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Rendell's legacy
Examiner.com - 2hrs 41mins agoToday, as the clock strikes twelve noon, there will be a new Governor in Pennsylvania for the first time in eight years. Governor Ed Rendell will add the former to his title when governor-elect Tom Corbett takes the oath of office. Rendell’s…
Read more >>Remainders: Golden
Politico - 6 days agoThe U.S. Capitol in the backdground, as American Flags flying at half-staff at the foot of the Washington Monument on the National Mall in Washington, Sunday, Jan. 9, 2011. President Barack Obama ordered flags to be flown at half-staff at the Wh…
Read more >>Government Spending Per Minute: $6.85 Million
CBS News - 7th Jan 2011House Republicans on Thursday trimmed about $35 million from the House's operating Budget, a move that Speaker John Boehner hailed as "a strong signal" of the new Congress' "commitment to making the tough choices necessary to end Washington's job-…
Read more >>Lindsey Graham Is Coming For Your Social Security
Examiner.com - 4th Jan 2011With a critical vote this March on raising the Debt ceiling imminent, Republican hostage-takers are already licking their chops at the concessions they plan on wrestling from Democrats. If we as a country fail to raise our Debt ceiling, it i…
Read more >>Boehner hails cuts to lawmaker budgets as first big step of GOP House
The Hill - 4th Jan 2011
Incoming Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) hailed a measure cutting lawmakers' office Budgets that will be one of the first official steps of the new Republican House. Boehner praised a proposal crafted by Rep. Greg Walden (R-Ore.) to cut lawmakers'…
Read more >>Most Americans Say Tax The Rich To Balance The Budget: Poll
The Huffington Post - 4th Jan 2011
src="https://i.huffpost.com/gen/211216/Reuters-LOGO.jpg">NEW YORK: Most Americans think the United States should raise taxes for the rich to balance the Budget, according to a 60 Minutes/Vanity Fair poll released on Monday. President Barack Obama…
Read more >>Arianna Huffington: Boehner Speech Preview: Will He (Republican) Party Like it's 1995?
The Huffington Post - 3rd Jan 2011As we get ready for John Boehner to take the gavel from Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday, I find myself thinking back to the last time a Republican speaker took control of the House from a Democrat -- and reflecting on how far down the wrong road we ha…
Read more >>Ronald Reagan, Ron Paul, and the Fed: Q&A with David Stockman
Reason Magazine - 3rd Jan 2011At the very start of the "Reagan revolution," David Stockman exposed the myth that Ronald Reagan and the modern Republican Party are dedicated to Small Government. In 1981, the 35-year-old Stockman gave up his Michigan seat in Congress to become …
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