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Graham: Obama "Trying To Scare People"

Politico | Posted 03.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Economic Stimulus Package, Lindsay Graham, Stimulus Package, Senate Republicans, Economic Stimulus, Lindsey Graham, Stimulus, Barack Obama, Senate GOP, Politics News

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said Thursday that rather than showing leadership in steering the stimulus package through Congress, President Barack Oba...

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Ryan Grim

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

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 03.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: John Maynard Keynes, Senate Republicans, Stimulus Bill, Stimulus Package, House Republicans, Senate Stimulus Debate, Republican Alternative to Stimulus Plan, Politics News

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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Stimulus Package Set To Grow In Senate, Could Reach 1 Trillion

Wall Street Journal | Posted 03.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Obama Stimulus Plan, Economic Stimulus Package, Obama Stimulus, Senate Republicans, Stimulus Package, Harry Reid, Economic Stimulus, Senate Democrats, Jon Kyl, Stimulus, Politics News

A push in the Senate to expand business-tax cuts and infrastructure spending in the economic-stimulus plan making its way through Congress poses a cha...

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They Won't Play Ball With the New Boy

Jamie Stiehm | Posted 03.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: History Repeats Itself, Politics, Bill Clinton, Republican Primary, Congressional Democrats, Economic Stimulus Package, Rush Limbaugh, Senate Republicans, Stimulus Package, Economic Crisis, Economic Stimulus, Senate Democrats, House Republicans, Barack Obama, Politics News
Jamie Stiehm

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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Obama Raises the Bar for Future Presidents

Linda Bergthold | Posted 03.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bill Richardson Commerce, Hillary Clinton Sec of State, Department of Health and Human Services, Robert Gibbs Press Secretary, Senate Republicans, President Barack Obama, Obama Transition Team Application, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, Obama's Vice President Joe Biden, Bill Clinton Obama, House Republicans, Economic Stimulus Package, Family Planning Stimulus Plan, Rush Limbaugh Obama, George W Bush, Supreme Court Bush vs. Gore, Leon Panetta CIA, Politics News
Linda Bergthold

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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Ryan Grim

GOP Telegraphs Econ Strategy: We Told You So

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 03.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Senate Republicans, Stimulus Bill, Gop on Economy, Gop Economic Strategy, John Cornyn, Politics News

Senate Republicans telegraphed their political strategy surrounding the stimulus Thursday, saying that if the economy continues to tank over the next ...

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Why This Isn't A Second Republican Revolution

Washington Independent | Posted 03.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Rush Limbaugh, House GOP, Senate Republicans, Newt Gingrich, Republican Party, Barack Obama, House Republicans, Senate GOP, Republicans, Politics News

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

Bob Cesca | Posted 02.28.2009 | Politics

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Bob Cesca

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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Obama Goes A-Courtin'

Rick Horowitz | Posted 02.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Economic Stimulus Package, Mitch McConnell, Al-Arabiya, Spending Cuts, John Boehner, Senate Republicans, 2008 Election, Tax Cuts, Congress, Bipartisanship, Republicans, Democrats, Barack Obama, House Republicans, Obama Administration, Gop, Tax Relief, Politics News
Rick Horowitz

"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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Holder To GOP: I Won't Prosecute "Enhanced Interrogations"

Washington Times | Posted 02.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Appointments, Eric Holder Attorney General, Eric Holder, Obama Appointees, Enhanced Interrogations, Enhanced Interrogation, Arlen Specter, Senate Republicans, Senate GOP, Politics News

President Obama's choice to run the Justice Department has assured senior Republican senators that he won't prosecute CIA officers or political appoin...

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Ryan Grim

Senate Republicans Delay Holder Confirmation Over Torture Prosecutions

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 02.21.2009 | Politics

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Senate Republicans delayed a vote on the confirmation of Eric Holder to become attorney general for at least a week in order to pressure him to say wh...

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For Senate Republicans, 2010 Losses On Top Of 2008 Losses

Washington Post | Chris Cillizza | Posted 02.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Senate Gop Troubles 2010, Senate Republicans, Senate Gop Losses, Senate GOP, Republicans, Politics News

A spate of retirement announcements by Senate Republicans this year have further complicated attempts by GOP strategists to begin rebuilding a party d...

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Sam Stein

Obama Commends Bush For Auto Bailout

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 01.19.2009 | Politics

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In a statement sent out just now from his communications shop, President-elect Barack Obama announced his agreement with the Bush administration's dec...

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Senator Evan Bayh: Friend of Obstructionist Republicans

Josh Nelson | Posted 01.15.2009 | Politics

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Josh Nelson

Now that Democrats are likely within reach of 60 votes on major progressive priorities, Sen. Bayh is determined to sabotage his party.

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Thanks, Senate! For Nothing

Fortune's Stanley Bing | Posted 01.12.2009 | Business

Read More: Chrysler, Uaw, Gm, Senate Republicans, Auto Bailout, Ford, Business News
<i>Fortune</i>'s Stanley Bing

Do you know what a piddling amount $14 billion is to the Federal Government? We just allocated 50 times that amount to Wall Street. But not a penny will Republican Senators allow to the crumbling auto industry.

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Reid looks to chop Republican committee seats

thehill.com | Posted 12.09.2008 | Politics

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Democrats and Republicans Made The Mortgage Crisis -- Quit The Blame Game

Stephen C. Rose | Posted 10.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama 2008, Congressional Democrats, John McCain, Fannie, Bailout, Senate Republicans, Bill Clinton, Freddie, Sanford Weill, Fannie Mae Freddie Mac Bailout, Bob Rubin, Barack Obama, Financial Meltdown, Glass-Steagall, Mortgage Crisis, Politics News
Stephen C. Rose

By Stephen C. Rose There are two key pieces of evidence in the maelstrom we are now calling a meltdown -- but which began with a mortgage crisis. The...

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When In Doubt, Yell "Fannie Mae"

David M. Abromowitz | Posted 10.20.2008 | Business

Read More: Deregulation, Financial Crisis, Fannie Mae, Mortgage Meltdown, Senate Republicans, Housing Crisis, Business News
David M. Abromowitz

Why do Republicans point to Fannie and Freddie when asked about the current housing crisis? Only to change the subject and point away from the inevitable outcome of pervasive underregulation.

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McCain To Katrina Victims in 2005: You're On Your Own

Bob Geiger | Posted 10.01.2008 | Politics

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Bob Geiger

When John McCain makes his grand exploitation trip to Louisiana later this week, keep in mind that he voted down every chance he had to actually provide help and oversight the last time this happened.

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Sierra Club RAW: Bachmann Drilling Overdrive (And Other Assorted Idiocy)

Josh Dorner | Posted 09.18.2008 | Green

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Josh Dorner

Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota personifies just how haywire House conservatives have gone lately, particularly on energy issues.

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Democrats Look To Grab Five Senate Seats On Environment, Economy

New York Times | David M. Herszenhorn | Posted 08.12.2008 | Green

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NASHUA, N.H. -- The maverick voters of New Hampshire love to keep politicians guessing. But this state, famous for its libertarian mojo, has shifted...

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Senate Republicans Block Troop Funding Bill

America Blog | Posted 08.08.2008 | Politics

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Wow. Just when you think the GOP Senate obstructionists can't sink any lower, they do. Brandon Friedman at VetsVoice posed the question: "Will Senate...

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Seeking 60 Seats

Bob Burnett | Posted 07.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: 2008 Elections, Harry Reid, Filibuster, Senate Democrats, Senate, Senate Republicans, 2008 Election, Politics News
Bob Burnett

If Democrats want to increase their majority in the Senate to 60 so that Barack Obama's agenda would not be held hostage by Republican filibusters, they will have to gain 10 new seats.

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Conservatives Blame Own Party For Woes, Try To Push GOP To The Right

Politico | Martin Kady II and Patrick O'Connor | Posted 06.18.2008 | Politics

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Conservative Republicans in the House and Senate are unhappier than they have been at any point since Newt Gingrich was ousted in a palace coup in 199...

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Climate Bill Bugged Even Some Senators From Greener States

WSJ.com | Jeffrey Ball | Posted 06.17.2008 | Green

Read More: Hydroelectric, U.S. Senate, Senate Republicans, Carbon Credits, Climate Bill, Senate Democrats, Green Energy, Green News

Last week's Senate debate over a bill to cap U.S. greenhouse-gas emissions wasn't much of a cliffhanger. Opponents called the bill too expensive; prop...

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