Eric Cantor

The 15 Biggest Congressional Recipients Of Wall Street Campaign Cash

Posted 11.19.2009 | Business

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Reforming Wall Street is a hot topic on Capitol Hill these days. Congress is currently weighing two financial reform bills that would, to varying degr...

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Cantor Pushes Back Against Limbaugh, Hitler-Obama Analogies

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.06.2009 | Politics

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House Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-Va.) criticized conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh, on Friday, for drawing comparisons between President Oba...

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Cantor Scoffs At AARP and AMA Health Care Reform Endorsements

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.05.2009 | Politics

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House Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-Va) scoffed and downplayed the significance of two major health-care related interest groups endorsing Democratic a...

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2010 Midterm Elections Inspire New GOP Strategy

CQ Politics | Alan K. Ota | Posted 10.26.2009 | Politics

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House Republicans are devising a political platform -- informally dubbed "Ten for '10"-- to better position their party for the 2010 midterm elections...

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Cantor: Obama Should Apologize To Fox News (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 10.23.2009 | Politics

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Rep. Eric Cantor (R-Va.) suggested on Thursday that the White House should apologize to Fox News for highlighting bias in its coverage. "I think that...

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Cantor Spends Another $6,000 On Speech Coaches

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.15.2009 | Politics

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For the third straight quarter, House Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-VA) has paid several thousand dollars for the services of professional speaking coa...

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Cantor, Hoyer To Discuss Health Care Policy

AP | Posted 10.08.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — House Republican Whip Eric Cantor says he's going to sit down with Democratic leader Steny Hoyer and try to narrow their difference...

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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

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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 ...

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Congress Poised To Penalize Iran If Diplomatic Talks Show Signs Of Faltering

AP | JIM ABRAMS | Posted 10.03.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — Congress is poised to act swiftly on new penalties against Iran if international talks on Tehran's nuclear program show signs of fa...

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GOP to Retake House in 2010? Maybe

Morgan Warners | Posted 10.02.2009 | Politics

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To what extent does the GOP have to do anything substantive, as opposed to just changing tone and message, in order to get big gains?

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Cantor: Public Plan A Non-Starter, Whether In Trigger Or Co-op Form

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.01.2009 | Politics

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House Minority Whip Eric Cantor gave further indication on Thursday that the default position of the Republican party will be to oppose Democrat-writt...

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Richard Cantor: Moody's Exec Denies Claims Of Inflated Ratings

AP | MARCY GORDON | Posted 09.30.2009 | Business

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WASHINGTON — A key House lawmaker wants to make credit rating agencies – widely criticized for failing to give investors adequate warning ...

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Ed Schultz Challenges Eric Cantor To Exciting Debate

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.24.2009 | Media

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On last night's The Ed Show, MSNBC's Ed Schultz didn't take too kindly to Virginia Representative Eric Cantor's suggestion to a constituent, whose rel...

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Cantor To Uninsured Woman With Tumors: Get "An Existing Government Program Or Find Charity"

Think Progress | Lee Fang | Posted 11.22.2009 | Politics

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At the Richmond Times-Dispatch "public square" forum yesterday, Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA) fielded open questions from his constituents on the health ref...

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GOP Leadership Worried About Damage To Party's Reputation From Base

POLITICO | Glenn Thrush | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics

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"I would point out that the greatest anxiety about the president's policies tends to come from independents," he said. Long before the tea parties or...

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Cantor To Hold Public Health Care Debate With Democrat

The Plum Line | Greg Sargent | Posted 11.14.2009 | Politics

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This should be interesting. House minority whip Eric Cantor has hatched his own response to all the talk about town hall hooliganism: He's agreed to s...

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And The Runners-Up For The Republican Innapropriate Behavior Contest Are...

Julie Farby | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

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After Joe Wilson, it's easy to forget the efforts of fellow conservative stars and statesmen Lindesy Graham and Eric Cantor, who earned distinguished honors of their own for less vocal protests against the evil Obama Empire.

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Robinson: Obama Should Just Ignore "Spoiled First Graders" In GOP

Washington Post | Eugene Robinson | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

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Anyone who watched Wednesday night as President Obama explained his health-care reform proposals to Congress saw a chief executive making what sounded...

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Republicans Fear "Crackpots" Becoming Face Of Party

POLITICO | Andie Coller | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

Joe Wilson's outburst Wednesday night earned more than a personal rebuke from the president and a dagger-eyed gasp from the speaker of the House; it d...

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President Obama Speech Scored Points, NY Dems Say

New York Daily News | By Michael Mcauliff and Kenneth R. Bazinet | Posted 11.10.2009 | New York

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WASHINGTON - President Obama energized House liberals with talk of a public health care option, but fell short of capturing the hearts of Republicans ...

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Cass Sunstein Attacks Frustrate Conservative Fans

Washington Independent | David Weigel | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics

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...The campaign against Sunstein has largely written itself. One of the most regularly cited legal scholars, the author, co-author, or editor of dozen...

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Cantor: GOP Will Be 'Attentive' During Obama Speech

Christina Bellantoni | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics

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Cantor and I talked about how Republicans would behave, and I asked if it would be like a State of the Union when they sit on their hands or hiss for parts they don't agree with.

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Enough is Enough

James Zogby | Posted 09.29.2009 | Politics

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The first obligation of any government is to defend the rights of its citizens. Israel appears to have defined its own categories of US citizenship. Arab Americans are not fully recognized.

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Our Shadowy Government: Czars, Health Reform, And Bush's Resurgence

Harry Moroz | Posted 09.21.2009 | Politics

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Criticism of Obama and the czar "system" is overblown. In fact, a czar's power comes not from dictatorial authority, but from humble restraint.

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GOP Must Repudiate Limbaugh or Be Defined by Him

Menachem Rosensaft | Posted 09.18.2009 | Politics

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By tolerating and encouraging Limbaugh, the Republican leadership is fomenting racial and ethnic hatred that could have disastrous consequences for our country.

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