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  • THE BUDGET -- (Senate - March 26, 2009)
    Mar 26, 2010 — Congressional Record
    The Budget Committee chairman, Senator Conrad, has developed a different budget--somewhat different. The letter plainly stated that we oppose the use of the budget reconciliation process to consider complex cap-and-trade legislation. However, I believe that the budget reconciliation process is not an appropriate mechanism to expedite passage of climate change legislation.
  • A Politico Survey: The Tea Party's Least Favorite Republicans
    Mar 13, 2010 — Politico
    John McCain, was the Republican most cited as a disappointment. Asked which three national Republicans they were most unhappy with, McCain was named by 18 respondents.Other congressional Republicans considered disappointments included moderate-leaning Sens. At the same, he said, Hayworth “basically always voted along party lines and never looked at things from a constitutional point of view.
  • Sarah Palin lashes out at D.C., liberals, media
    Mar 13, 2010 — The Orlando Sentinel
    Orange GOP Chairman Lew Oliver said he expected the event to net the party more than $110,000. Orlando was the latest stop in Palin's high-mileage speaking tour. She spoke in Daytona Beach last month, headlined an Ohio Right to Life Society fundraiser last Friday, and landed in Calgary, Canada, the next day. Later this month, Palin will help raise re-election funds for U.S. Sen.
  • Demint Courts Tea Party, Irks Gop
    Mar 12, 2010 — Politico
    DeMint has refused to endorse some of his fellow Republican senators facing intraparty challenges from the right. Congressional GOP leaders like House Minority Leader John Boehner and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell derive their power from the inside, by virtue of the support of their colleagues. Charlie Crist for the GOP Senate nomination in Florida.
  • EDITORIAL: Arizona needs temporary hike in sales taxes: Our view
    Mar 12, 2010 — The Arizona Daily Star
    The sales tax won't fix the budget problem, because it won't generate enough to fill the gap. The phone number is 575-8633. Online: kyl.senate.gov Sen.
  • Five days in May
    Mar 12, 2010 — Washington Post
    John Tanner (D), Democrats quickly rallied around state Sen. Virginia's 5th district (D): Much of Rep. John Carney (D) is a solid favorite to win the open seat race created by Rep.
  • Graham: Immigration Reform In Peril
    Mar 12, 2010 — Politico
    Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said in a statement issued just after he and Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) met with Obama.“For more than a year, health care has sucked most of the energy out of the room. Most had expected the Schumer-Graham measure to be formally introduced in January.
  • Hayworth Ties To Alipac Questioned
    Mar 12, 2010 — Politico
    Jason Rose, a spokesman for the former congressman, scoffed at the McCain campaign's request to disavow ALIPAC."Because of comments someone made in a comments section of a website? Is John McCain a KKK sympathizer because their members supported him in 2008? Groups like the Anti-Defamation League are offended.
  • McCain scraps broader DSHEA revamp bill
    Mar 12, 2010 — Inside CMS
    Hatch added that he hopes to salvage certain elements of the McCain bill, the source said. “That’s a great idea, the full implementation of DSHEA,” he told FDA Week. Council for Responsible Nutrition President and CEO Steve Mister said he is “gratified to learn that Senator McCain will withdraw his original legislation” and lauded Hatch for supporting dietary supplements.
  • Meet the people who are percolating in the Coffee Party
    Mar 12, 2010 — CNN
    Meet these members of the Coffee Party Movement, an organically grown, freshly brewed push that's marking its official kickoff Saturday. They're frustrated liberal activists, disheartened conservatives and political newborns. But the direction Oxford has seen the Tea Party take recently has him concerned.
  • Meet those percolating in Coffee Party
    Mar 12, 2010 — CNN
    Meet these members of the Coffee Party Movement, an organically grown, freshly brewed push that's marking its official kickoff Saturday. They're frustrated liberal activists, disheartened conservatives and political newborns. It never spoke to John Purser, who's preferred the simple life.
  • What do tea parties and evangelicals have in common?
    Mar 12, 2010 — ReidBlog
    Remember how the tea party movement actually started? Santelli called for a “Chicago tea party” to protest the government’s sanctioning of “moral hazard,” and he was backed up by the traders around him. The tea party movement began with a spirited defense of those who had NOT been victimized by recession, and a scathing indictment of those who were.
  • Ben Quayle, the Former Vice President's Son, Enters Politics
    Mar 11, 2010 — New York Times
    Shadegg defeated his Democratic opponent by 12 percentage points. Parker would be the only black Republican congressman if elected. The mayor of Paradise Valley, a suburb of Phoenix, Mr.
  • Cindy Mccain 'one' With Africa
    Mar 11, 2010 — Politico
    McCain made a rare public appearance on Capitol Hill on Wednesday to see a photo exhibit of her recent trip to Africa.A longtime philanthropist, McCain traveled with the ONE campaign in January to learn more about the current state of women in Africa. "Women and children are basically throw away items in Africa," McCain said, speaking at the exhibit inside the Russell Senate Office Building, just feet from the office of her husband, John McCain. "Without organizations like...
  • Heard on the Hill: Jackson Lee Wants Face Time
    Mar 11, 2010 — Roll Call
    Do the walking ... use what you have.”HOH caught up with Walker during his visit with Rep. Dennis Kucinich.The Ohio Democrat gave Penn, his teenage daughter Dylan and humanitarian activist David Peretz a tour of the Capitol, a Kucinich spokesman tells HOH.The Jogging Caucus. Patrick Kennedy (D-R.I.) appeared to be doing his best impersonation of his father, the late Sen.
  • Is health reform deal 'pretty close'?
    Mar 11, 2010 — Washington Post
    In the Senate, the reform talk centered on the filibuster. Ensign documenting his efforts to find clients for Mr. Hampton, a top aide and close friend, after the senator had an affair with his wife, Cynthia Hampton.
  • McCain, Harkin Strike Deal To Attach Supplement Measures To Food Bill
    Mar 11, 2010 — Inside Health Policy
    Hatch added that he hopes to salvage certain elements of the McCain bill, the source said. “That's a great idea, the full implementation of DSHEA,” he told FDA Week. Council for Responsible Nutrition President and CEO Steve Mister said he is “gratified to learn that Senator McCain will withdraw his original legislation” and lauded Hatch for supporting dietary supplements.
  • Mitt Romney⤠TMs pick of John McCain a blow to J.D. Hayworth camp
    Mar 11, 2010 — ComMITTed to Romney
    Romney’s state director during the 2008 race. “Governor Romney is a good man who would make a great president,” Rose said in an e-mail when asked about Romney’s choice of McCain over Hayworth. Meanwhile, a Facebook group called “Mitt Romney Supporters for J.D. Hayworth” as of late Friday had 137 members, including Hayworth himself. In other developments: • Local “tea party” activists apparently aren’t totally sold on Hayworth as a...
  • Ryan Rising
    Mar 11, 2010 — Wigderson Library and Pub
    His column runs Thursdays in The Freeman.) Is this the Ryan moment, the defining moment of his political career? Ryan's seriousness as a numbers guy has been discussed in Republican circles for some time. With Obama's pursuit of his health care plan, Republicans' only weapons left were their ideas.
  • Senators Want Answers On Fighter
    Mar 11, 2010 — Politico
    Jen DiMascioWith the Pentagon’s largest weapons program delayed and increasing in cost, Sens. Last week, Donley told reporters the delay could be about two years — 2013 to 2015 — before enough jets can be produced for deployment. But two days later, in testimony to the Senate Armed Services Committee, he described the delay as 13 months.He said it was up to Air Combat Command chief Gen.
  • With Jeb endorsement, McCain heads to FL
    Mar 11, 2010 — Naked Politics
    ...weeks -- Alabama gubernatorial candidate Bradley Byrne, Florida House candidate Matt Gaetz, Ohio gubernatorial candidate John Kasich and Wisconsin gubernatorial candidate Scott Walker, to name a few. Today's winner: Arizona Sen. John McCain, who also received Bush's support when he ran for president in 2008. McCain will be in Jeb territory Sunday for fundraisers at the Coral Gables home of Manny and Ana Marie Kadre and the North Palm Beach home of Al and Dawn Hoffman.
  • Bitter Relations between Britain and Obama
    Mar 10, 2010 — Global American Discourse
    Robin Niblett, Director of the Riyal Institute of International Affairs, talked of American politics under the Obama administration at the panel discussion moderated by Bronwen Maddox, Chief Foreign Commentator of the Times. Niblett graded Obama 8 out of 10, though he said Obama had just started to implement his policy, and not achieved anything yet. The Afghan War is a high priority issue, and therefore, current Anglo-American relationship needs to be reconsidered.
  • Cost, Intrigue Doomed Northrop Bid
    Mar 10, 2010 — Politico
    Richard Shelby, an influential member of the Senate Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, and Jeff Sessions, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee.In 2006, Northrop also gained an edge when Sen. As late as last week, Northrop was still weighing its decision.
  • Global warming skepticism rising in the GOP
    Mar 10, 2010 — Los Angeles Times
    The shift by Rubio and Pawlenty as well as other prominent Republicans reflects the rising power of climate change skeptics in the GOP, where global warming is becoming a litmus test for conservatives. Charlie Crist, over Crist's support for emissions limits. Even 2008 GOP presidential candidate John McCain, who argued often with climate skeptics on the primary campaign trail, recently played along with a Fox News interviewer who mocked global warming.
  • Graham To Obama: Time To 'step It Up'
    Mar 10, 2010 — Politico
    Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) — who meet with Obama at 3 p.m. Thursday — have worked on a reform framework.
  • House Democrats try to stay on offense heading into 2010 midterms
    Mar 10, 2010 — Washington Post
    None of that quartet of districts made "Red to Blue" including the seats of Reps.
  • New McCain Bill: American Citizens May Be Held Without Charge During Hostilities
    Mar 10, 2010 — PoliGazette
    McCain to task over his terrorism cred: But John McCain wants Guantanamo Bay shut down and terrorists moved to the U.S. for trial.  J.D. Hayworth supports the mission at Guantanamo Bay and thinks it would be both a mistake and an abomination to award enemy combatants and other terrorists the rights enjoyed by American citizens. John McCain also wants to tie the hands of our military interrogators by banning enhanced interrogation techniques.  J.D. Hayworth...
  • Rove on the Bush years: It⤠TMs everybody else⤠TMs fault
    Mar 10, 2010 — Colorado Independent
    On page after page, Rove names the naysayers and picks apart their claims. “Did I pass on to a reporter the information that pointed to our opponent’s lie?” Rove writes. But to Rove, the most important Republican political strategist of his generation, Democratic worries about election integrity are basically one big joke.
  • Rove Speaks: It⤠TMs Everybody Else⤠TMs Fault
    Mar 10, 2010 — Washington Independent
    On page after page, Rove names the naysayers and picks apart their claims. “Did I pass on to a reporter the information that pointed to our opponent’s lie?” Rove writes. But to Rove, the most important Republican political strategist of his generation, Democratic worries about election integrity are basically one big joke.
  • When it happens, it⤠TMs going to be ugly
    Mar 10, 2010 — The South Chicagoan
    Because I realize that even when the powers that be are committed to an issue, the political process takes time. It was also the reason that Latinos voted for Obama by a 2-1 ratio.It wasn’t Obama love. Remember the primary where Obama only won the Latino vote in two states?
  • Charlie Crist, Independent?
    Mar 9, 2010 — Washington Post
    Chris CillizzaIn a radio interview this morning with the Washington Times, Florida Gov. Would it be better than abruptly ending his political career with a loss in a race that he once led by 50+ points?
  • Europeans Ready to Stick a Fork in Obama
    Mar 9, 2010 — Right Wing News
    It was just 16 months ago that weeping men and women celebrated his victory over John McCain in the American presidential election. But sooner or later, the buck has to stop at the president's desk, no matter how trendily historic his ethnicity.
  • New poll shows Democrats losing ground on national security
    Mar 9, 2010 — Washington Post
    Asked which party would do a better job on national security, 50 percent of likely voters chose Republicans while 33 percent opted for Democrats. Those numbers compare unfavorably for Democrats to Greenberg numbers in May of 2009 when likely voters were deeply divided on the question with 43 percent choosing Republicans and 41 percent Democrats. Donors, grassroots activists and the Republican voters of Iowa and New Hampshire.
  • New York Deja Vu All Over Again
    Mar 9, 2010 — Politico
    That’s what several other governors have done amid congressional vacancies, and it would save the state money. But it still would leave the seat vacant for five months.“The first question is whether there will be a special election. Despite his mediocre fundraising, Reed still starts a special election with a $123,000 head start.
  • Obama keeps focus on reform story 'villain'
    Mar 9, 2010 — Washington Post
    Over the past year, Democrats have fought passionately for universal coverage. Eric Massa, who quit Congress yesterday amid allegations he sexually harassed a male staffer, said he was 'set up' by Democratic leaders because he opposed President Obama's health-care bill. Or was it Emanuel who failed to execute the president's strategy?
  • Tea Party hopeful Ashjian gives voters third choice
    Mar 9, 2010 — Las Vegas Review-Journal
    We're a tax-paying party that can make a difference and a party of normal people who want change. He runs a small asphalt company, A&A Asphalt, has dealings in real estate and works on agricultural projects in California. He identifies closely with the conservative values of Reagan, former Alaska Gov.
  • World News
    Mar 9, 2010 — The Canadian Press
    And she has denounced President Barack Obama's health care reform plan as ushering in socialized medicine. The earthquakes keep coming hard and fast this year, causing people to wonder if something sinister is happening underfoot. It's not.
  • Younger voters set to boost GOP prospects in November elections
    Mar 9, 2010 — Digital Journal
    Democrats stating that they will "definitely be voting in November" and 13 percent of Independents making the same statement. Furthermore, of those that indicated they supported Republican candidate John McCain in the 2008 race for the White House, 53 percent intend voting in November, while only 44 percent of those who voted for President Barack Obama in that race are committed at this stage to voting in November. Disapproval of the performance of the current President...
  • Column: We expect too much from our presidents
    Mar 8, 2010 — USA Today
    We expect too much from our presidents By William Choslovsky Remember when 100,000 people showed up in St. No, it was for candidate Barack Obama, who back in 2008 was our newest rock star, if not savior. What happened is he won, and Candidate Obama became President Obama.
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