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Head of House GOP Committee Opposes Budget Deal
By not in system - AOL NewsWASHINGTON -- The head of an influential House Republican panel says he'll oppose the budget deal negotiated by the White House and Congress to avert a government shutdown. Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio said in a statement Tuesday that while some of his GOP colleagues will support the compromise announced late Friday night, he believes "voters are asking us to set our sights higher." Jordan heads the Republican Study Committee. He said the committee had pushed for a full $100 billion in cuts from President Barack Obama's budget. The deal negotiated by Obama, Speaker John Boehner and Senate ...
White House Seeking Deal in Budget Stalemate
By not in system - AOL NewsWASHINGTON -- The White House said Tuesday it was still confident Republicans and Democrats could reach an agreement to fund the government through the end of the year and avoid a shutdown, while admitting frustration at the pace of negotiations. "We believe a deal is possible," White House spokesman Jay Carney told reporters. Carney spoke as President Barack Obama huddled with congressional leaders at the White House for talks aimed at reaching an agreement ahead of a Friday deadline to keep the government operating. While the White House has been heavily involved in the budget ...
Opinion: The GOP's Dangerous Attack on Planned Parenthood
By not in system - AOL NewsIn 1916, one woman's strength, determination and conviction helped open the door for hundreds of millions of women worldwide to plan their own pregnancies. As a nation, we have made great strides since Margaret Sanger opened that first family planning clinic in New York City nine decades ago, and Planned Parenthood is still at the forefront of the fight for reproductive health and rights for all women. Our services provide a lifeline for 3 million people every year. One in five American women receives care from a Planned Parenthood health center at some point in her life, and 90 percent of ...
Five Budget Cuts That Could Be Harmful to Your Health
By Andrew Schneider - AOL NewsHard-fought-for laws and regulations to save lives and the environment will be gutted or eliminated in budget cuts passed by the Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives or ordered by President Barack Obama's team, experts say. Public health and environmental experts say it's indisputable that lives will be lost if these cuts are made: 1) The Consumer Product Safety Commission. The commission is scheduled next week to roll out its long-awaited public database on the safety of consumer products. For the first time, it will allow shoppers to quickly determine whether products they ...
Poll: Republican Push for Deep Budget Cuts Could Alienate Independents, Swing Voters
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyRepublicans may be in a tenuous political position as they try to navigate between tea party adherents and conservatives who want deep reductions in federal spending, and independents and swing voters who don't share the same zeal, according to a Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll conducted Feb. 24-28. (Wall Street Journal story; MSNBC "First Read" story; Poll data). The poll found that 34 percent of Republicans, 33 percent of tea party movement supporters and 35 percent of voters who supported John McCain for president in 2008 say the top priority for them is scaling back spending and ...
Ben Bernanke: Reports Overstate Damage From GOP Spending Cuts
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailyFederal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke waded into a heated Washington debate Tuesday when he predicted that federal spending cuts proposed by House Republicans would not damage economic growth to the extent that two recent reports have predicted. House Republicans voted in February to slash $61 billion from the 2011 federal budget. Since then, Democratic leaders in both chambers have circulated two reports -- one from Goldman Sachs and one from Moody's -- that say such spending reductions would significantly damage the U.S. economy. The Moody's report, from economist Mark Zandi, predicted ...
House to Vote Tuesday on Stopgap Budget to Avoid Government Shutdown
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailyWith funding for the federal government scheduled to expire Friday at midnight, the House of Representatives will vote Tuesday on a short-term spending bill to keep the government operating through March 18. The Republican-sponsored measure would keep the government open while House and Senate negotiators try to hammer out a longer-term budget for the rest of the year. It would also retroactively cut $4 billion from 2010 levels over the next two weeks. "We can keep the government open and cut spending," House Majority Leader Eric Cantor said Monday. "I think there's a false choice that you ...
Conservative Group Crossroads GPS Launches Ad Blitz Against House Dems
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyRadio ads criticizing 12 House Democrats for their votes against a GOP bill to fund the government for the remainder of the fiscal year hit the airwaves this week, paid for by the independent conservative group Crossroads GPS. The spots, costing $450,000, also praise 10 Republicans for voting for the legislation. The bill, which passed over the weekend largely along party lines, trims nearly $61 billion in federal funding from March to October. The ads slam the Democrats for voting to "continue the failed spending policies" of the White House and former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. "They ...
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