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Analysis: GOP Won First Round of Budget Battle
By not in system - AOL NewsWASHINGTON -- Republican conservatives were the chief winners in the budget deal that forced Democrats to accept historic spending cuts they strongly opposed. Emboldened by last fall's election victories, fiscal conservatives have changed the debate in Washington. The question no longer is whether to cut spending, but how deeply. Rarely mentioned is the idea of higher taxes to lower the deficit. Their success is all the more notable because Democrats control the Senate and White House. But more difficult decisions lie ahead, and it's not clear whether GOP lawmakers can rely on their ...
Former Sens. Bob Bennett and Byron Dorgan Hired as Lobbyists
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyFrom senators to lobbyists in one week flat. Bob Bennett of Utah and Byron Dorgan of North Dakota have been hired as senior policy advisers by Arent Fox, the firm said on its website Tuesday. The announcement comes a week to the day after the pair ended their congressional careers. Bennett, a Republican, and Dorgan, a Democrat, will work together to expand "the firm's already thriving government relations practice," the statement said. The news was first reported by The New York Times. "They bring a remarkable amount of leadership, knowledge and experience in key policy areas including ...
Year in Review: Top 12 Political Surprises of 2010
By Jill Lawrence - Politics DailyThe predictions game was hard to play in 2010. It was a year of upsets, comebacks and feats of survival. In rough chronological order, here are a dozen developments that we didn't expect this year: Massachusetts miracle: Republican state Sen. Scott Brown wins the U.S. Senate seat held for 47 years by liberal lion Ted Kennedy. State Attorney General Martha Coakley, Brown's lackluster Democratic opponent, is not the only victim of the year's first "shellacking." President Barack Obama and his party are stunned by the loss of their 60-vote super majority, and their ambitious health care agenda ...
Will Tea Party Target Veteran Sens. Orrin Hatch and Dick Lugar in 2012?
By Tom Diemer - Politics DailyDoes the tea party movement have senior Republican Sens. Orrin Hatch and Dick Lugar in its crosshairs? A conservative-leaning Washington tabloid says Hatch and Lugar -- both veterans of 3½ decades on Capitol Hill -- should be worried heading into the 2012 election cycle. Possible threats to the two senior Republicans are taken seriously enough that the moderate GOP Ripon Society distributed a recent article about their respective situations to reporters. The tea party brought down Utah's junior senator, Bob Bennett, earlier this year, Washington Examiner political columnist Timothy P. Carney ...
What Really Happens to Politicians Without Labels. It's Not Pretty.
By Jill Lawrence - Politics DailyYou may have heard there's a "No Labels" movement afoot to rouse the country's silent majority – the sane, reasonable, moderate middle that just wants civility, and solutions, and an end to the fighting in Washington. Maybe you're one of those people and you like this idea of no labels. There are lots of big names associated with this group -- senators, mayors, media celebs and more. But I'll be honest, I've been skeptical. You only have to listen to actual no-labels types to understand why. A few days after the official launch of No Labels, four of them offered eye-opening accounts of ...
Right for America or Wrong for Illegals? DREAM Act Takes Center Stage
By Jill Lawrence - Politics DailyThe most ardent proponents of the DREAM Act know their chances of victory in the next few weeks are slim, but they also know that failure is pretty much inevitable if they wait until next year. Thus we are in the midst of a full-court press on yet another cause that once had substantial bipartisan support, but may not any longer. DREAM, expected to come up for a vote in the year-end lame-duck session of Congress, is catchy shorthand for Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors. Translation: The act would offer a path to citizenship – and economic prosperity -- for undocumented ...
Sam Granato: We Deserve More Than Empty, Extremist Rhetoric
By not in system - AOL News(Sept. 27) -- We live in difficult times. American workers are facing a harsh economic climate with skyrocketing unemployment and a great deal of uncertainty. At the same time, our federal government continues to carry a sizable annual budget deficit and an unacceptable national debt, both of which pose a significant threat to our country's long-term fiscal stability. We will have to make many tough decisions in the coming years if we are going to get our country back on track. However, I'm confident that we can solve even our biggest problems if we put aside extreme partisan rhetoric and ...
Reform Advocate Speaks Up Against 'Silent Filibuster'
By Byron Tau - AOL NewsWASHINGTON (July 28) -- Talk about life imitating art: If Sen. Frank Lautenberg has his way, the Senate will operate a little more like it does in the movies. Brandishing an iconic poster of Jimmy Stewart in "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington," the New Jersey Democrat spoke briefly before the Senate Rules and Administration Committee today to call for overhauling the filibuster -- the famed Senate delaying tactic that requires 60 votes to cut off debate and move any legislation to a vote. "Few realize that the movie version of the filibuster bears little resemblance to what's going on in the ...
Washington in 60 Seconds: Mark Sanford Missing Again?
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailyGood morning, Capitolists! It's a busy day in Washington, but you can get up to speed on it all in the next 60 seconds. - Huge Day in South Carolina -- No Lie! It's Election Day in the Palmetto State and there is an embarrassment of riches for political junkies to sink their brains into. On the ballot for the state's run-offs today: Nikki Haley trying to become the first female governor of the state; Tim Scott trying to become the first black Republican in Congress since J.C. Watts; Rep. Joe "You Lie!" Wilson's stepson running for attorney general; and the son of the late (and former ...
Charlie Crist, Arlen Specter, Artur Davis: Can Centrists Survive?
By Carl M. Cannon - Politics DailySo far, 2010 has been an eventful, and sometimes perilous year for independent-minded politicians -- and would-be party kingmakers. This dual lesson keeps being relearned in primary after primary, all over the country, and in both parties. The evidence ranges from the unhorsing of Sen. Robert Bennett of Utah to the rejection -- first within the Republican Party then in the Democratic Party -- of iconoclastic Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania. The rebuff of Rep. Artur Davis in his bid for governor of Alabama is part of this story. So is the intraparty knife fight that Sen. Blanche Lincoln ...
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