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GOP Fighting For Money From Stimulus They Opposed

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 03.21.2009 | Politics

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House Republicans, as a group, may take great pride in the goose egg they offered President Obama's stimulus package. But now the unanimous opposition...

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GOP Moderates Live In Fear Of Right-Wing Republican Study Committee

CQ | Posted 03.21.2009 | Politics

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President Obama's enviable poll numbers have yet to persuade moderate House Republicans to back key parts of the new administration's economic agenda....

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Romney Working With House GOP To Oppose Stimulus

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 03.15.2009 | Politics

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Mitt Romney and House Republicans have been forming an increasingly tight alliance since the former Massachusetts governor lost the Republican primary...

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House GOP Touting Stimulus Opposition In Ads

Politico | Posted 03.15.2009 | Politics

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House Republicans are hoping to salvage a big loss on the economic stimulus bill by making it a political millstone for moderate Democrats. The party...

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The Obama Wing Of The GOP: Caught Between The President And The Hardliners

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 03.12.2009 | Politics

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When House Republicans voted unanimously against President Obama's stimulus package, Democrats had their eyes on a select group: Obama's Republicans. ...

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Dems Admit GOP Winning TV War, Vow To "Fix It"

The Plum Line | Posted 03.08.2009 | Politics

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Okay, here's some more for you on that big advantage that Congressional Republicans seem to have over Democrats when it comes to getting on the cable ...

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GOP Rep.: Obama Easier To Work With Than Bush

Politico | Posted 03.08.2009 | Politics

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Kansas Republican Rep. Jerry Moran, who's running for Senate, told a Wichita audience that President Obama may be easier to work with than President G...

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Liberal Groups Profit From GOP's Resistance To Stimulus

The Plum Line | Posted 03.05.2009 | Politics

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Whatever you think of the politics of it, the House GOP's decision to oppose President Obama's stimulus package en masse has been awfully good for the...

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Stimulus Debate: What's The GOP's Answer?

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 03.05.2009 | Politics

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As a massive government spending bill aimed at turning the economy around winds its way through Congress, Republicans continue to snipe at it for incl...

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They Won't Play Ball With the New Boy

Jamie Stiehm | Posted 03.04.2009 | Politics

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Unruly congressional Republicans will not deal in good faith and there is nothing they would like better than to ruin Obama's day -- or presidency.

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A Sudden Conversion to Fiscal Conservatism

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 03.04.2009 | Politics

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Republicans are arguing about what dishes to set out on the Titanic instead of lowering the life boats.

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Obama Raises the Bar for Future Presidents

Linda Bergthold | Posted 03.02.2009 | Politics

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Obama's success in these first two weeks has forever changed our expectations of a new President and how he or she should behave.

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

The Plum Line | Posted 03.02.2009 | Politics

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

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Republicans Playing a 1993 Strategy

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 03.02.2009 | Politics

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I hope the Republican Party leadership continues to play their game like it is 1993 instead of 2009. They seem to be the only ones who have yet to hear that the economy is in shambles.

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House GOPers "Delighted," "Elated," "Celebrating" Over Their Opposition To Stimulus

AmericaBlog | Posted 03.02.2009 | Politics

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This says so much about the culture in Washington. You'd like to think that members of Congress are looking out for the nation's good and the well bei...

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Just When You Think You Can't Be Shocked By GOP Hypocrisy

Mark Nickolas | Posted 03.01.2009 | Politics

The same political Neanderthals that helped execute their disastrous strategy of the last two election cycles are still firmly in control of House Republicans.

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Republicans in the House Are Behaving Like the Collapse of Bush's Policies Never Happened

Mitchell Bard | Posted 03.01.2009 | Politics

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While Republicans are free to oppose Obama's solutions to the financial mess if they think they have better ideas, merely advocating the old failed policies should not be tolerated.

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Why This Isn't A Second Republican Revolution

Washington Independent | Posted 03.01.2009 | Politics

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One of the goals of the unanimous Republican "no" vote on the stimulus package Wednesday was producing news analyses like this one, from The New York ...

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Rush: 177, Obama: 0

Cenk Uygur | Posted 02.28.2009 | Politics

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Obama tried to charm them, Rush tried to bully them. And the results are in. Round 1 goes by unanimous decision to Rush Limbaugh.

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Obama Versus the Republicans: Chill Out, He's Got This

Bob Cesca | Posted 02.28.2009 | Politics

The people who got everything wrong for at least the last eight years and then spent the better part of the week spreading misinformation are demanding to be taken seriously? That's rich.

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Phil Gingrey Begs Rush Limbaugh For Forgiveness (VIDEO)

Stuart Whatley | Posted 02.28.2009 | Politics

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Following statements made to Politico yesterday telling Rush Limbaugh to "back off," Republican congressman Phil Gingrey now has his tail between his ...

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Obama Goes A-Courtin'

Rick Horowitz | Posted 02.28.2009 | Politics

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"Hang on a minute, guys -- 'When the economy's bad, you need tax cuts.' Aren't you the same folks who used to say 'When the economy's good, you need tax cuts'?"

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Planned Parenthood Rebukes Obama For Removing 'Family Planning' From Stimulus

Politico | Posted 02.28.2009 | Politics

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President Obama's only been in office for eight days and some of his friends are already steaming mad at him. The president of Planned Parenthood Ac...

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