Month: July 2011
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Bachmann Responds to Obama on Debt Limit Deal
Urbandale, Iowa — Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann issued the following response to President Obama’s statement on the proposed debt…
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Band Jockeying
Paul Ryan’s solution for our debt solution held up only with the Conservative segments of the Republican coalition. Reid’s plan…
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New York Times Still Calling Reid’s Bill Failure “Republican Filibuster”
This afternoon, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s debt bill, S.627, failed to get to a vote for passage. The vote…
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Reid Delays Senate Vote on His Proposal Until 1pm Sunday
Just after 10pm on Saturday night, Harry Reid announced that the Senate vote on his debt bill was being moved…
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Compromise is a good thing!
Compromise can be a good thing, but let me tell you what I thought yesterday about the happenings on the…
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House Version of Reid’s Debt Bill Fails House 173-246
Democrats joined Republicans in voting down the House version of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s debt bill on Saturday. In…
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BATS 1000 Index Declines 4.1% This Week
8YXE2AT7XSTS KANSAS CITY, Mo., July 29, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — BATS Global Markets, a global stock market operator, reports the BATS 1000(SM) Index (Ticker:…
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Opposition Emerges to Democrat “Main Street Fairness Act”
WASHINGTON, July 29, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — NetChoice strongly opposes the so-called “Main Street Fairness Act,” introduced in the Senate today by Sen. Richard…
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Reid Shows Signs That He Does Not Have 60 Votes for His Bill [Video]
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid does not have the votes to pass his own debt ceiling bill. Reid spent Friday…
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Vote Succeeds on Boehner’s Compromise Debt Bill 218-210
The bill passed with an eight vote margin: 218-210. Five democrats did not vote and in a show of ultra-partisanship,…
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