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Thursday, 07 March 2013 15:33 |
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WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker John Boehner says former Republican colleague Bob Ney is a disgraced congressman who went to jail and that Ney's criticisms of Boehner in a new book are "baseless and false."
Boehner was asked at a news conference Thursday about Ney's reported accusations in his book that Boehner was more interested in playing golf and drinking than making policy and that in 2006 Boehner had reneged on a promise to get him a job if Ney left Congress. Boehner says Ney is making false statements in order to sell his book. Boehner said, quote, "It's sad."
Like Boehner, Ney is an Ohio Republican. Ney spent 11 months in prison for his involvement in the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal. |
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Thursday, 07 March 2013 15:28 |
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Call it Rand's Stand: a nearly 13-hour filibuster on the Senate floor that is thrusting a tea party hero back into the national spotlight.
Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul's Wednesday night filibuster of President Barack Obama's pick for CIA director drew comparisons to the movie "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington." Paul, the son of former Congressman and presidential candidate Ron Paul, repeatedly demanded assurances that the administration would not use drones in the United States to kill terrorism suspects who are U.S. citizens. He got that assurance on Thursday.
Paul is a freshman senator who challenged the Republican party's establishment to win his seat in 2010 and now commands attention as a defender of limited government. |
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Last Updated on Thursday, 07 March 2013 15:30 |
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Tuesday, 05 March 2013 06:27 |
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RALEIGH, (SGRToday.com) - The next election is more than a year and a half away, but the National Republican Congressional Committee is paying close attention to one of the most vulnerable Democrats in the country: North Carolina's Rep. Mike McIntyre.
The NRCC announced this week it has launched a paid online banner ad in the 7th district highlighting what it terms "his support of Obama’s sequester and the wasteful spending it allows."
"While thousands of federal workers are being furloughed, a martian menu, climate change musical and NASA video games are just a few of the ludicrous programs Washington is funding instead," reads the NRCC's announcement.
McIntyre narrowly defeated Republican David Rouzer in the 2012 election and has already drawn a Democratic primary challenger for 2014. |
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Monday, 04 March 2013 17:01 |
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush writes in a new book that Mitt Romney moved so far to the right on immigration that it proved "all but impossible" for the Republican presidential nominee to appeal to Hispanic voters in the 2012 election.
Bush writes in his new book, "Immigration Wars," that many Republicans have been "remarkably tone-deaf" when it comes to attracting Latino voters. He says if the party doesn't change, the influence of Hispanic voters "will doom" the party's future.
In the book, Bush says he supports creating a path to legal status for undocumented immigrants who live in the U.S. but says tougher border security should not be a prerequisite. He says a path to legal status should not include citizenship for those who entered illegally as adults. |
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