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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…

GOP Wants You to Cry for Boeing

By | 03.31.10 | 2:35 pm

The Republican Study Committee just blasted out a release attacking the Democrats’ health care reforms for forcing Boeing, among other large corporations, to pay a $150 million charge based on the bill’s elimination of a corporate tax deduction for employees’ prescription drugs.

“ObamaCare will clip the wings More…

GOPers: EPA Finding Threatens Kittens, Petunias

By | 12.07.09 | 3:33 pm

There is a thing called thoughtful skepticism, but this release from the Republican Study Committee, condemning the EPA’s finding that greenhouse emissions threaten human health, isn’t it.

“This is good news for all those opposed to the despicable practice of breathing,” the statement reads, “but it may More…

Questioning the ‘Outpouring’ of Opposition to Health Care Reform

By | 09.03.09 | 11:41 am

Republicans in Congress have been quick to point to the sometimes-riotous town-hall forums of recent weeks as indication that Americans en masse believe the Democrats’ plans for health care reform to be atrocious. Indeed, Rep. Tom Price (R-Ga.), chairman of the Republican Study Committee, is claiming this morning More…

No Bipartisanship on U.N. Human Rights Council

By | 04.02.09 | 11:14 am

Two parties. Two widely different reactions to the Obama administration’s announcement Tuesday that the United States will seek a spot on the U.N. Human Rights Council.

Rep. Howard Berman (D-Calif.), who heads the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said he “strongly” supports the move, arguing that the panel has become More…

The RSC on Daschle

By | 02.03.09 | 2:14 pm

Rep. Tom Price (R-Ga.), who heads the conservative Republican Study Committee in the House, spots an opportunity to attack Democrats on former Health and Human Services nominee, Tom Daschle.

Today’s action provides a glimmer of hope for patient-centered health care in America. While the fact that he failed to pay

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