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Republicans need immigration reset with Hispanics
Republicans have an opportunity for a get-out-of-jail moment with the fastest-growing slice of the electorate, Hispanics. An immigration bill is likely to pass the Senate by the end of the month. The size and shape of the measure and the tone of the...Tags: John McCain, Dean Heller, John Hoeven, Tea Party Movement, Paul Ryan
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If John Paulson wins on Fannie Mae, America loses
For years, the White House and many lawmakers have been saying the government needs to put Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac out of their misery. Yet they live on. And now their stock charts look like electrocardiograms. Both companies' common shares are up...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, White House, U.S. Congress
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McManus: Obama's plan to avoid lame-duckery
For the last two months, President Obama has been mired in Washington's inside game, caught up in backroom congressional politics as he tried unsuccessfully to pass a bill on gun control and nudge Republican senators toward compromise on the budget. But...Tags: White House, U.S. Congress, State of the Union Address, Gun Control, Republican Party
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Hil storms the Hill
WASHINGTON -- They blamed her mismanagement for the death of Americans in Benghazi, Libya. They accused her of a cover-up. Some even suggested that she faked an illness to avoid testifying about the attack. On Wednesday, Hillary Rodham Clinton finally...
Tags: Libya, John McCain, FBI, Hillary Clinton, Ron Johnson
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McManus: Susan Rice, done in by the 'fiscal cliff'
It's no secret that Senate Republicans, led by John McCain, took aim at Susan Rice. The only question is, why? It wasn't primarily her views on foreign policy; Rice and McCain actually aren't that far apart on many issues. (They both pressed for U.S....
Tags: Libya, John McCain, Hillary Clinton, Chuck Hagel, NATO
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The bare truth about the 'fiscal cliff'
WASHINGTON -- Debt fighters Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson, dining with reporters Wednesday morning, discussed a White House official's admission that the nation's fiscal problems won't be solved by a "naked" tax increase alone, without spending cuts....
Tags: White House, Bernard Sanders, The New York Times, Fiscal Cliff, Republican Party
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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: The Wall Street Journal, Saxby Chambliss, Lindsey O. Graham, Personal Income, Parties and Movements
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Doyle McManus: The right budget battle to watch
You've no doubt been hearing the harrowing warnings about what might happen if Congress refuses to lift the federal government's debt ceiling, as some conservative Republicans have threatened.
If the federal government gets anywhere near defaulting on...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Tea Party Movement, Regional Authority, Financial Markets, Budgets and Budgeting
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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 “... -
Fiscal cliff, Timothy Geithner take center stage Sunday
The TV Guy - Orlando SentinelTreasury Secretary Timothy Geithner discusses the fiscal cliff on all five major Sunday morning programs. He is scheduled to visit NBC's “Meet the Press,” CNN's “State of the Union,” “Fox News Sunday,” CBS' “... -
Report: Grover Norquist's "No Tax" pledge is so 2010.
Capitol Ideas with John L. MicekFrom The Washington Post: Will this prompt a prominent Republican governor from a state whose name rhymes with "Schmennsylvania" to break ranks when it comes time to find money for road and bridge repairs? "Grover Norquist’s anti-tax pledge has... -
‘Face the Nation’ welcomes Alan Simpson, Erskine Bowles
The TV Guy - Orlando SentinelThe fiscal cliff will take center screen on Sunday morning talk shows. The guest lineup: Alan Simpson and Erskine Bowles, co-chairs of President Barack Obama's deficit commission, visit CBS' “Face the Nation.” The program airs at 10:30 a.m. on...
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