Paul Broun

WATCH GOP Rep To Civil Rights Leader: I'm Sorry

The Huffington Post | Ariel Edwards-Levy | Posted 05.11.2012

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Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.), a leading figure in the civil rights movement, took to the House floor late Wednesday night to call out a colleague over an a...

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Bipartisan Group Comprises 'Apocalypse Caucus'

The Washington Post | David A. Fahrenthold | Posted 12.05.2011

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On Capitol Hill, they are the apocalypse caucus. Twenty lawmakers, from both parties, who calculate that the best way to fix government is to act as i...

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Republicans Plan To Skip Obama's Jobs Speech

Posted 11.08.2011

President Barack Obama will address both chambers of Congress Thursday to unveil his plan to create jobs, but not everyone plans to attend. Despite...

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Rep. Paul Broun Highlights Plight Of Country Club Members In Debt Ceiling Kabuki Play

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 09.26.2011

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Everyone at the center of the fake negotiations over the fake debt ceiling crisis has their own bad metaphor that they use to describe what the "conse...

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Reduce the Debt Limit?

Joe Minarik | Posted 09.26.2011

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In this light, to be logically consistent on principle, anyone who opposes increasing the debt limit today should in 2001 similarly have opposed President Bush's tax cuts.

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GOP Congressman's Budget By 1,000 Cuts

Roll Call | Janie Lorber and Annie Shuppy | Posted 08.21.2011

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When it comes to cost-saving amendments, Rep. Paul Broun can't be beat, even if he rarely wins....

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Vote To Cut Food Aid Splits GOP

Politico | David Rogers | Posted 08.16.2011

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Already on the defensive, scores of House Republicans joined with Democrats on Wednesday to beat back repeated conservative attempts to make still dee...

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Congressman Wants Citizens of ALL Religions to Reflect on the Ten Commandments (Redux)

Chris Rodda | Posted 06.16.2011

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Well, it's that time of year once again -- time for some theocratic member of Congress to push for a resolution proclaiming the first weekend of May "Ten Commandments Weekend".

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Obama, Boehner Tell Different Stories On Budget Negotiations

AP | By DAVID ESPO | Posted 06.01.2011

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WASHINGTON -- A bullish President Barack Obama said Friday that compromise is close with Republicans on $33 billion in budget cuts, and he warned that...

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Broun: When Criticism Becomes Something More Sinister

Brian Levin, J.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

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A Congressman who seemingly tolerates with a chuckle the assassination of our sitting head of state should be condemned for it across the political spectrum.

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SHOCK: Congressman Is Asked, 'Who Is Going To Shoot Obama?'

Posted 05.25.2011

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The Athens Banner-Herald in Georgia reports that a shocking question was asked at a town hall event held by Rep. Paul Broun (R-Ga.) on Tuesday. Accord...

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Sanctimonious Sanctity

Ian Squires | Posted 05.25.2011

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Even if you interpret it from a pro-life perspective, the US Constitution is not the end-all word of God. Or Allah. Or the Pope. Or even Chris Rock.

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GOP Congressman To Obama During SOTU Address: 'You Believe In Socialism'

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 05.25.2011

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While no Joe Wilson-like interruption came from the joint session of Congress that sat before President Barack Obama during his State of the Union add...

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GOP's Climate-Change Prober Thinks It's a "New World Order" Conspiracy

Will Bunch | Posted 05.25.2011

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Instead of legislation aimed at reducing the emissions of greenhouse gases in the United States, some leaders of the incoming GOP majority have called for McCarthy-style hearings going after leading climate change scientists.

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Taking on the GOP's "Fairy Tale Politics"

Bennet Kelley | Posted 05.25.2011

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Obama needs to combat the GOP's Fairy Tale Politics so that voters understand how we got into this mess and that it simply is too risky to go back to Neverland.

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SPIN METER: Republicans Hot, Cold On Constitution

AP | BEN EVANS | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Republican Rep. Paul Broun of Georgia won his seat in Congress campaigning as a strict defender of the Constitution. He carries a c...

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Glenn Beck's Failure To Fully Fill Out Census Will Cost Taxpayers

The Plum Line | Greg Sargent | Posted 05.25.2011

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I just got off the phone with a spokesman for the U.S. Census Bureau about the news that Glenn Beck and GOP Rep Paul Broun are refusing to fully fill ...

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Congressman Wants Citizens of ALL Religions To Reflect On The Ten Commandments

Chris Rodda | Posted 05.25.2011

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Apparently, Rep. Paul Broun (R-GA) doesn't see any problem whatsoever with Congress encouraging people of "all faiths and religious persuasions" to follow his religion.

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The Most OUTRAGEOUS Quotes From The Health Care Reform Debate

The Huffington Post | Jeremy Bincknes and Nick Wing | Posted 05.25.2011

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Throughout the months of debate, negotiating and vote-switching on health care reform there has been one constant -- the often outrageous and apocalyp...

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A Guide for Those Traumatized by Right-Wing, Fear-Mongering Lies on Health Care Reform

Mitchell Bard | Posted 05.25.2011

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Since the right has had no trouble reducing nuanced issues to sound bytes, I have no choice but to provide more accurate characterizations than some of the common themes being pushed on the right.

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Paul Broun Compares Obama To "Dead Man Walking Around With No Soul"

Media Matters Action Network | Posted 05.25.2011

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Speaking on the House floor last night, Rep. Broun (R-GA) labeled President Obama's economic agenda "voodoo economics." His reasoning: "you have to b...

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Grayson Shreds Republican On Constitutional Question

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeff Muskus | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rep. Alan Grayson (D-Fla.) dispensed with the typical Congressional niceties Wednesday at a House science and technology markup, when he dismantled a...

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Paul Broun: Pelosi Is A Domestic Enemy Of The Constitution

Talking Points Memo | Rachel Slajda | Posted 10.08.2009

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At a town hall in Commerce, Ga., last week, Rep. Paul Broun (R-GA) called House Speaker Nancy Pelosi a "domestic enem[y] of the Constitution." "When ...

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Republicans Fear "Crackpots" Becoming Face Of Party

POLITICO | Andie Coller | Posted 05.25.2011

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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The Insurance Lobby's Strategy: Class Warfare from Above

Leighton Woodhouse | Posted 05.25.2011

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The insurance lobby and their proxies in the GOP are using red-baiting techniques that are as old as Communism itself to brand working Americans who support reform as "un-American."

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