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McManus: The GOP looks inward
No political party enjoys losing an election, but a healthy party reacts to defeat — after a suitable period of grieving — by trying to figure out what went wrong. That's what Democrats did in the late 1980s after a string of failed...
Tags: Politics, Barack Obama, Democratic Party, Parties and Movements, Tea Party Movement
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Jon Stewart lashes out at House Republicans over Hurricane Sandy aid
“The Daily Show” returned Monday after an unusually newsy holiday hiatus that included the tragic shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary and the manufactured drama of the fiscal cliff negotiations. In his first broadcast of 2013, Jon Stewart...
Tags: September 11, 2001 Attacks, Politics, Parties and Movements, Hurricane Sandy (2012), Republican Party
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Catholics see big gains in Congress: What does it mean?
Most postmortems of the 2012 elections have focused on its implications for the future of the Republican Party, the rise of the Latino vote or the continued polarization of the country by party and region. But here’s a takeaway you probably haven&...
Tags: Protestantism, Politics, Interreligious Dialogue, Republican Party, U.S. Congress
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Boehner makes counteroffer on 'fiscal cliff'
WASHINGTON — Rejecting President Obama’s call to raise tax rates for the wealthy, House Republicans unveiled a counteroffer that would cut Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security and other federal programs while raising new revenue by...
Tags: Politics, Barack Obama, Democratic Party, Parties and Movements, Republican Party
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GOP suggests Medicare, Social Security cuts for 'fiscal cliff' deal
WASHINGTON -- The Senate’s top Republican suggested specific cuts to popular safety-net entitlement programs – Medicare and Social Security – as the kind of proposals his party wants on the table in talks with the White House over the...
Tags: Politics, Barack Obama, Democratic Party, Parties and Movements, Republican Party
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Boehner cancels House vote as 'Plan B' falls short of GOP support
WASHINGTON — House Speaker John A. Boehner abruptly called off a vote on his “Plan B” tax proposal late Thursday, a stunning political defeat after GOP leaders failed to round up support for his alternative to a broader budget deal...Tags: Politics, Democratic Party, Crime, Law and Justice, Parties and Movements, Republican Party
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Kinsley: The more things change ...
Bill Clinton became president on a platform of "change." Not change in any particular way — just change in the abstract. Like characters in a Chekhov play, Americans found daily life unbearable in some usually unspecified way, and dreamed of escape....
Tags: Bill Clinton, Medicare, Mitt Romney, Health Care Reform (2009), Barack Obama
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Conservatives dismiss Boehner's 'fiscal cliff' offer
This post has been corrected, as indicated below.WASHINGTON – House Speaker John A. Boehner’s counteroffer in “fiscal cliff” talks ran into resistance Tuesday from the Republican Party’s right flank, which dismissed the proposal as giving too much ground to President...Tags: Politics, Barack Obama, Democratic Party, Parties and Movements, Tea Party Movement
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Defiant Boehner presses for 'fiscal cliff' cuts
WASHINGTON – House Speaker John A. Boehner broke out the charts Thursday to make his case that spending cuts must be part of any year-end budget deal with President Obama. “It’s this issue – spending!” said Boehner,...
Tags: Politics, Barack Obama, Democratic Party, Parties and Movements, Republican Party
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A Thanksgiving Day good news list
Along with giving thanks for making it to another Thanksgiving Day, The Times' editorial board is grateful that: The 2012 elections are finally over. And that after the June presidential primary, the November general election, this coming March's...
Tags: John G. Roberts, Jr., Stephen King, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Politics, Same-Sex Marriage
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McManus: The perils of political punditry
Back in 2011, at the dawn of a long presidential campaign, I established a fine baseline for my credentials as a political prognosticator: I told readers that Mitt Romney's strongest challengers for the Republican nomination would be Texas Gov. Rick Perry...
Tags: Media Industry, Rick Santorum, Politics, Personal Weapon Control, Same-Sex Marriage
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Poll: Raising the eligibility age for Medicare
Medicare may not be the third rail of American politics -- that distinction belongs to Social Security -- but politicians who alter it put their careers at risk. For proof, just look at how Republicans lost a congressional seat in a conservative upstate...
Tags: Politics, Barack Obama, Democratic Party, Health Insurance Cost, Parties and Movements
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