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Shelby Proposes $1 Trillion In Budget Cuts Across The Board
Think Progress - 3 days agoLast October, during the height of his campaign for U.S. Senate in Utah, Sen. Mike Lee (then a Republican Candidate) called for a 40 percent cut in federal spending in order to balance the Budget. After his opponent pointed out that the idea is …
Read more >>Rep. Peter King Says Muslims Arent American When It Comes To War
Think Progress - 6 days agoRep. Peter King (R-NY), the new chairman of the Homeland Security Committee, has promised to launch a series of investigations of Muslim Americans beginning in February. “I’ve made it clear that I’ll focus the committee on Coun…
Read more >>Schock Justifies His Government Health Insurance: Im Actually Lowering The Premiums For Older Congressmen
Think Progress - 7th Jan 2011
One of the first orders of business in the Republican-controlled House of Representatives is a move to Repeal the landmark Health Care reform law that was passed last March. However, following Rep. Andy Harris’s (R-MD) infamous rant about …
Read more >>Lindsey Graham: Failure To Raise Debt Ceiling Would Cause 'Collapse and Calamity Throughout The World'
The Huffington Post - 7th Jan 2011Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) set himself apart from a number of his Republican colleagues Thursday by taking a stand in favor of raising the Federal Government's Debt ceiling and acknowledging the possible consequences of not doing so. "Let me t…
Read more >>After Railing Against Government Spending, Speaker Boehner Cant Name One Program He Would Cut
Think Progress - 6th Jan 2011
Campaigning before the recent Midterm Elections, House Republicans were adamant that, if given power, they would cut Government Spending. However, when pressed for specifics, many were unable to list even one single item they would cut from the …
Read more >>Exclusive: Polluter Billionaire David Koch Says Tea Party Rank And File Are Just Normal People Like Us
Think Progress - 6th Jan 2011This is Part 1 of three-part installment of ThinkProgress’ interview with David Koch. Yesterday, David Koch — one of the Richest men in America, co-owner of the conglomerate Koch Industries, and a top financier of right-wing front gr…
Read more >>Tea Party Billionaire David Koch Throwing Party For Congressional Republicans
The Huffington Post - 5th Jan 2011
Billionaire businessman David Koch, a benefactor of conservative organizations such as Americans for Prosperity and FreedomWorks and funding father of the Tea Party movement, is throwing a party ostensibly to reward congressional Republicans for…
Read more >>Tea Party Billionaire David Koch Entertains Newly Elected Republicans On The First Day Of The New Congress
Think Progress - 5th Jan 2011Today, as Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) was sworn in as the Speaker of the House for the 112th Congress, ThinkProgress witnessed a group of Koch Industries Lobbyists entering the Capitol along with members of Congress and their families. Tim Phillips…
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