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Lynn Woolsey: Obama must not ‘capitulate’ to GOP on shutdown (EXCLUSIVE)
WASHINGTON – Rep. Lynn Woolsey (D-CA) is urging President Barack Obama to follow in President Bill Clinton’s footsteps and stand strong against Republicans on sharp spending cuts — even as the possibility of a government shutdown looms. “You have to remember what a leader Bill Clinton was in 1995. It…
GOP budget cuts would kill 700,000 jobs: report
WASHINGTON – The Republican budget proposal to sharply cut federal spending would cost 700,000 jobs through 2012, according to the independent analyst Moody’s. In a new report obtained Monday by the Washington Post, Moody’s Analytics chief economist Mark Zandi analyzes the House Republican budget proposal cutting spending by $61 billion…
Republican 2012 primaries may be a ‘demolition derby,’ Huckabee predicts
WASHINGTON – Former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee, a leading GOP presidential hopeful, predicted the 2012 primaries would be a bloodbath for his party and could gift reelection to President Barack Obama on a silver plate. In a wide-ranging interview with The Washington Post, Huckabee revealed his concerns about running again…
GOP Gov. Barbour refuses to denounce license plate pitch honoring KKK leader
WASHINGTON – Mississippi Republican Gov. Haley Barbour, a potential 2012 presidential candidate, declined to denounce a group’s proposal that the state issue a license plate honoring an early Ku Klux Klan leader. The idea, put forth by the white heritage group Sons of Confederate Veterans, would create a state-issued license…
If spending cuts kill jobs, ‘so be it’: Boehner
WASHINGTON – House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) on Tuesday showed little concern for the federal job losses that could result from the GOP’s proposed spending cuts. “In the last two years, under President Obama, the federal government has added 200,000 new federal jobs. If some of those jobs are lost…
GOP aims to slash $1.6 billion in EPA funding
WASHINGTON – House Republicans on the appropriations committee released a plan Thursday that would eliminate $1.6 billion from the Environmental Protection Agency’s budget. The news, as first noted by Kate Sheppard of Mother Jones, is part of a broader GOP assault on the EPA as the Obama administration seeks to…
Report: Fox News gave GOP presidential candidates $55 million in free advertising
Being on the Fox News payroll has its advantages. Not only did five potential Republican candidates get regular paychecks from the network last year, but they also got something even more valuable: airtime Liberal watchdog group Media Matters found that the five received about $55 million in free advertising over…
GOP New Jersey governor says no to 2012 presidential race
WASHINGTON — New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, a rising star in the Republican party, ruled out a presidential run in 2012, telling an interviewer that President Barack Obama “can rest easy.” The governor was pressed on his intentions in an interview on Fox News Sunday, which highlighted poll numbers showing…
GOP agenda may mean more in 2012 than now
GOP agenda could spell gridlock for 2 years, but have greater impact in 2012 elections Even if the next two years end in congressional gridlock, Republicans hope to build a record that demonstrates to voters in 2012 that they can get it right. The GOP is promising to use the…
Kucinich: GOP’s anti-health reform push may fuel Medicare-for-all drive
Should Republicans push for the repeal of President Obama’s health care reform package in the next session of Congress, a Medicare-for-all plan would be politically easier to implement, a liberal congressman recently predicted. “So, my Republican friends who are working very hard to demolish the bill, may, in fact, inadvertently,…
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