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  • Key Romney aides back gay marriage; social conservatives not surprised

    Byron York

    Published: Fri, Mar 1, 2013

    Gay marriage advocates are touting the number of Republicans — more than 130 at the moment — who have signed an amicus brief urging the Supreme Court to overturn California’s popularly-approved ban on same-sex marriage. With a few exceptions, the list is made up of former office holders,...

  • ‘Twas the night before sequestration…

    Byron York

    Published: Thu, Feb 28, 2013

    The much-discussed slowdown in the rate of growth of federal spending called sequestration goes into effect when the clock turns to March 1, so I decided to ask a number of people on Capitol Hill what is actually going on in the last few hours before the super-controversial spending measure...

  • Byron York: How will conservatives greet Mitt Romney's reappearance?

    Byron York

    Published: Thu, Feb 28, 2013

    Mitt Romney is coming back into public view. This weekend the former Republican presidential candidate will appear on "Fox News Sunday," his first interview since losing to Barack Obama nearly four months ago. And on March 15, Romney will speak to the Conservative Political Action Conference...

  • With cuts looming, what has Obama done to reduce cost of presidential travel?

    Byron York

    Published: Tue, Feb 26, 2013

    In light of the coming sequestration that will slow the rate of growth of federal spending, the Navy has announced that it cannot afford to send an aircraft carrier, the USS Harry S. Truman, on a previously-scheduled mission to the Persian Gulf, nor can it afford to refuel another carrier, the...

  • Byron York: GOP governors see Obama trap in spending cuts

    Byron York

    Updated: Mon, Feb 25, 2013

    "There are hundreds of thousands of Americans who are working today who will lose their jobs as a consequence of this Republican decision," White House Communications Director Dan Pfeiffer said during a conference call with reporters Sunday afternoon. "This is going to have a very real impact on...

  • Byron York: How defense spending will grow under sequester cuts

    Byron York

    Published: Sat, Feb 23, 2013

    The major objection most Republicans have to the coming sequestration budget cuts is that the cuts will fall disproportionately on the Department of Defense.  That’s true; defense spending is about one-fifth of the federal budget but will take about half of the sequester cuts. But even...

  • Coburn to White House: With cuts on way, why a 100-city spending tour?

    Byron York

    Updated: Fri, Feb 22, 2013

    With sequestration budget cuts set to take effect in less than a week, Republican Sen. Tom Coburn has sent a letter to the White House asking for more information about a new initiative to help cities receive federal grants and other aid.  The initiative involves White House and...

  • Byron York: Budget hawks question Pentagon's doomsday scenarios

    Byron York

    Published: Thu, Feb 21, 2013

    There's no doubt President Obama is using the so-called Washington Monument maneuver in the fight with Republicans over sequestration budget cuts. It's a time-honored tactic of bureaucratic warfare: When faced with cuts, pick the best-known and most revered symbol of government and threaten to...

  • The GOP’s astonishingly bad message on sequester cuts

    Byron York

    Published: Wed, Feb 20, 2013

    In a Wall Street Journal op-ed Wednesday, House Speaker John Boehner describes the upcoming sequester as a policy “that threatens U.S. national security, thousands of jobs and more.” Which leads to the question: Why would Republicans support a measure that threatens national security and...


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