Senator John Cornyn

'THAT'S CRAZY TALK'

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 09.02.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Sen. John Cornyn (R-Tex.) is rejecting one solution to the debt limit impasse being floated by Democrats that argues the president has t...

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Cash-Strapped States Seeking A Way To Declare Bankruptcy

The Huffington Post | William Alden | Posted 05.25.2011

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States are looking for relief. As they confront massive debts and diminished revenue, some state officials are trying to determine whether they could...

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GOP Senators Rebuke Mike Castle Over Talk Of Write-In Bid For Delaware Senate Seat

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 05.25.2011

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Top GOP senators rebuked Delaware Congressman Mike Castle Thursday for considering a write-in campaign after his surprise loss to Christine O'Donnell ...

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Obama and the Mosque -- Cool Logic Spawns Heated Inanity

Victoria Jones | Posted 05.25.2011

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Moving Cordoba House makes 19 dead losers larger than life, it says we're still impacted by them. This is New York we're talking about. The city stands up for itself.

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John Cornyn: More Americans Looking Back On Bush Years With 'Fondness'

The Huffington Post | Erin Booth | Posted 05.25.2011

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In an interview with C-SPAN on Sunday, Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) spoke of people's nostalgia for the days of the Bush Administration. Cornyn, the chai...

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Cornyn's Primary Strategy Has "Neutered" The Moderates: Dems

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Two of the Republican Party's three federal campaign committees announced on Wednesday that they would be forgoing active participation in future GOP ...

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GOP Senators: Sotomayor Firefighter Plaintiff Is Victim Of "Smear Campaign"

The New Haven Independent | Posted 05.25.2011

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As firefighter Frank Ricci arrived in the nation's capital for his moment in the spotlight, U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch came to the his defense against an a...

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GOP Says Palin Will Attend Fundraiser

AP | BEN EVANS | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich on Monday urged some 2,000 Republican party loyalists to stand up for GOP principles but to be i...

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Top House GOP Recruiter Wants Pro-Choice Candidates

Huffington Post | Susan Crile | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Republican Party is looking at a decidedly more diverse list of potential candidates this year. Several top GOP officials have suggested recently ...

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Bunning Threatens to Resign Early and Give Dems 60 Senate Seats If GOP Doesn't Back Off

Mark Nickolas | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sen. Jim Bunning is a first-rate crack pot, but his insanity might hasten the speed at which Democrats take back this Senate seat.

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John Conryn Vacationed In Caribbean On Texas Fraudster's Dime

TPMmuckraker | Posted 05.25.2011

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So we already knew that Allen Stanford -- the Texas banker charged by the SEC today with running an $8 billion "fraud of shocking magnitude" -- had so...

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The Torture Memos Are the Crime: Why Obama and Holder Should Smack Cornyn Down

Pete Cenedella | Posted 05.25.2011

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Whether John Cornyn and his fellow apologists for torture like it or not, Eric Holder not only has every right to pursue those who participated in the torture memos, it will be his duty to do just that.

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