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Bartlett aide raises concerns over GOP's payroll stance
A spokeswoman for Republican Rep. Roscoe G. Bartlett sent an e-mail to House leadership aides arguing that the GOP is "not playing this right," in regard to the protracted debate over extending the payroll tax cut.
The spokeswoman, Lisa Wright, was...Tags: Republican Party, Roscoe G Bartlett, Democratic Party, Annapolis, Elections
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The GOP's crack-up, long in coming, threatens America
With the Iowa caucuses just days away, the Republican crack-up threatens the future of the Grand Old Party more profoundly than at any time since the GOP's eclipse in 1932. That's bad for America.
The crack-up isn't just Romney-the-smooth versus...Tags: Republican Party, Justice and Rights, Democratic Party, Elections, Richard Nixon
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Good riddance to a disappointing year
Dear Year 2011: Goodbye and good riddance. Don't let the door hit you in the behind on your way out. Or, rather, let it hit you. You deserve it.
How bad have you been? Let me count the ways:
•The economy has been a nightmare. For all the new...Tags: Joe Biden, Radio, Republican Party, Unemployment Benefits, Elections
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The GOP tax hike
Unless House Republicans come to their senses, it now seems likely that about 160 million Americans are about to get a tax increase that amounts to $1,000 for the average household and could knock down U.S. projected economic growth next year (already...Tags: Unemployment Benefits, Republican Party, Democratic Party, White House, Mitch McConnell
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The GOP's politics of pessimism
In a Chrysler advertisement aired during halftime of Sunday's Super Bowl, actor and director Clint Eastwood says, "I've seen a lot of tough eras, a lot of tough downturns in my life, times when we didn't understand each other. It seems we've lost our...Tags: Advertising, Republican Party, Rick Santorum, Elections, Mitt Romney
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Regulator vows to improve trucking enforcement
The nation's top trucking regulators said Wednesday that their agency is moving to prevent companies that have been shut down for repeated safety violations from staying in business by changing their names, a recurring problem in the industry. The...Tags: Republican Party, Learning Disability, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Companies and Corporations, White House
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Out of history: Md. pages lament program's end
Donald F. Munson grew up around politics, but it wasn't until he became a congressional page in the early 1950s that he decided to make a career of it. The Washington County Republican, who served 36 years in the Maryland General Assembly, met Gerald R....Tags: Roscoe G Bartlett, South Bend (St. Joseph, Indiana), Broward Health Medical Center, Gerald Ford, U.S. House of Representatives
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GOP to Obama: Let them eat tax cuts
Republican leaders in Congress have so far given a tepid reaction to President Barack Obama's jobs bill, a modest $447 billion mix of tax cuts and spending intended to spur hiring across the country. Washington has become such a hyper-partisan place of...Tags: Republican Party, Unemployment, Public Finance, Barack Obama, Tea Party Movement
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Pressure on Obama to make a splash on jobs
After getting his Midwestern pre-campaign bus tour and summer vacation at Martha's Vineyard out of the way, President Barack Obama is getting back to business with a planned speech to Congress this week, unveiling a long-awaited plan to put America back...Tags: Joe Biden, Republican Party, Labor Markets, Barack Obama, White House
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Deficit reduction requires shared sacrifice
A whole lot of Democrats and independents were probably delighted to hear President Barack Obama demonstrate a little more resolve in the deficit reduction debate today. In unveiling his $3 billion proposal to reduce federal debt over the next decade...Tags: Consumer Confidence, Republican Party, Labor Markets, Barack Obama, Democratic Party
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Federal workers groups, contractors oppose Obama debt plan
Federal employee unions lashed out at President Barack Obama's proposal Monday to make civilian federal workers contribute more of their pay to their retirement plans as part of a proposal to trim budget deficits.
Arguing that employees are already...Tags: Republican Party, Democratic Party, Retirement, Civil and Public Service, White House
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Contractors grounded by FAA shutdown
When Kathleen Thompson learned this week that her Forest Glen engineering firm would not receive payment from its biggest client, the Federal Aviation Administration, the decision she had been dreading suddenly became inevitable: She told employees that...Tags: Republican Party, Roscoe G Bartlett, Illinois, Health and Safety at Work, Delta Air Lines
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