton More…