Daniel Webster

Census Boss: House Bill 'Devastates' America's Data

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 05.14.2012

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WASHINGTON -- The head of the U.S. Census Bureau hammered the House of Representatives on Friday for passing a bill that he said "devastates" the nati...

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House Votes To End Census Survey Done Since Jefferson's Time

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 05.09.2012

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WASHINGTON –- The House voted Wednesday to eliminate the detailed surveys of America that have been conducted by the Census Bureau since the nation...

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Former Rep Involved In Car Crash

Posted 03.12.2012

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Former Rep. Alan Grayson, who is currently running for Congress, was involved in a car accident with a bus on Saturday afternoon. Grayson was en r...

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GOP Congressman Distributes Activist 'Watch List' For Town Halls

Orlando Sentinel | Posted 10.19.2011

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U.S. Rep. Dan Webster said he simply wanted to share some friendly advice with other members of Congress about how to manage town-hall meetings and th...

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"Watch List" of FL Citizen Activists Distributed at AR GOP Congressional Town Hall

Dawn Teo | Posted 10.10.2011

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Staffers of at least one Congressional office, Rep. Tim Griffin (R-Ark.), distributed a "watch list" that features six activists who are constituents of Rep. Daniel Webster (R-Fla.), each of whom was openly critical of Webster at his town halls earlier this year.

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Obama Accused Of Using 'Human Shields' In Debt 'Bluff'

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 09.14.2011

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WASHINGTON -- President Obama is "bluffing" about the impacts of a debt default and holding troops and the elderly as "human shields" in the deadlock ...

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Alan Grayson LOSES House Seat

AP | MIKE SCHNEIDER and BILL KACZOR | Posted 05.25.2011

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ORLANDO, Fla. — Florida's freshman Democratic U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson was ousted by a veteran GOP politician after the Democrat earned notoriety ...

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Republican Violence Caught on Tape--Yet Again

Erikka Yancy | Posted 05.25.2011

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They are saying the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear drew a crowd of over 200,000, and not a moment too soon. The march occurred the same week La...

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Time Heals All Wounds

Erikka Yancy | Posted 05.25.2011

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September 23, 2010 started as any other day in the 8th district of Florida, and the rest of the United States; coffee was brewed, workers started thei...

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'Taliban Dan' Ad: Grayson's 'Bridge Too Far'?

Richard Hebert | Posted 05.25.2011

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Has Rep. Alan Grayson gone a bridge too far in his campaign to keep his Orlando-based congressional seat? The media ruckus over his "Taliban Dan" att...

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David Barton, Texas Textbook Massacre Architect, Backs Daniel Webster, Grayson's Opponent

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

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Accidentally addressing a neo-Nazi hate group can happen to even the best of folks. But doing it twice? Republican primary voters on Tuesday picked ...

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Tea Party Pushes Back Against Anti-Social Security K Street GOP

Mike Elk | Posted 05.25.2011

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Daniel Webster, the former Florida State Senate Majority leader and a rising star within the GOP, seems to have gotten himself in hot water with some of the Tea Party movements biggest backers -- senior citizens.

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Daniel Webster, GOP House Candidate, Proposes Budget That Would Cut Social Security Benefits

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 05.25.2011

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A Republican House candidate in Florida wants senior citizens to share the burden of reducing the national budget deficit through cuts to Social Secur...

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Mitt, Waldo, Tip, Ted and the Real Revolution

Martin Nolan | Posted 05.25.2011

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As Brown goes to Washington, he is aware of the history in "The People's Seat." He would be wise to consult Emerson's 1841 quote, "There is properly no history, only biography."

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Obama's Rhetorical Inspirations: Presidents, Poets, and Hobbits

Aaron Zelinsky | Posted 05.25.2011

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Here are the ten sources behind the most memorable lines of Obama's address.

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