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Michael Bloomberg Decries Partisanship, Calls for Centrist Government
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyMichael Bloomberg is mad as hell and he's not going to take it anymore. That's the gist of a sharply worded speech New York's mayor gave Wednesday attacking partisanship in Washington and calling for government to "chart a middle way" out of the ongoing recession. Slamming lawmakers who revel in political posturing but offer no solutions, Bloomberg put forth an ambitious plan for stimulating the economy -- calling for tax cuts for business, better trade agreements, more funding for job training and fundamental changes to regulations, The New York Times reported. "Last month, voters turned ...
Government Gridlock, aka 'Tater Tot Famine'
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Democrats and Republicans: Quit That Cryin' or I'll Give You Somethin' to Cry About
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Opinion: 9 Takeaways From the Election
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(Nov. 3) -- So in case you hadn't heard, there was an election last night in America -- here are some of the big takeaways. Republicans Won't Shake Up Washington Last night was a political tsunami, but don't expect things to change overnight in Washington. The GOP ran a brilliant campaign that channeled voter anger. But now the hard part begins. Republicans talked about cutting spending but found it easier to identify the programs they wanted to protect than those they would cut. They railed against growing budget red ink but want to blow a $700 billion hole in the budget by extending the ...
Obama, Republicans Get Advice and Criticism About Political Gridlock
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyPresident Obama and congressional Republicans got advice and criticism Sunday -- sometimes from members of their own parties -- for the partisan gridlock that has stalled action on health care, the economy and other key issues. The discussion of gridlock and partisanship coincided with release of a CNN/Opinion Research poll that said 81 percent of Americans believe the U.S. system of government is broken, but can be fixed. Fourteen percent said it was not broken and 5 percent said it was broken and could not be fixed. California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who often finds himself at ...
Six in 10 Voters Disapprove of the Job Both Parties Are Doing in Congress
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyAbout six in 10 voters disapprove of the job congressional Republicans and Democrats are doing, and 81 percent say they can trust the federal government to do the right thing only "some of the time" or "hardly ever," according to a Quinnipiac University poll conducted Feb. 2-8. Sixty-three percent disapprove of congressional Democrats' performance compared to 28 percent who approve, with 9 percent undecided. That margin of disapproval has been steadily growing since March, when voters split in their opinions at 45 percent each. Independents disapprove by 70 percent to 19 percent, with 11 ...
Paterson Tanks, Cuomo Soars Amid NY Chaos
By Jill Lawrence - Politics DailyALBANY, N.Y. – Attorney General Andrew Cuomo announced this week that he had shut down a debt collection operation that was using "illegal scare tactics" on people across the nation. That same day, on local TV, a frustrated Gov. David Paterson lashed out at state senators now in their third week of a power struggle that has halted state business. Related: No Joke: State Government as a Laughingstock ...
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