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In South Carolina, an ex-governor's quest continues
CHARLESTON, S.C. — At a harborside reception overlooking Ft. Sumter, where the Civil War began, Mark Sanford batted away a TV reporter's question about the latest insult to his comeback campaign: an unwanted endorsement from pornographer Larry...
Tags: David Koch, Fox News Channel (tv network), Republican Party, Boeing Co., Government
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Conservative groups urge GOP to let budget cuts go forward
WASHINGTON — With little time left to strike a deal to head off Friday’s arrival of the sequester, conservative advocacy groups are urging congressional Republicans to stand firm and let the $85 billion in automatic cuts to this year’s...
Tags: Max Baucus, Mark Pryor, Americans for Prosperity, Federal Election Commission, Tim Johnson
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House GOP lines up debt ceiling vote; White House will not oppose
WASHINGTON – House Republicans appear confident they have the votes to pass a short-term debt ceiling increase as they attempt to dispatch with this fiscal battle to focus on bigger ones ahead. The bill, coming up for a vote Wednesday, would be an...
Tags: Harry Reid, Fiscal Cliff, U.S. Senate, Republican Party, Public Finance
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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: Fiscal Cliff, U.S. Senate, Plan B (drug), Republican Party, Crime, Law and Justice
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Rep. Tim Scott becomes South Carolina's first black senator
This post has been updated, as indicated below.WASHINGTON -- Rep. Tim Scott, a freshman tea party Republican, will become South Carolina's first black senator, Gov. Nikki Haley, announced Monday, appointing the congressman to fill the seat left vacant by Jim DeMint. "It is a great day for South...Tags: Roland Burris, Nikki Haley, Republican Party, Parties and Movements, Heritage Foundation
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Influence of big-money 'SuperPACs' not so clear
CHICAGO — There's a scary bedtime story on money in politics about how the U.S. Supreme Court's 2010 Citizens United ruling unleashed a tidal wave of corporate cash into politics and drowned out the voices of the little people. But as researchers...
Tags: University of New Hampshire, Planned Parenthood, Economy, Business and Finance, U.S. Senate, Career and Workplace
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John Boehner on ‘This Week’; Paul Ryan on ‘Face the Nation’
The TV Guy - Orlando SentinelHouse Speaker John Boehner speaks at a Thursday press briefing on Capitol Hill. Photo credit: Win McNamee/Getty Images THIS POST HAS BEEN UPDATED: The Sunday morning guest list: House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, talks to Martha Raddatz on ABC's “... -
Tea party down but not out
Reports of the death of the tea party are greatly exaggerated. For about two years now, certain observers have been declaring the demise of this insurgent tendency within the Republican Party. However, despite recent headlines, we should expect to...
Tags: Fiscal Cliff, Fox News Channel (tv network), U.S. Senate, Todd Akin, U.S. House Committee on the Budget
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Column: Tea party down but not out
Reports of the death of the tea party are greatly exaggerated. For about two years now, certain observers have been declaring the demise of this insurgent tendency within the Republican Party. However, despite recent headlines, we should expect to hear...Tags: Fiscal Cliff, Fox News Channel (tv network), Periodicals, Todd Akin, Richard Mourdock
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