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GOP Health Bill In The Works; Boehner Says Republican Bill Would Extend Insurance Coverage To "Millions"

Wall Street Journal | GREG HITT | Posted 11.02.2009 | Politics


Republicans are preparing an alternative health-care bill to Democratic legislation, House Republican Leader John Boehner said, marking a shift in str...

Hiring Tax Credit: Support Builds For Proposal Rewarding Employers For Hiring, More Hours

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/07/business/07tax.html | Catherine Rampell | Posted 10.07.2009 | Politics


The idea of a tax credit for companies that create new jobs, something the federal government has not tried since the 1970s, is gaining support among ...

The GOP Message To Children

Hal Sparks | Posted 11.08.2009 | Comedy


Hal Sparks

Cantor: We Need A "Judeo-Christian" Foreign Policy In The Middle East

Huffington Post | Posted 08.21.2009 | Politics


This afternoon, at the annual Christians United For Israel conference, House minority whip and rumored presidential hopeful Eric Cantor discussed his ...

Pelosi, Cantor, Top Congressmen Invested In Bailed-Out Firms

Washington Post | Paul Kane and Carol D. Leonnig | Posted 07.11.2009 | Politics


Top House lawmakers had considerable holdings in major financial institutions that took billions of dollars in taxpayer bailouts at the end of last ye...

Newt Gingrich New Face Of GOP Rebranding Effort

The Plumline | Posted 06.19.2009 | Politics


Newt Gingrich has joined Eric Cantor's new effort to remake the GOP for the future, a Cantor spokesperson confirms....

Cantor Raises Big Funds, Hires 'Nancy Drew' Screenwriter

Huffington Post | Stuart Whatley | Posted 05.23.2009 | Politics


As the first quarter's campaign contribution numbers come in, one clear powerhouse has emerged in the form of House Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-Va), ...

A Modest Proposal

Dan Agin | Posted 05.08.2009 | Politics


Dan Agin

On opening our newspaper this morning (our "newspaper of record"), we find an Op-Ed essay arguing that human morality has been provided to us by Darwi...

Cantor Claims Raising Hedge-Fund Tax Rate Would Hurt Small Businesses (VIDEO)

American News Project | Posted 04.27.2009 | Politics


In its proposed budget, the White House recommends effectively raising the tax rate on hedge fund managers from 15% to almost 40%. Many Hill Democrats...

Cantor: My Sons Would Probably Say I'm A Villain

Politico | Posted 04.12.2009 | Politics


On Tuesday, POLITICO's Patrick O'Connor reported that "Democrats may have found a more important villain in House Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-Va.), a...

Eric Cantor: Stem Cell Research Just A Distraction From The Economy

The Hill | Posted 04.08.2009 | Politics


President Obama's impending reversal of the restrictions on embryonic stem cell research is meant to distract from the economy, House Minority Whip Er...

Obama On Cantor: "I'm Just A Glutton For Punishment"

AP | LIZ SIDOTI | Posted 03.27.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON — Add another job description to Barack Obama's title: facilitator in chief. The president presided over a White House fiscal summit...

Dems: GOP's Stimulus Would Actually Raise Taxes For Many

The Plum Line | Posted 03.02.2009 | Politics


GOP leaders -- led by John Boehner and Eric Cantor -- have spent days bashing the economic stimulus package being touted by President Obama and Democr...

Boehner To GOP: Oppose The Stimulus

AP | DAVID ESPO | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON — On the eve of a key vote, President Barack Obama privately promised Republicans he stands ready to accept changes in the $825 billi...

GOP Congressman Cantor's Wife's Bank Did Well in the Bailout

Aram Roston | Posted 02.23.2009 | Politics


Aram Roston

When a powerful Republican congressman's wife is hired by a bank, and the bank gets a federal taxpayer bailout worth hundreds of millions, what does it mean?