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The Obama budget and the appearance of reform
— Well, at least we're starting to get the procedure right. Washington has rediscovered the beauty of the boring. It's called "regular order," using the normal, routine, constitutional process to arrive at, for example, a budget. Normal had...
Tags: Media Industry, U.S. Congress, Barack Obama, Fiscal Cliff, The Washington Post
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Child's play over the budget
WASHINGTON -- The budget feud on Capitol Hill is looking like those Vietnam War peace talks when negotiators bickered over the shape of the table. House Republicans, after howling for years about Senate Democrats' failure to pass a budget, are...
Tags: U.S. House Committee on the Budget, Christopher Van Hollen Jr., Rob Portman, Medicare, Harry Reid
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McManus: Let's talk GOP and fantasy politics
Almost four years ago, long before the 2012 presidential campaign heated up, CNN took a poll to learn who Republicans might choose as their party's next nominee. There were two clear front-runners: former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and former Arkansas Gov....
Tags: Jeb Bush, Sarah Palin, Personal Weapon Control, Rick Santorum, Regional Authority
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The virtues of a president with humble origins
Since World War II, Americans have tended to elect middle class presidents. With the exception of the two Bushes — the first of whom lost his second election, the second of whom "lost" his first — both parties succeeded by nominating...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Elections, Barack Obama, Republican Party, Ronald Reagan
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Obamacare will be Romney's savior
It looks as if it's going to be Mitt Romney after all. With his primary victories Tuesday and with Paul Ryan, Marco Rubio and Jeb Bush endorsing the former Massachusetts governor last week, there aren't any white knights left to play the role of GOP...
Tags: Jeb Bush, Health, Elections, Crime, Law and Justice, Health Care Reform (2009)
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Dueling dozens
For the past year, left-leaning Tribune columnist Eric Zorn has regularly been trading views on the presidential race with writers from the other side of the political spectrum, looking for trends, points of agreement and areas of divergence. For the last...Tags: Gays and Lesbians, Health Care Reform (2009), Republican Party, U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, White House
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Republicans Embarked On Navel Gazing
The Hartford CourantThe Republican Party has not been on a roll. In November, it lost seats in the House, gave away seats it should have won in the Senate, and for the fifth time in the last six presidential elections lost the popular vote. While conservatives attending...Tags: Stephen Colbert, Mark Sanford, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Ides of March, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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Rachel Patron: GOP having real trouble recognizing real world
The GOP agonistes. It's a Greek word portraying someone's agonizing journey to find themselves. Last week Rush Limbaugh said — I paraphrase — this country is conservative. More people in the United States espouse conservative...Tags: Bobby Jindal, Sarah Palin, Elections, Chris Christie, Wayne LaPierre
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The Republicans' self-defeating war on eyeshades
What's with the green eyeshades? "I can't tell you how tired I am of Republicans who are green-eyeshade accountants," former House Speaker Newt Gingrich told Newsmax TV last weekend. Rep. Paul Ryan's "new budget road map is more vision than green-...Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, U.S. House Committee on the Budget, Elections, Reaganomics, Republican Party
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Paul Ryan's new budget is no help to Republicans
Some of Paul Ryan's biggest fans are disappointed in his latest budget. Take New York Times columnist Ross Douthat. He credits Ryan, the Republican House Budget Committee chairman, for trying to give Medicare recipients the power and the incentive to...Tags: U.S. House Committee on the Budget, Elections, Medicare, Barack Obama, Periodicals
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Government as old-age home
"The president is in the midst of a charm offensive." -- The Washington Post, referring to President Obama's meetings with congressional Republicans WASHINGTON -- We don't need a charm offensive; we need a candor offensive. The budget debate's central...
Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Civil and Public Service, Prices, Congressional Budget Office, U.S. House Committee on the Budget
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The unmasking of Paul Ryan and his budget
Quick! Somebody tell President Obama. Alert the members of Congress. Shout it out to the media: I have balanced the budget! That's right. Me. Bill Press, talk show host. I did it. I can't balance my own checkbook, but I balanced the federal budget. In...
Tags: Health Insurance Cost, Jay Carney, Government, Health Care Reform (2009), U.S. Congress
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Mar 24, 2013
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Feb 9, 2013
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Mar 22, 2013
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Mar 19, 2013
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Mar 18, 2013
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Mar 18, 2013
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