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GOP congressmen on energy tour
The Swampby Matthew Hay Brown House Minority Leader John Boehner and 10 fellow GOP congressmen left Washington this morning for Alaska, where they plan to spend the weekend highlighting the domestic energy production potential at settings such as the Arctic...Tags: Nature, National Government, Adrian Smith, Republican Party, Petroleum Industry
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GOP releases full convention roster
The Swampby Frank James The Democratic National Convention isn't even half over and already we're looking ahead to next week's Republican version which Republicans have dubbed the "Country First" convention to tie in with the overarching theme of Sen. John McCain'...Tags: Charlie Crist, National Government, Marsha Blackburn, Political Candidates, Armed Forces
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Al Franken senator: 'Picture wrong?'
The Swampby Mark Silva They had dinner last night, members of Congress did. And some of them told jokes, like some of them always do, at the annual congressional dinner of the Washington Press Club Foundation. As usual, some were carrying......Tags: John Boehner, Al Franken, Getty Images Inc., Barney Frank, Nancy Pelosi
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Republicans slam Obama for spending
The Swampby Mark Silva California Rep. Kevin McCarthy, delivering the Republican Party's weekly address today, maintained a steady drumbeat of GOP criticism for President Barack Obama's record spending. This capped a week, featuring the deadline for federal income...Tags: Barack Obama, American International Group, Politics, Heads of State, National Government
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Republicans plotting for 'Thumpin' II
The Swampby Mark Silva Republicans got "a thumpin''' in the last midterm elections, George W. Bush once famously said. Now Republicans are plotting "a thumpin''' of their own in the next midterms - and they're drawing on the game-plan of the......Tags: Social Issues, Politics, National Government, Philosophy, Republican Party
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'Great white hope:' GOP rep. apologizes
The Swampby Mark Silva Rep. Lynn Jenkins probably never heard of Jack Johnson. But the freshman Republican congresswoman from Kansas says she is sorry now about suggesting that the Republican Party, like those who wanted to dethrone Johnson from the heavyweight......Tags: Social Issues, Barack Obama, Politics, James Earl Jones, Election Day
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The conspiracy behind Obama's NCAA tournament bracket
Like most rational Americans who get their information from blogs that have the word "patriot" in them, I was appalled to learn that President Barack Obama had once again filled out an NCAA men's basketball tournament bracket. Smartly, lawmakers of...
Tags: Barack Obama, College Basketball, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, College Sports, National Collegiate Athletic Association
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Ugly numbers for state GOP
SACRAMENTO — "Too white, too right and too uptight," says a veteran political consultant. "That's why the Republican Party can't come back in California." Strategist David Townsend is a Democrat, so that's the sort of comment you would expect from...
Tags: Voting, Social Issues, Politics, Illegal Immigrants, Gun Control
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California GOP faces steep road back
SACRAMENTO — The Republican Party has become so pathetic in California that it can't even find a candidate to run for governor next year. Correct that. It isn't even looking. Wouldn't know where to begin. The party's in no position to recruit...
Tags: Politics, Parties and Movements, Immigration, Minority Groups, Gavin Newsom
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GOP: Groping Old Pary
Jules WitcoverWASHINGTON -- Only a few days into the new year, the Grand Old Party has a huge political hangover from the events that rang in the tidings of 2013. First came the escape from the fiscal cliff that saw its speaker of the House, John Boehner,...Tags: Politics, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, John Boehner, Parties and Movements
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Defined by a Sandy sidestep
WASHINGTON -- The end-of-term reviews of John Boehner's House speakership are in, and they aren't pretty. "The conduct of the Republican leadership was disgraceful, it was indefensible and it was immoral." "There was a betrayal." "Disappointing...
Tags: Politics, Parties and Movements, John Boehner, Tom Reed, Republican Party
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The double-down president is an instigator, not a conciliator
Americans are justified in feeling numbed by the car alarm of Washington politics. Every now and then we get a reprieve from the noise. Something breaks through: a sex scandal, a gaffe, a surprise resignation. Already the words "Petraeus affair" have...Tags: Politics, Barack Obama, Fiscal Cliff, John Boehner, Parties and Movements
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