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Mike Pence: House Republicans Have Tax-Cut Agenda If They Win Majority
By Tom Diemer - Politics DailyTax cuts, and then more tax cuts. The No. 3 Republican in the U.S. House says the GOP will extend President Bush's tax reductions and then move toward broader across-the-board tax relief if the GOP claims a majority in the November election. Rep. Mike Pence (R-Ind.), chairman of the Republican Conference, told CNBC "the first thing that we will do is try to preserve the tax relief of 2001 and 2003 for all Americans -- for all small businesses and family farmers." Once the Bush tax cuts are safeguarded, Pence said, the new Republican majority would move toward "the kind of tax relief that will ...
Michele Bachmann Forms 'Tea Party Caucus' in Congress
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailyRep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) has officially formed a congressional caucus for the Tea Party movement, giving the small-government movement a formal presence on Capitol Hill. Bachmann has been a leading advocate for Tea Party activists in the halls of Congress. In an op-ed for Fox News.com, Bachmann wrote that she started the caucus "to bring members' attention to the cries of everyday Americans who are asking for a return to the fundamental principles contained within our nation's greatest document, the Constitution." She added, "I have talked to many people who felt discouraged because ...
America Speaking Out: Republican Website Seeks Republican Ideas to Fix Country
By Jill Lawrence - Politics DailyHouse Republicans want Americans to suggest and debate government policies on a new website, America Speaking Out. But only the ideas that conform to longstanding GOP principles -- smaller government, lower taxes, less spending -- will be considered for what the GOP calls a governing agenda and critics are calling taxpayer-subsidized politics. The project chairman, Rep. Kevin McCarthy of California, said America Speaking Out will showcase "the common voice of the common man" and gather ideas "from all corners of America." People are free to suggest things like tax increases, he said, but ...
Evan Bayh's Hold on Indiana Senate Seat Solidifies
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyNow that Indiana Rep. Mike Pence has ruled out a challenge to Democratic Sen. Evan Bayh, the two-term Democrat appears to be in a significantly stronger position to win re-election, according to a Daily Kos/Research 2000 poll conducted Feb. 8-10. Bayh leads former Rep. John Hostettler 53 percent to 37 percent with 10 percent undecided. Bayh also leads former Indiana Sen. Dan Coats who did not seek re-election in 1998 but who said this week he would jump into the race. Bayh bests Coats 55 percent to 35 percent with 10 percent undecided. Bayh draws a higher percentage of support from his ...
Obama Debates House Republicans, Challenges Tone of GOP Attacks
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyPresident Obama engaged Friday in a rare face-to-face debate with GOP House members, sparring with them over which party is most responsible for the partisanship that grips Washington. The president said that Republicans are eroding cooperation by telling constituents he is "doing all kinds of crazy stuff that's going to destroy America." For their part, the Republicans pressed Obama on a series of issues ranging from the economy to health care, saying he and congressional Democrats had ignored their ideas. Obama said he would listen seriously to some of the Republican proposals and insisted ...
Evan Bayh Looking Vulnerable in Indiana Senate Race
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyTwo-term Democratic Sen. Evan Bayh is looking vulnerable in Indiana where he is polling under 50 percent when matched against three possible Republican challengers, according to a Rasmussen Reports poll conducted Jan. 21 and 24. Five-term Republican Rep. Mike Pence is not an announced candidate for the race but Politico reports that national GOP leaders are trying to recruit him. Matched against Bayh, Pence leads 47 percent to 44 percent with 3 percent preferring some other candidate and 7 percent undecided. The margin of error is 3.5 points. Bayh leads former Rep. John Hostettler 44 percent ...
Rep. Pence Hits Obama for Appointment of Gay Activist Who Attacked Pope
By Matt Lewis - Politics DailySaying President Obama's appointment had made a "mockery out of the religious beliefs of countless Americans,"Congressman Mike Pence -- Chairman of the House Republican Conference -- today criticized President Obama's appointment of Harry Knox.Knox has been appointed to the Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships.As a gay rights activist, Knox is a divisive figure who has been described by critics as a "radical homosexual" -- and as a "strong man of faith," by an online magazine for gay Christians.Pence noted that this appointment contributes to the sort of "divisive ...
Mike Pence Wants Obama's Policies to Fail
By David Knowles - Politics DailySo, here's the third-highest ranking Republican member of the House, Mike Pence, tweaking Rush Limbaugh's "I want Obama to fail" rhetoric in an interesting way. Watch:I guess Pence thinks there's an important distinction to be made here. He doesn't want Obama to fail, just all the laws Obama has passed (like the stimulus). He would like to see Obama's proposed budget to fail, too, because if it doesn't fail that might show that Obama might have been right, and that would be terrible. While I understand that Pence, like Limbaugh and the rest, doesn't honestly believe that taking a left turn is ...
The Republican VP Contenders: The Conservatives
By Mark Impomeni - Politics DailyFormer Rep. Rob Portman (Ohio)Former Congressman Rob Portman of Ohio is a conservative superstar from a swing state who would burnish Sen. John McCain's image with the all-important bloc of Republican voters. But Portman is more than just a former Congressman. He has a resume that is the envy of just about every other fiscal conservative and potential McCain running mate. Portman served in the House for six terms, never receiving less than 72% of the vote in his conservative district. He was a member of both the Budget Committee and the Ways and Means Committee, the two main taxing and ...
McCain's Veep?
By Justin Paulette - Politics DailyNow that the laurel of the Republican nomination has settled rather firmly upon John McCain, the next dramatic event in the GOP universe (discounting Huckabee's imminent withdrawal and several pending McCain endorsements) will be McCain's selection of a running mate. Naturally, the first instinct is to contemplate the losers of the GOP race. The thinking is that, by adding a former opponent to your ticket, you might thereby cull his voters to your ticket. Of course, it didn't work so well for John Kerry in 2004, or Al Gore in 2000.... Realistically, McCain must decide upon the effect he hopes ...
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