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Top Republican's Mortifying Fox News Gaffe

Posted 03.09.2012

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House Majority Leader Eric Cantor appeared on Fox Business Thursday night to discuss a range of topics including job growth and the Republican primary...

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Top Cantor Aide Quits

The Huffington Post | Paige Lavender | Posted 03.03.2012

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Brad Dayspring, top aide to Majority Leader Eric Cantor, abruptly resigned from his position Friday, Politico reports. “Brad has decided to move ...

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Eric Cantor Pulls Back His Occupy Wall Street Criticism

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 12.16.2011

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WASHINGTON -- House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) backed away from calling the Occupy Wall Street protesters "mobs" on Sunday, but he doubled-do...

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The TRAIN Act Cuts the Heart out of the Clean Air Act

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 12.10.2011

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Just when you thought it couldn't get any worse, the TRAIN Act, made it through the House of Representatives. But as Yogi Berra would say, "It ain't over 'til it's over."

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Both Sides Now: Obama vs. GOP/Perry vs. Social Security/Reagan vs. Cheney

HuffPost Radio | Posted 11.11.2011

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Mary Matalin and Ron Reagan sharply disagree on whether Obama was passionate or merely political in his jobs address, Perry presidential or just a "gunslinger" in his first debate, and author Cheney a brilliant strategist and/or war criminal.

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Kirsten Gillibrand Blasts Eric Cantor Over Disaster Relief

YNN | By Web Staff | Posted 10.31.2011

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Senator Gillibrand said, "I think it's irresponsible, and I think he lacked judgement, and I think he should come and begin to meet with the homes, th...

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"JOBS FIRST" -- Starting 'Labor' Day, Obama Can Turn Tables on GOP

Mark Green | Posted 10.05.2011

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On Labor Day, President Obama should announce a "Jobs First" program. Namely, spend $300 billion more starting now to spur consumer demand in exchange for $300 billion in reduced spending in 2014. Jobs first. Cuts later.

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Eric Cantor's District May Lose AAA Credit Rating

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 09.28.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Moody's Investors Service is warning 162 local governments that they risk a downgrade of their AAA credit rating because of the federal ...

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Biden 'Not Pessimistic' About Progress Of Bipartisan Deficit Talks

HuffingtonPost.com | Jennifer Bendery | Posted 07.12.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Vice President Joseph Biden said Thursday’s bipartisan deficit talks with lawmakers were the “most frank discussion we have had” b...

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The 'Learning Curve': Comparing Boehner's Record As Speaker With Pelosi's

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) has struggled to project an image of serenity in the opening weeks of the 112th Congress while worki...

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Repealing Health Care Reform Could Force 3 Million Seniors Repay The Gov't $250

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK -- Three million senior citizens could each have to repay the government $250 if health care reform is repealed, according to two Democratic ...

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Republicans FAIL To Defund NPR

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

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With additional reporting by Ryan Grim. WASHINGTON -- The Republican campaign to take away all federal funding from National Public Radio (NPR) was...

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Author Eric Cantor To Jon Stewart:

Posted 05.25.2011

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Republican Whip Eric Cantor talked with Jon Stewart last night, in promotion of his new book, "Young Guns: A New Generation Of Conservative Leaders." ...

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Dangerous Right Wing Rhetoric: There Will Be Blood

Andy Ostroy | Posted 05.25.2011

It's a shame that not one legit Republican in power is willing to publicly condemn the dangerous rhetoric. But why should they, I guess. They hope to benefit by it come November.

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Norman Leboon ARRESTED, Threatened To Kill Rep. Eric Cantor

Posted 05.25.2011

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Norman Leboon, the man now charged with threatening to kill Rep. Eric Cantor (R-Va.) was arrested over the weekend, according to a statement released...

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Eric Cantor: Bullet Shot At Virginia Congressman's Campaign Office Was 'Randomly Fired'

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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UPDATE: House Minority Whip Eric Cantor's spokesman, John Murray, has released the following statement regarding news that the bullet that struck the ...

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What's Really Behind the Health Care Hate?

Andy Ostroy | Posted 05.25.2011

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Have we become so politically correct as a nation as to be so afraid to call this shameful behavior exactly what it is? Not me. This blatant racism makes me sick, and I'm not afraid to call it out.

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The Big Lie About the FCC's Open Internet Plan (and a Dirty Little Secret)

Art Brodsky | Posted 05.25.2011

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The secret to the Big Lie -- that the government wants to take over the Internet -- is that if you repeat it sufficiently people will be accustomed to it and take it for truth. The industry knows this all too well.

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The Economy is Recovering, No Thanks to Republicans

Andy Ostroy | Posted 05.25.2011

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The economy is indeed turning, and it's done so with absolutely no assistance from Republicans, who've elected instead to take the calculated political risk of becoming the Party of No.

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GOP to Retake House in 2010? Maybe

Morgan Warners | Posted 05.25.2011

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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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"It's a Lie...It's a Lie." Obama Finally Comes Out Swinging

Andy Ostroy | Posted 05.25.2011

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The speech was brilliantly crafted, forcefully delivered and very specific about the benefits and the costs, while also dispelling the "bogus claims spread by those whose only agenda is to kill reform at any cost."

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Eric Cantor Regurgitates Someone Else's Column In Article

Wall Street Journal | Elizabeth Williamson | Posted 05.25.2011

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There's a hint of deja vu in a column by House Republican Whip Rep. Eric Cantor that ran in the Washington Post on July 30. In the opinion piece, "Ob...

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Cantor: We Need A "Judeo-Christian" Foreign Policy In The Middle East

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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This afternoon, at the annual Christians United For Israel conference, House minority whip and rumored presidential hopeful Eric Cantor discussed his ...

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Open Letter to Republican Gov. Romney, Rep. Cantor, and Gov. Bush from a Black Republican

Sophia A. Nelson | Posted 05.25.2011

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The GOP must have a place for Republicans like Colin Powell and Olympia Snow who are less conservative -- but who believe in core Republican principles.

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The GOP & Jack Kemp's Example: Inclusion Matters or the Party of Lincoln Will Perish

Sophia A. Nelson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jack Kemp was everybody's favorite Republican/Conservative. The GOP leadership would do well to model itself after him in class, temperament and substance.

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