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17 min ago | Daily Kos

GOP 'solution' to their lt. governor problem in Virginia: Zipped lips

So you're a Republican politician in Virginia and your whack-a-doodle party has just nominated a whack-a-doodle wingnut named E.W. Jackson to be its nominee for lieutenant governor.

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Related Topix: Republican, US House of Representatives, US Politics, Bob Goodlatte, US News, Liberal Political News

17 min ago | Daily Kos

GOP 'solution' to their lt. governor problem in Virginia: Zipped lips

So you're a Republican politician in Virginia and your whack-a-doodle party has just nominated a whack-a-doodle wingnut named E.W. Jackson to be its nominee for lieutenant governor.

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Related Topix: Republican, US House of Representatives, US Politics, Bob Goodlatte, US News, Liberal Political News

2 hrs ago | Colorado Political News

Attention Journalists: Mike Coffman is NOT a "Moderate"

Heritage Action, an influential group that works closely with the Republican Study Committee and its conservative members, wrote a letter Thursday to House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, and Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., urging them not to bring two bills to the floor But the notion that House Republicans should steer clear of any potentially ... (more)

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Representative Mike Coffman, Republican, US House of Representatives, John Boehner, Representative David Schweikert

3 hrs ago | Politico

Aspen Ideas a political who's who

Tim Pawlenty, Republican consultant Karl Rove and American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten.

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Related Topix: Colorado, US News, US Supreme Court, US Politics, Republican, US House of Representatives, Teachers, Comedy, Entertainment, Television, Tim Pawlenty, US Governors

6 hrs ago | Roll Call

Danger Lurks for GOP in Overdoing 'Message' Votes

Last week's party-line House vote to repeal the 201o health care law was arranged so the 70 freshman Republicans could go on record in support of a campaign promise.

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Related Topix: US News, Healthcare Law, Law, US Politics, Representative Michele Bachmann, Republican, US House of Representatives, John Boehner

Mon May 20, 2013

Roll Call

Berkshire Hathaway's Weschler Helps Cantor Raise $717K in April

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., raised $717,931 through his PAC and joint fundraising committee during April.

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Related Topix: Construction, Berkshire Hathaway, Investment Services, Business Wire, Berkshire Hathaway , Startups, Insurance, Empire Group, US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Warren Buffett

Government Executive

House GOP Says It Can Legislate and Investigate at the Same Time

House Republicans are pushing back against a prominent conservative group's suggestion that congressional leaders should avoid scheduling potentially divisive votes which could shift the media spotlight away from the White House's recent woes.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Republican, US House of Representatives, John Kline, John Boehner, Representative Mike Coffman, Representative David Schweikert

Sat May 18, 2013

US News & World Report

What Makes a Small Business? Depends Who You Ask

Lawmakers spend a lot of time talking up the virtues of the American small business, and a lot of time finding new ways to define it.

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Related Topix: Small Business, Personal Finance, US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Dave Camp

Fri May 17, 2013

National Public Radio

Conservative Advice To GOP: Don't Legislate, Focus On Scandals

Heritage Action, the political activist offshoot of the conservative Heritage Foundation has some advice for House Speaker John Boehner and Majority Leader Eric Cantor: focus on the scandals plaguing the Obama administration and stay away from legislation that could "highlight major schisms" within the House Republican Conference.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, John Boehner, Republican, US House of Representatives, Tea Party

Loudoun Times

Beyond Cuccinelli, GOP delegates predict close races at convention

A pack of Loudoun County and 10th Congressional District Republicans will head south to Richmond this weekend to help nominate the GOP's candidates for high office in 2013 at the party's state-run convention.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Republican, US House of Representatives, Bob Goodlatte, Bobby Jindal

The Washington Monthly

Cracker To Cracker

As longtime readers of my stuff know, I've got a real ax to grind whenever someone tries to justify display of Confederate regalia, particularly the Confederate Battle Flag , as an innocent symbol of "southern pride." As a proud southerner who regards the Confederacy as a shameful period in my home region's history, I felt this way even before I ... (more)

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Bob McDonnell, Republican, US House of Representatives, US Governors, Virginia

Thu May 16, 2013

Government Executive

The Myth of Presidential Leadership

The theme of presidential leadership is a venerated one in America, the subject of many biographies and an enduring mythology about great figures rising to the occasion.

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Related Topix: Lincoln, Documentary Movies, Drama Movies, Biography Movies, Bill Clinton, History in the News, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, US Politics, US Senate, Democrat, Senator Mark Begich

Talking Points Memo

House GOP Votes To Repeal Obamacare, Chop Its Own Budget

House Republicans voted on Thursday afternoon to repeal Obamacare - the third dead-end vote to wipe out the law entirely and the 37th vote to partially repeal or dismantle it.

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Related Topix: US News, Healthcare Law, Law, US Politics, Republican, US House of Representatives, Paul Ryan, Chris Van Hollen, Democrat, Liberal Political News

Media Research Center

NYT's Peters Hits 'Waste of Time' Obama-Care Repeal Votes and GOP's 'Myopic Focus' on Deficits

On Wednesday, New York Times reporter Jeremy Peters let the Republicans in Congress know he was tired of their silly attempts to repeal Obamacare in " House to Vote Yet Again On Health Care Repeal.

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Related Topix: US News, Publishing, Media, New Times, Healthcare Law, Law, US Politics, Nancy Pelosi, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Republican

The Washington Post

IRS scandal overreach?

Republican officials are vowing that the IRS story will give them another way to make the case against Obamacare, which they will tie to their broader effort to make implementation problems a major issue in 2014.

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Related Topix: Tax, US News, US Politics, Representative Michele Bachmann, Republican, US House of Representatives, Tom Price, Healthcare Law, Law

Washington Post

Obamacare isn't getting repealed. But not because it's popular.

As House Republican renew their assault, it's worth bearing in mind that President Obama's health care law continues to divide the public.

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Related Topix: Healthcare Law, Law, US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Liberal Political News

UnionLeader.com

Ramesh Ponnuru: In flextime fight, liberals play to their stereotype

It didn't get a lot of attention. It happened the same day as hearings on the Benghazi attacks and the announcement of a verdict in the Jodi Arias trial.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Republican, US House of Representatives, Representative Martha Roby, Law, Employment / Labor Law, Opinion

Wed May 15, 2013

The Washington Post

A woman-friendly GOP

YG Network , a 501 4 founded by John Murray, former chief for House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Virginia, has rolled out a new Web site, Woman Up .

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Immigration Reform, Sports

The Modesto Bee

Senate confirms former nurse to run Medicare

A former intensive care nurse with a businesslike approach to a politically divisive public policy area won Senate approval Wednesday to run Medicare and other major health insurance programs.

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Related Topix: Healthcare Law, Law, Medicare, Health, Health Insurance, Medicaid, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Republican, US House of Representatives

Fox News

'My Question Is Who's Going to Jail?'

"My question isn't about who's going to resign -- my question is who is going to jail over this scandal?" House Speaker John Boehner said Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Tea Party, US Politics, Republican, US House of Representatives, John Conyers, Democrat, US Senate, John Cornyn