Senate Republicans

Sam Stein

Lieberman: Dems Haven't Given Up Enough On Health Care

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.13.2009 | Politics

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Senator Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn.) encouraged Democratic leadership in the Senate to wipe health care legislation clean of provisions held dear by pro...

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Kyl Falsely Accuses Reporter Of Inaccurate Story

politico.com | Glenn Thrush | Posted 10.28.2009 | Media

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Sen. Jon Kyl's office took the extremely unusual step of issuing a correction of sorts on a Hill story quoting him as saying he'd be open to the idea ...

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Republicans Must Stop Playing Politics With Unemployment Benefits

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand | Posted 10.19.2009 | New York

Read More: Unemployment Benefits, Long Island, Senate Republicans, Recovery, Economic Policy, New York City, Middle Class, Economic Stimulus, Joblessness, Senate Democrats, Hudson Valley, Recession, New York News
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand

Rather than do what is right, Republicans did what was politically convenient, twice blocking the unemployment extension last week in an effort to derail other economic recovery programs.

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Graham Waves To Teabaggers From Other Side Of Climate Rubicon

Bill Scher | Posted 10.14.2009 | Green

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Bill Scher

Sen. Graham may be a conservative, but he is not a moron. He knew full well the right-wing lunacy that would be unleashed by his willingness to compromise to pass carbon cap legislation.

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Senate Republicans Holding Up Key Obama Nominees

Washington Post | Ruth Marcus | Posted 10.07.2009 | Politics

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Miriam Sapiro was nominated to be deputy U.S. trade representative in April. The Senate Finance Committee voted -- unanimously -- to confirm her in Ju...

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Because Bipartisanship Is Dead Until 2011: A Defense of Senate Moderates

John R. Bohrer | Posted 11.30.2009 | Politics

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John R. Bohrer

The GOP cannot even claim credit for bringing the bills to the middle of the road -- the Democrats are hogging all of it. And that is a good thing, despite what some may think.

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Sam Stein

Gibbs Slams Key GOP Health Care Negotiator: He's Walked Away From Table

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.16.2009 | Politics

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The White House on Monday accused one of the key Senate Republicans working on health care legislation of abandoning efforts at crafting a bipartisan ...

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Stealing From California's Young People

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 09.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Student Fee Hikes, Prison Spending, CSU Board of Trustees, California State University, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Oil Severance Tax, Senate Republicans, Oil Tax, Exxonmobile, CSU Chancellor Charles Reed, CSU System, California Republicans, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Pay Cuts, Higher Education, California Budget, Shell Oil, Higher Education Cuts, California State Legislature, Tobacco Tax, Teachers, Nurses, Chico State University, Arnold, California Republican Minority, Assemblyman Alberto Torrico, California Faculty Association, President Paul Zingg, California Prisons, Budget Cuts, California Budget Crisis, Furloughs, Cfa, Csu, ab656, Politics News
Joseph A. Palermo

By blocking any new revenue streams to fund higher education, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and the Senate Republican minority are not only taxing California's young people and their families, they are crippling the state's future.

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The Health Club at the Corner of Chimera and Mirage

Rick Horowitz | Posted 09.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama and Republicans, Public Option, Senate Finance Committee, Charles Grassley, Health Co-Ops, Senate Republicans, Mike Enzi, Democrats, Barack Obama, Senate Democrats, Health Care Reform, Max Baucus, Kent Conrad, Bipartisanship, Chuck Grassley, Republicans, Health Care, Town Hall Meetings, Politics News
Rick Horowitz

Obama the Developer wants to build a health club. Something classy, that's what he's thinking, with all the latest equipment, and enough room so everyone in town can join.

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The GOP's White Guy Fix

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 09.07.2009 | Politics

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Earl Ofari Hutchinson

The GOP has draw up a canny, political game plan to re-energize and reorganize its oldest, and most dependable base, white males.

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Can We Trade in Our Republican Senate Clunkers?

Andy Ostroy | Posted 09.03.2009 | Politics

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Andy Ostroy

Republicans don't care about the unemployed, the uninsured, the economy and making this country financially healthy. To the contrary, it's in their political interest to root for failure.

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Sam Stein

GOP Whacks Obama On Gitmo, Michael Bay Style (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 06.06.2009 | Politics

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Over the past few days Republicans in Congress have begun a sustained attack on the President for pursuing a Guantanamo Bay policy that they say would...

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The Meaning of the Specter Switch

Mary Lyon | Posted 05.29.2009 | Politics

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Mary Lyon

My instinct is not to trust this too much. I can't help looking this gift horse directly in the mouth, through the teeth, and down the hatch.

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Sebelius Thursday Confirmation Vote Blocked By Senate Republicans

Washington Post | Posted 05.24.2009 | Politics

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President Obama will have to wait a bit longer to round out his Cabinet. Senate Republicans refused today to allow a confirmation vote on his health s...

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Sam Stein

House GOP Will Introduce Its Own Budget

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 04.25.2009 | Politics

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One day after being ridiculed by President Obama for not having a budget of their own, the Republican leadership in the House of Representatives annou...

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Senate Republicans Join Campaign Against Obama Intel Chair

Wall Street Journal | Posted 04.10.2009 | Politics

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All seven Republicans on the Senate intelligence committee joined the chorus of criticism on Capitol Hill over the Obama administration's naming of a ...

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Boehner Rush Limbaugh Op-Ed: It's A Dem Conspiracy

Huffington Post | Stuart Whatley | Posted 04.05.2009 | Politics

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House Minority Leader John Boehner has responded to the ongoing deification of radio host Rush Limbaugh in a Washington Post op-ed Thursday. Boehner ...

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Ryan Grim

Red States Gobble Up Omnibus Earmarks

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 04.02.2009 | Politics

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If it's budget time, it's good to be a red state. And it's very good to be Mississippi. According to an analysis by the nonpartisan Taxpayers for Co...

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Nico Pitney

Jim Bunning Threatens To Resign From Senate To Hurt GOP

HuffingtonPost.com | Nico Pitney | Posted 03.30.2009 | Politics

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The Louisville Courier-Journal has another bombshell about Sen. Jim Bunning, the embattled Republican who is increasingly going rogue in an effort to ...

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While Aides Can't Find Work, Bush Charging $150,000 For Speeches

Mark Nickolas | Posted 03.30.2009 | Politics

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Mark Nickolas

Interesting juxtaposition for the recently departed Bush Administration. First, it seems that despite being one of the most unpopular -- and already o...

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GOP Recycling Failed McCain Campaign Tactics

The New Republic | Posted 03.27.2009 | Politics

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The Republican Party has been using a grab-bag of strategies to counter Obama's policies over the past month. They rail against the stimulus package f...

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GOP Cabinet Member LaHood Disappointed By Stimulus Votes, Takes Some Blame

New York Times | Posted 03.21.2009 | Politics

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The failure of President Obama to win any votes from House Republicans did not go unnoticed by one former House Republican, Ray LaHood, now secretary ...

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Progressives Call For Democrats To Abolish The Filibuster

The American Prospect | Posted 03.12.2009 | Politics

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The most important number in Washington this month is not the $827 billion price tag on the stimulus bill. Nor is it the eye-popping 598,000 jobs lost...

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GOP Fired Up By Stimulus Battle: "We're Picking Good Fights"

DC Examiner | Posted 03.12.2009 | Politics

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You see it all over Capitol Hill, in the hallways, the hearing rooms, the gathering spots. Republicans, coming off a devastating, across-the-board ele...

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Democrats kill McCain's alternative stimulus plan

AP | Posted 03.08.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — The Senate has killed an alternative economic stimulus plan by Sen. John McCain that would have cut income and payroll taxes but sp...

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