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Will the Grover Norquist Insurrection Work?
As the so-called “fiscal cliff” nears, prominent Republicans have recently been making some noise about abandoning Grover Norquist’s anti-tax pledge. Tennessee Senator Bob Corker, Georgia’s Saxby Chambliss, South Carolina’s...
Tags: Parties and Movements, Bob Corker, Edward G. Rendell, Jack Abramoff, Lobbying
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Cracks in the anti-tax wall
WASHINGTON -- Maybe the fever is breaking. Maybe the delirium is lifting. Maybe Republicans are finally asking themselves: What were we thinking when we put an absurdly unrealistic pledge to a Washington lobbyist ahead of our duty to the American people?...
Tags: Parties and Movements, George W. Bush, Bob Corker, The Wall Street Journal, Lindsey O. Graham
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Republicans to Grover Norquist: We're just not that into you
Was the big loser of this month's election Grover Norquist? It's starting to look that way, as an increasing number of Republicans in the House and Senate are announcing that they could be willing to violate the pledges they signed at the behest of the...
Tags: Bob Corker, Dick Durbin, White House, Barack Obama, Politics
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Sunday guest list: Bill Gates, Scott Walker, Nancy Pelosi
The TV Guy - Orlando SentinelThe Sunday morning guest list: CNN's “State of the Union” features Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., and Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga., discussing the fiscal cliff. The program starts at 9 a.m. and noon. Discussing theĀ fallout from Benghazi will be Sen. Roy... -
Petraeus Testifies Libya Attack was Al Qaeda Terrorism
CNNWASHINGTON -- Former CIA Director David Petraeus testified on Capitol Hill on Friday that the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, was an act of terrorism committed by al Qaeda-linked militants. That's according to U.S. Rep. Peter King of New...Tags: University of Denver, Religion and Belief, The Pentagon, Unrest, Conflicts and War, U.S. Senate
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FBI, CIA officials to brief House committee on Petraeus scandal
FBI and CIA officials were to travel Wednesday to Capitol Hill to brief the House Intelligence Committee's chairman and its top Democratic member on the resignation of CIA Director David Petraeus and the investigation that led up to it, according to a...
Tags: Justice System, Central Intelligence Agency, Jay Carney, News Agency, C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger
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Tunisian Man Arrested in Deadly Attack on Benghazi Consulate
The Tunisian government on Wednesday confirmed it has arrested a 28-year-old Tunisian reportedly linked to the U.S. Consulate attack in Libya, according to the AP.
Tunisian Interior Ministry spokesman Tarrouch Khaled said Ali Harzi was in custody in...Tags: Religion and Belief, Weaponry, Operation Fast and Furious, Belief and Faith, Jay Carney
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Bigger programs, bigger boondoggles
In mid-June, the best guessers on Capitol Hill handicapped a probable 2012 Farm Bill this way: either the Senate passes its version by the Fourth of July to push the House to act by late summer or no farm law will pass until after the November general...Tags: Mitch McConnell, Dick Durbin, Tea Party Movement, Science and Technology, Politics
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Former Gov. Ed Rendell: Why we're wusses.
Capitol Ideas with John L. MicekIn case you missed it, this ran in The Grown-Up Paper over the weekend. In the final days of December 2010, as he prepared to put a cap on two terms as Pennsylvania's chief executive, then-Gov. Ed Rendell made national...... -
Let's not fret over who is more macho
Arianna HuffingtonWednesday was a big anniversary - one year since the day Osama bin Laden was killed in Pakistan. The president is marking the occasion by, among other things, sitting for an exclusive interview with Brian Williams in the White House Situation Room,...Tags: Mitt Romney, War in Afghanistan (2001-present), Unrest, Conflicts and War, Elections, September 11, 2001 Attacks
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Cardin leads fight over pesticides
Sen. Benjamin L. Cardin, a longtime advocate of the Chesapeake Bay, is wading into the high-profile debate over the federal regulation of pesticides -- instantly putting him at odds with fellow Democrats while potentially raising his national profile on...Tags: Barbara Boxer, Nature, Regional Authority, U.S. House of Representatives, Environmental Politics
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Guest list: David McCullough talks to CNN’s Fareed Zakaria; Michael Bloomberg on ABC’s ‘This Week’
The TV Guy - Orlando Sentinel"This Week" starts at 11 a.m. on WFTV-Channel 9. New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg will be a guest with the gay couple he will marry on Sunday: Jonathan Mintz and John Feinblatt. The other guests will be former Sens. Trent Lott, R-Miss. and Tom Daschle, D-...
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