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TX Senator Ted Cruz: Confusing the Old Guys
Democrats in Washington—including honorary Democrats Lindsay Graham and John McCain– are confused. Who changed the rules and allowed a junior Senator to question the establishment? The old guys are...
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Higher Taxes Threaten to Endanger Government
Amidst all the divisive talks that have occurred over sequestration, one fact has become abundantly clear: Democrats want to increase revenues. With Friday’s budget cuts set to take effect and a...
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Senate Democrats pepper Obama with questions on entitlements
Liberal Democrats challenged President Obama on Tuesday over his willingness to cut Social Security benefits. At a meeting that lasted just less than 90 minutes, Obama was peppered by questions from...
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Democrats Drafting Bill To Tax Carbon Emissions…
A bicameral group of Democrats floated draft legislation Tuesday that would impose a per-ton fee on carbon emissions from the nation’s largest polluters, such as electricity generators and petroleum...
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Immigration Vote Splits Gang of 8
The Senate’s bipartisan immigration working group split along party lines during a contentious budget vote to prevent illegal immigrants who receive legal status from receiving federal health benefits....
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With ban on semi-automatic weapons out, Congress now spars over universal...
Senate Democrats recently removed bans on semi-automatic weapons from pending gun-control legislation in apparent hopes of passing the more politically acceptable universal background checks — even...
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ObamaCare takes friendly fire
Delays in implementing popular pieces of ObamaCare are hurting it with Democrats. Ahead of an election year in which Republicans promise to make healthcare an issue again, Democrats are criticizing the...
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Dem, GOP senators work on background check deal
Senate aides say a Democratic and a Republican senator are working on a compromise expanding required federal background checks to gun shows and to online firearms sales. If an agreement could be...
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Obama calling senators to talk gun vote
President Obama has been calling Republican and Democratic senators on Tuesday to discuss the gun-control vote, a White House official said. Obama is expected to reach out to between half a dozen to a...
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Reid plows ahead on gun control legislation
Democrats are confident they have the votes to bring gun control legislation to the Senate floor this week. But getting the votes to pass the bill later this month will be much harder. Senate Majority...
View ArticleSenate Dems: We’ll back Obama if he raises debt limit unilaterally
Senate Democratic leaders have sent a letter to President Obama pledging their support if he raises the debt ceiling unilaterally in the face of Republican ...
View ArticleRyan: House GOP discussing short-term hike to debt ceiling
House Republicans are discussing a short-term debt ceiling increase to buy time for broader deficit reduction negotiations with Democrats, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) told reporters ...
View ArticleDemocrats still saying Republicans aim to shortchange ‘greatest generation’...
President Obama and fellow Democrats are keeping up their argument that fiscal conservatives want set to slash entitlements for the country’s “greatest generation” to balance ...
View ArticleSenate to Move On Gun Control
Senate Democratic leaders expect to introduce a gun bill that includes most of the proposals backed by President Barack Obama, with the notable exception of ...
View ArticleHouse bill could create new ‘national nurse’ public health position
Reps. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-Texas), Pete King (R-N.Y.) and more than two dozen Democrats have introduced legislation that would create a national nurse to work ...
View ArticleColorado Democrats Declare War on Guns
Colorado Democrats are prepared to launch an all-out war on guns with legislation that includes bans on “high capacity” magazines, requirements for universal background checks, ...
View ArticleSenate Dems move to clear Hagel nomination by end of the week
Senate Democratic leaders have moved to clear former Sen. Chuck Hagel’s (R-Neb.) nomination by Thursday even as Republicans are ramping up their threats to block ...
View ArticleDemocrats: No VT Skiing, Maryland Destroyed If Global Warming Not Addressed
A group of House Democrats labeling themselves the Safe Climate Caucus held a press conference today to warn that if Congress does not address global ...
View ArticleTX Senator Ted Cruz: Confusing the Old Guys
Democrats in Washington—including honorary Democrats Lindsay Graham and John McCain– are confused. Who changed the rules and allowed a junior Senator to question the establishment? ...
View ArticleHigher Taxes Threaten to Endanger Government
Amidst all the divisive talks that have occurred over sequestration, one fact has become abundantly clear: Democrats want to increase revenues. With Friday’s budget cuts ...
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