Category Archives: Republican

Energy secretary hammered on gas prices

By doris | Published: March 22, 2012

Full Story at CNN.com Washington (CNN) — A committee hearing Tuesday on the Department of Energy’s use of stimulus funding kept returning to rising gas prices as Republicans hammered Secretary Steven Chu over the pain at the pump. The partisan divide of Washington was on full display at the House Oversight Committee hearing. Democrats on [...]

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House Republicans To Repeal Health Care Law’s Independent Payment Advisory Board

By doris | Published: March 20, 2012

Full Story at huffingtonpost.com WASHINGTON — Republicans are revamping their strategy against President Barack Obama’s health care law: If they can’t repeal the whole thing, they’ll try to pick off pieces. Starting with a new and unfamiliar bureaucracy. The House is scheduled to vote Thursday to abolish the Independent Payment Advisory Board, a yet-to-be-appointed body [...]

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Jobs and energy have Dems and GOP talking

By doris | Published: March 12, 2012

Full Story at whitehouse.blogs.CNN.com (CNN) – Jobs and energy prices dominated weekly addresses by Democrats and Republicans on Saturday, a day after government numbers showed the creation of 227,000 new jobs last month. Despite the jobs, the unemployment rate remained unchanged, according to the numbers. With unemployment hovering at 8.3%, Republicans put forth Gov. Jack [...]

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Senate rejects GOP measure to build oil pipeline

By doris | Published: March 9, 2012

Full Story at CNN.com Washington (CNN) — The Senate narrowly rejected a Republican-sponsored measure Thursday that would have bypassed the Obama administration’s current objections to the Keystone XL pipeline and allowed construction on the controversial project to move forward immediately. Fifty-six senators voted in favor of the amendment — four short of the 60 required [...]

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Obama addresses gas prices, pitches energy policy

By doris | Published: March 3, 2012

Full Story at NBCPolitics.msnbc.msn.com President Barack Obama confronted Americans’ anxiety over rising gasoline prices by drawing attention to his energy policies and taking credit for rising oil production in a speech Thursday to students and faculty at the University of Miami. Obama touted an energy strategy that the administration says will reduce dependence on foreign [...]

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Romney wins Wyoming, splits delegates with Santorum

By doris | Published: March 2, 2012

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — Republican presidential candidate followed his victory in Michigan on Tuesday with one in Wyoming’s caucuses on Wednesday. But like in Michigan, he’ll split delegates with rival Rick Santorum. Throughout February, Wyoming Republicans held caucuses and cast votes in straw polls in 22 of the state’s 23 counties. The final [...]

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Obama responds to Santorum’s ‘snob’ jab?

By doris | Published: February 28, 2012

Full Story at CNN.com Blogs Washington (CNN) – The White House repeatedly maintains President Obama isn’t monitoring the day-to-day rhetoric Republicans fire at him on the campaign trail. But the president all but directly responded to Rick Santorum’s latest jab. Over the weekend, during which the former Pennsylvania senator called Obama a “snob” for suggesting [...]

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Indiana lawmaker regrets letter, continues criticism of Girl Scouts

By doris | Published: February 26, 2012

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — An Indiana legislator has voiced regret for writing a letter stating the Girl Scouts of America “sexualizes” young girls, even as he stood by his criticisms of what he called a “radicalized organization.” In a statement distributed Thursday to media in Indiana, state Rep. Bob Morris said he “should [...]

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Carville: GOP adults want ‘children’ to behave themselves

By doris | Published: February 25, 2012

Full Story at Carville: GOP adults want ‘children’ to behave themselves – CNN.com If you notice that I have changed my current missive to address adults (as opposed to addressing the establishment as I’ve done in the previous two), this was done to acknowledge Indiana GOP Chairman Eric Holcomb. Holcomb said recently, “Republicans are fretting [...]

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GOP sees chance to attack Obama on rising gas prices

By doris | Published: February 21, 2012

Full Story at msnbc.com WASHINGTON — Rising gasoline prices, trumpeted in foot-tall numbers on street corners across the country, are causing concern among advisers to President Obama that a budding sense of economic optimism could be undermined just as he heads into the general election. White House officials are preparing for Republicans to use consumer [...]

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Congress weighs GOP payroll tax gambit

By doris | Published: February 14, 2012

Full Story at NBCPoliticsmsnbc.msn.com President Barack Obama said Tuesday he’s hopeful Congress will renew a 2-percentage-point cut in the payroll tax before it lapses at the end of the month, but said it’s important to also renew jobless benefits for millions of the long-term unemployed as well. “Just pass this middle-class tax cut. Pass the [...]

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Cut back on missions to Mars? No way, backers say

By doris | Published: February 10, 2012

Full Story at msnbc.com WASHINGTON — Scientists say NASA is about to propose major cuts in its exploration of other planets, especially Mars. But even before the cuts are unveiled, lawmakers are vowing to fight “tooth and nail” to preserve missions to the Red Planet. With limited money for science and an over-budget new space [...]

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