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Elise Foley

GOP Freshmen Pledge To 'Trust, But Verify' On Debt Deal After Shutdown Disappointment

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 08.06.2011 | Politics
Read More: National Debt, Debt Ceiling, House GOP, Spending Cuts, Government Shutdown, Debt Limit, GOP Spending Cuts, Rep. Joe Walsh, Freshman Republicans, House Republicans, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Freshman House Republicans are skeptical of striking another compromise with the Democratic-controlled White House to raise the debt cei...

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Banging Their Heads on the Debt Ceiling?

Rick Horowitz | Posted 07.12.2011 | Politics
Read More: House of Representatives, Gop, Tea Party, Budget Negotiations, John Boehner, Freshman Republicans, Federal Budget, Congress, Economic Club of New York, Democrats, Barack Obama, Eric Cantor, Debt Ceiling, Debt Limit, Debt Ceiling Negotiations, Republicans, Senate, Negotiating Tactics, Politics News
Rick Horowitz

"If you don't want us to do something really irresponsible, you'd better let us do something really irresponsible." If you happen to be John Boehner, a sentence like that apparently makes perfect sense.

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Elise Foley

Freshman Republicans To Protest At Senate Over Shutdown

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 05.30.2011 | Politics
Read More: White House, John Boehner, House GOP, Rick Crawford, Budget Negotiations, Tim Griffin, Government Shutdown, Budget, Government Funding, Cr, House Republicans, Eric Cantor, Steny Hoyer, Funding Cuts, Tea Partiers, Spending Cuts, Continuing Resolution, GOP Freshmen, Harry Reid, Conservative Republicans, Freshman Republicans, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- With nine days remaining until government funding expires, House Republican freshmen announced today they plan to rally on the steps of ...

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Elise Foley

GOP Defections In House Funding Vote Hint At Trouble Ahead

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Gop Leadership, John Boehner, Andy Harris, Mike Pence, Mick Mulvaney, House Republicans, Eric Cantor, Stopgap Spending, House Democrats, Paul Gosar, Tim Huelskamp, Conservative Republicans, Mo Brooks, Justin Amash, Freshman Republicans, Defunding Health Care, Defunding Planned Parenthood, House GOP, Budget, David Schweikert, Steve Southerland, Government Shutdown, Government Funding, Planned Parenthood, Steve Pearce, Tim Walberg, Steve King, Raul Labrador, Health Care Law, Steny Hoyer, Rob Woodall, Joe Walsh, 2011 Government Shutdown, House GOP Leadership, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- The House of Representatives passed a three-week stopgap funding bill on Tuesday by a vote of 271 to 158, fending off the threat of a go...

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