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By Torie Bosch - AOL NewsAs Republicans settle into their new majority position in the House of Representatives this week, one GOP member, Virginia Foxx of North Carolina, is getting a lot of attention for her controversial appointment to head the House subcommittee on higher education. Here are five things you should know about Rep. Virginia Foxx: 1. She worked in higher ed before taking the politics plunge. The 67-year-old Foxx had a lengthy career on campus before being elected first to the North Carolina Senate, then to the U.S. House of Representatives. She taught English and sociology before working in college ...
Republicans Skeptical of Health Care Summit
By Andrea Stone - AOL NewsWASHINGTON (Feb. 8) – President Barack Obama's invitation to a bipartisan health care summit televised live from the White House may be an offer Republicans wish they could refuse. "I'm not sure this is a good idea," Republican strategist Greg Crist, a veteran of Capitol Hill policy wars, told AOL News. "If you don't want health reform or if Republicans don't want what the president is pushing, now is not the time to engage on that." The president's pre-Super Bowl surprise, announced during an interview with CBS's Katie Couric, is aimed at moving the ball down the field on an issue ...
Who's Afraid of Sarah Palin? The GOP
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyWhen I saw this report at HuffPo yesterday, entitlled "Republicans Disinvite Palin From Major Fundraiser, Trash Her In Private," I thought, "Really? Again?"Well, no, not really. This is the same story Matt Lewis wrote about a few weeks ago. They threw some Mrs. Dash on it and banged it in the microwave for a few minutes, but it's basically the same story. The RNCC announced that Palin would be headlining their annual fundraiser, but then Palin's office said, "Not so fast..."So, now, they've "Disinvited" Palin in much the same way that I might "disinvite" Jessica Alba from my birthday party. ...
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