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Republicans may starve financial reform of cash

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans in the new Congress could put the budget squeeze on two powerful regulatory agencies to slow President Barack Obama's crackdown on Wall Street. A Democratic-controlled Congress pushed through the Dodd-Frank bank reform...

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US President George W. Bush (R) and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak (L) speak to reporters during a joint press conference 12 April 2004 at the US Marine helicopter hangar next to Bush's ranch in Crawford, Texas. Bush said that Israeli Prime Minister...

Most Americans say tax rich to balance budget: poll

A man holds his envelopes as he waits in line to mail his family's income tax returns at a mobile post office near the Internal Revenue Service building in downtown Washington, April 15, 2010. NEW YORK (Reuters) - Most Americans think the United States...
Source: Reuters

National debt increased 60% under Speaker Pelosi

The GOP needs to be a firm UNWAVERING stand to NOT allow ANY raise in debt limit EVEN TEMPORARILY. unless you are willing to either raise taxes or give up power in 2012. In order to get under the current debt ceiling with current tax rates would take...
Source: RedState

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US President Barack Obama eats a shave ice as he takes his daughters Sasha and Malia, and family friends to Island Snow in Kailua, Hawaii, December 27, 2010.

Celebrating the New GOP Majority

And, yes, they have the advantage of knowing that if they pass truly outlandish stuff to satisfy their base, most of it will be blocked by the Senate or President Obama. Republican House leaders are going in for a lot of symbolism, and why not? Symbols...
Source: The Moderate Voice

Cory Booker's Twitter-Heavy Snow Removal

After a blizzard started blanketing the Northeast on Dec. 26, an event that earned the Twitter hashtag #snowpocalypse, Booker turned the microblogging site into a public-service tool. Residents of the city, which has a population of around 280,000,...
Source: techPresident

Senator Jim DeMint: Conservative Of The Year 2010

He did not start out a conservative fighter. He was no warrior when he first arrived on Capitol Hill in 1999. Jim DeMint had replaced Rep. Bob Inglis in South Carolinaâ€™s 4th Congressional District. Inglis had vacated the seat to run a losing race...

What passes for 'reasonable'

WHAT PASSES FOR 'REASONABLE'.... Following up on an item we touched on briefly yesterday, it's worth appreciating in more detail a comment Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) made on "Meet the Press " yesterday. "I will not vote for the debt ceiling increase...
Source: Washington Monthly

For two top RNC aides, one Steele RNC tour enough

RNC chairman Michael Steeleâ€™s two most visible aides announced Sunday they would resign their posts later this week, following the groupâ€™s annual Winter Meeting in which it will select a new chairman. When the former Maryland lieutenant governor took...
Source: RedState