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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…

Tom Price is Right

By | 01.07.09 | 6:31 pm

The conservative vanguard at the Republican Study Committee blasted out a statement announcing that Rep. Tom Price (R-Georgia) had officially taken the helm. No surprise—he’d been elected in November. But it’s worth remembering that Rep. John Campbell (R-California), a certified public accountant from Orange County, was the front-runner More…