Pawlenty to keynote large tea party event
CNN Political Ticker - 14hrs 27mins agoTea Party Patriots announced Friday morning that the former Minnesota Governor and probable 2012 GOP Presidential Candidate will be the Keynote Speaker at their event, titled "American Policy Summit-Pathways to Liberty," which is being held Februa…
Read more >>First Thoughts: Upside down
First Read - 14hrs 57mins ago*** Upside down: Anyone else noticed how the political Protests in Wisconsin -- as well as the game of hide and seek there -- have turned the political Rhetoric upside down? A year ago, during the health-care fight in Washington, Democrats maintai…
Read more >>House postpones recess as long-awaited vote on funding bill nears
Washington Post - 14hrs 42mins ago
The House's consideration of a bill funding the federal government went into overtime Friday as leaders delayed a scheduled recess in order to complete their work on the measure following their third straight night of post-midnight debate. Republ…
Read more >>The Dems' tantrum
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Read more >>Controversial proposals in House GOP spending bill (AP)
Yahoo! News - 6hrs 9mins agoThe House Republicans' $1.2 Trillion bill for financing federal programs the rest of the year is littered with Spending Cuts and prohibitions that make a showdown with President Barack Obama and Senate Democrats inevitable this year. Among the b…
Read more >>Bachmann On Wisconsin: Invokes Greece, Reagan Firing Air Traffic Controllers (VIDEO)
TPMDC - 9hrs 33mins agoAppearing Friday afternoon on Fox News, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) invoked the specter of Greece's financial collapse, and the bold example of how President Reagan fired striking Air Traffic controllers in the 80s, as examples of how Wisconsin…
Read more >>Don't you dare call it Obamacare!
Washington Examiner - 13hrs 14mins ago
For those of you who don't sit around and listen to C-SPAN all day, the debate currently going on the House floor beats out any daytime soap for ridiculous plot points. Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman-Schultz, D-Fla., has claimed that using the ter…
Read more >>White House, DNC deploy help to Wis.
Politico - 15hrs 14mins agoWisconsin Gov. Scott Walker wants President Obama to butt out of his battle with the state’s employees, who are enraged by GOP plans to strip them of Collective Bargaining rights. “I think we’re focused on balancing our Budget,…
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