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Boehner to Obama: Hold the red line on Syria
Joel Gehrke
Published: Thu, Apr 25, 2013
House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, urged President Obama not to back down from his pledge that use of chemical weapons by Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad in his fight to keep power would cross a United States red line and prompt an American response. “I have and will continue to...
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Auditor finds weaknesses in IRS implementation of Obamacare
Joel Gehrke
Published: Thu, Apr 25, 2013
IRS officials need to improve their implementation of President Obama’s health care overhaul, according to a new report from the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration. “The IRS must ensure that all the information needed to accurately and effectively administer these provisions...
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Obama team kicks off climate change push
Joel Gehrke
Published: Thu, Apr 25, 2013
President Obama’s allies at Organizing for Action kicked off their campaign for climate change legislation with a video attacking “climate deniers” such as Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., and House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, for being on the opposite side of the issue. “In 2011, there...
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House Republicans laying groundwork for Obamacare replacement
Joel Gehrke
Updated: Thu, Apr 25, 2013
House Republicans are laying the groundwork for legislation to replace Obamacare by arguing that the law will exacerbate the rising costs of health care as it further insulates doctors from the need to compete with each other for patients. “Independent experts believe that the Affordable...
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Barney Frank compares al-Qaeda to Tea Party
Joel Gehrke
Published: Thu, Apr 25, 2013
Former Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., responding to al-Qaeda’s criticism of his sexual orientation in the latest issue of their magazine, compared the terrorist organization to the Tea Party and cracked that the two groups are “aligned” with each other against gay marriage. “I wonder how...
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FBI video: Domestic terrorist says he targeted conservative group for being ‘anti-gay’
Joel Gehrke
Updated: Wed, Apr 24, 2013
Family Research Council (FRC) officials released video of federal investigators questioning convicted domestic terrorist Floyd Lee Corkins II, who explained that he attacked the group’s headquarters because the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) identified them as a “hate group” due to...
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McCain visits Obama team in Arizona to thank them for support on gun bill
Joel Gehrke
Published: Wed, Apr 24, 2013
Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., had a warm meeting with Obama for America Organizing for Action volunteers in Arizona, as the senator and the members of President Obama’s former campaign apparatus thanked each other for their alliance in support of Obama’s desired gun legislation. “The...
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White House denounces ‘partisan Republican staff report’ on Benghazi
Joel Gehrke
Published: Wed, Apr 24, 2013
White House Press Secretary Jay Carney denounced the House report on the Benghazi terrorist attack as a a partisan Republican staff report,” adding that it falsely suggested then-Secretary Hillary Clinton gave false testimony to Congress earlier this year. “The signature thing is a perfect...
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Judge to Janet Napolitano: You have to deport illegal immigrants
Joel Gehrke
Published: Wed, Apr 24, 2013
Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano does not have the authority to refuse to enforce laws that require illegal immigrants to face deportation, according to the federal judge hearing the Immigration and Customs Enforcement union’s lawsuit against DHS. “The court finds that...
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House report: Clinton didn’t tell the truth about requests for Benghazi security
Joel Gehrke
Published: Tue, Apr 23, 2013
House Republicans released their report on the investigation into the Benghazi terrorist attack, having concluded that then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was not telling the truth when she told Congress that she wasn’t aware that officials at the U.S. mission in Benghazi had requested...
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