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Sen. Mitch McConnell's threat: Mean-spirited and undignified
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is accusing President Obama of acting "arrogantly" in his recent recess appointment of Richard Cordray as head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ("Obama picks consumer chief," Jan 5). I would say that...Tags: Republican Party, Barack Obama, U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, U.S. Senate, Consumers
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Boehner discovers the obvious
Today, House Speaker John Boehner scrounged around to find the few votes he needed to pass a deficit reduction and debt limit increase plan, a difficult proposition, as his party's conservative wing has grown bold in its revolt against his leadership....Tags: Harry Reid, Barack Obama, Credit Ratings, Sarah Palin, Elections
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CNN all over the debt crisis for better, best - and, in one way, maybe worse
The Baltimore SunIn a countdown to crisis time like this weekend, if you can only watch one channel, once again, I would make it CNN. On one level, the argument is simple. In terms of cable, there is little or none of the blatant ideology that drives MSNBC and Fox...Tags: Republican Party, Barack Obama, Wolf Blitzer, Television Industry, CNN (tv network)
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McConnell does not have right answer on reining in debt
In his commentary ("Difficult choices await on spending, debt," June 15) Sen. Mitch McConnell talks of the "need to develop a plan that reins in our debt without raising taxes …" Well, since about a third of the federal budget is on borrowed money,... -
McConnell: Time for tough choices on spending, debt
Over the next several weeks, Republicans in Washington will be engaged in a critical mission: to persuade Democrats of the need to develop a plan that reins in our debt without raising taxes, which we know would kill jobs. This effort is taking place in...Tags: Republican Party, Barack Obama, Harry Reid, Credit Ratings, White House
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McConnell's tax-cutting agenda defies logic, history and common sense
Sen. Mitch McConnell is correct in saying that serious action needs to be taken in order to lower the deficit ("Time for tough choices on spending, debt," June 14). But the majority of his claims are either false or misleading and run counter to the...Tags: AFL-CIO
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Court review of health care law has political agenda
It is hard for me to imagine that there is no political agenda involved in the decision by 26 Republican state attorneys general and three judges of the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, "which is considered to be amongst the most conservative of the federal...Tags: Republican Party, Barack Obama, Justice System, Lawyers, Laws
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Fighting climate change through geoengineering
As the climate continues to change as a result of human actions, the government has done little to regulate the known causes of the problem. Consider Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's recent proposal to restrict the Environmental Protection...Tags: Research, Chemical Industry, Engineering, Treaties, Global Change
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Deficit talks breakdown: Here's why you shouldn't worry too much about the GOP walkout
Anyone who has ever participated in contract negotiations of any kind has seen it all before. One side declares an impasse, leaves in a huff and accuses the other of being stubborn and unreasonable. Those left behind in negotiations point their fingers in...Tags: Football, Republican Party, Barack Obama, Finance, National Football League
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Pelosi, Hoyer call disruption of town hall meetings 'un-American'
Tribune Washington BureauHouse Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, insisting at the start of a long and politically heated summer congressional recess that health care reform can be achieved this fall, today are calling the disruption of town hall meetings by...Tags: Republican Party, Barack Obama, Health Care Reform (2009), Government Health Care, Laws
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Democrats tighten U.S. Senate grip
Chicago TribuneThe same Democratic wave that made history yesterday by electing Barack Obama to the presidency drowned Republicans in the House and Senate and seemed poised to give Democrats commanding power in Congress. Voters appeared to be looking for someone to...Tags: Barack Obama, Ted Stevens, Mark Udall, Bob Schaffer, Chicago Tribune
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A president under siege throws down the gauntlet
Sun reporterWASHINGTON // At a crucial moment for his leadership, President Bush has picked a fight he was trying to avoid. Last month, Bush was deemed too weak politically to risk a pitched battle with Democrats as he fills the seat of retiring Justice Sandra Day...Tags: Antonin Scalia, Jeff Sessions, Ted Stevens, Bill Frist, Interior Policy
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