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By not in system - AOL NewsWASHINGTON -- A year ago, when Republicans were in the minority on Capitol Hill, they drove Democrats crazy by using an obscure parliamentary maneuver to change, delay and even kill Democratic priorities. Now that Republicans are running the House, Democrats have tried to stymie the GOP agenda by relying on the tactic, known as the motion to recommit. But they've failed on every one of their 23 attempts this year. That motion is almost always the last step just before the final vote on a bill. It gives the minority party, which has little voice and few rights in the House, a last chance to ...
Obama Budget Due Monday as Debate Nears on Raising Debt Ceiling
By Tom Diemer - Politics DailyIt's crunch time. With deficit hawks hovering, President Obama will offer his 2012 budget Monday, a spending package likely to include enough cuts to offend liberals, but not enough to mollify conservatives. But that's just an opener. House Republicans, facing an early March deadline to finish business on the current budget, are also feeling the heat -- both from tea party activists and from penny pinchers among the broader membership. A proposal unveiled Wednesday to trim as little as $35 billion or as much as $74 billion -- depending on whose baseline you use -- was met with scorn by ...
House Republicans Swing Budget Ax at 70 Items -- From Amtrak to Expectant Moms
By Tom Diemer - Politics DailyTrying to deliver on campaign promises to shrink spending, House Republicans took aim Wednesday at 70 items in the federal budget where they say tens of billions of dollars in savings can be achieved through cuts. House Appropriations Chairman Hal Rogers (R-Ky.) said his plan, if approved, "will represent the largest reduction in discretionary spending in the history of our nation." The targeted programs include the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, a nutrition program for pregnant women and children, flood control, Amtrak, the EPA and clean coal technology. Related ...
McCain Hosts Gala for 'Human Cockfighter'
By Dylan and Ethan Ris - Politics DailyIt's funny how perceptions erode with time. See back in 1998, grumpy old Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) decried the eminently classy Ultimate Fighting Championship as "human cockfighting." Needless to say, this comparison was way off. While it is true that both "sports" occur in cages and involve copious quantities of blood, everyone knows that cockfighting roosters are expressly forbidden from using the "ground and pound."Now flash forward to March 18, 2009, when the Armed Forces Foundation hosted a congressional gala to honor (among others) the chief human cockfighter himself, UFC president Dana ...
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