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GOP Rep.: ‘We Have to Get Something Out of This, I Don’t Know What That Even Is’
House Republicans who didn’t support tying government funding to ObamaCare now find themselves too committed to the strategy to back down, according to twin reports by David Drucker and Byron York of...
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Former Speaker Hastert Negates Hastert Rule: ‘It Never Really Existed’
Former House Speaker Denny Hastert told the Daily Beast on Thursday that the “Hastert Rule”—an unofficial mandate that a Republican speaker not bring a bill to the floor unless it has the majority of...
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Rep. Peter King on House GOP: ‘I Honestly Don’t Know What They Want’
Representative Peter King (R-NY) told ABC News Thursday afternoon that he had no idea what his fellow Republicans wanted from the budget negotiation stand-off that had shut down the federal government,...
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Sources Say Boehner Open to Using Democratic Votes to Raise Debt Ceiling
House Speaker John Boehner has been quietly telling colleagues in the House that he will do whatever possible to prevent the United States from defaulting on its debt, including using Democratic votes...
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GOP Rep. Tweets For Dems to Stop ‘Violent Rhetoric’—During Shooting (UPDATED)
Representative Tim Griffin (R-AK) was in the U.S. Capitol when shots were fired on Thursday afternoon, and like many he immediately began to tweet what was happening (from his personal account, not his...
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Bernstein Whips Media for Blaming Both Parties for Shutdown: ‘There are Facts...
Journalist Carl Bernstein chided the media for its false equivalency narrative of the government shutdown on Morning Joe Tuesday morning, arguing that the GOP’s “nihilism” was driving destructive,...
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GOP Rep.: Republicans Prepared to Lose House for ‘Braveheart’ Moment
Representative Phil Gingrey (R-GA) told Roll Call Tuesday evening that Republicans were “absolutely” prepared to lose the House of Representatives in order to win their budget battle that has shut down...
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Sen. Schumer: GOP’s Refusal to Lift Debt Limit Could Panic Markets by Monday
Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) warned that the markets could react precipitously to Saturday afternoon’s failure to pass a clean debt ceiling bill, and that the response could come as early as Monday...
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Sen. Corker to CNN: GOP ‘Wasted Two Months’ on Shutdown
With rumors swirling that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) have agreed upon a framework to reopen the government and raise the debt ceiling...
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Chuck Todd to GOP Rep.: ‘Congrats, You’re Funding the Gov’t for a Whole 90 Days’
Representative Charlie Dent (R-PA) broke the news on MSNBC’s Daily Rundown that the House of Representatives was considering its own compromise bill, with dates similar to those tentatively agreed upon...
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White House Swiftly Rejects House GOP’s Newest Plan as ‘Ransom’
The Obama administration quickly and decisively rejected the House GOP’s newest offer to reopen the government and raise the debt ceiling Tuesday morning, just two hours after the GOP agreed on a bill...
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Matt Drudge Tweets GOP Nightmare: Get Ready for Speaker Pelosi Part 2…
As a sign of how low GOP morale has fallen on this Wednesday morning, Matt Drudge, captain of the Drudge Report, thinks Republicans have lost the House of Representatives for 2014: While few believe...
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Peter King: Boehner Knew Shutdown Strategy ‘Doomed,’ But Couldn’t Fight House...
Representative Peter King (R-NY), a virulent critic of the GOP’s defund-strategy from the very beginning, told Fox News Wednesday afternoon that the House GOP leaders had known the strategy was doomed...
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House GOP Abandons Debt Ceiling Demands
After weeks of warnings that the Republican Party would demand concessions in exchange for raising the debt ceiling—a politically risky move that threatened to replay much of the drama from last...
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Hank Aaron: Obama’s GOP Critics Like KKK in ‘Neckties and Starched Shirts’
Hall of Famer Hank Aaron told USA Today that congressional Republicans are an updated version of the KKK. Speaking on the anniversary of his record breaking home run, Aaron told the paper the country...
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GOP Lawmaker Confronted by Constituent About Obamacare Repeal Votes
Representative Dennis Ross (R-FL), whose town hall on Tuesday was chock full of chewable moments, was asked by a constituent about his party’s focus on the thus-far futile repeal votes of the...
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Why Is Juan Williams ‘Taking His Hat Off’ to John Boehner?
Fox News analyst Juan Williams credited House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) on Fox News Sunday with taking on the obstructionist elements of the Republican Party, particularly over immigration reform....
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Tea Party Rep.’s Campaign for Majority Leader Has Just One Hilarious Problem
Representative Raul Labrador (R-ID), a dark horse tea party contender to succeed ousted House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA), is having some organizational issues. First the Idaho GOP convention...
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House GOP Thinks It’s Time for Ted Cruz to ‘Start Fighting’ in Senate
Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX), spirit animal of the shutdown battle in 2013 over defunding Obamacare, is now getting pressure from House conservatives to fight harder on immigration legislation in the...
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GOP Scuttles 20-Week Abortion Ban at Last Minute
On Wednesday night Republicans withdrew the long-debated abortion bill when it failed to receive the support of a number of female GOP lawmakers. The “Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act” would...
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