Topic: U.S. Republican Party
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Republican-led House of Representatives on Thursday passed a minor element of President Barack Obama's jobs bill as consensus remained elusive on other efforts to boost the struggling economy.With the unemployment rate stuck at 9 percent, Republicans and Democrats ...
Jon Stewart has mocked Pat Robertson's call for GOP candidates to tone down their rhetoricJon Stewart has mocked Pat Robertson's call for GOP candidates to tone down their rhetoric. During his Tuesday opening monologue of Comedy Central's The Daily Show, Stewart played ...
Nevada, the Battle Born State that prides itself on a combative, Western attitude toward a sometimes-overbearing federal government, is about to surrender to a miniature, Eastern monarchy.So one of the most colorful, vibrant states in the country, having asserted itself as a ...
Rick Santorum, Ron Paul, Newt Gingrich and Michele Bachmann's stuck poll numbers leave them effectively out of a GOP debateRick Santorum, Ron Paul, Newt Gingrich and Michele Bachmann's stuck poll numbers leave them effectively out of a GOP debate. Marriot TV's Yet ...
Veteran Republican Senator John McCain on Thursday unveiled an alternative employment plan after his party this week blocked President Barack Obama's jobs bill in the Senate.McCain presented proposals drawn up with fellow Senator Rand Paul, a member of the conservative Tea Party ...
PITTSBURGH (Reuters) - The White House vowed to push forward with President Barack Obama's jobs package "piece by piece" if a vote fails on Tuesday in the U.S. Senate, as expected, to advance the legislation.Obama was in Pittsburgh as part of a ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Four years ago, Senator Claire McCaskill was one of Barack Obama's biggest boosters in his presidential campaign. But when he recently visited her state of Missouri, she did not have time to join him.Many of McCaskill's fellow Democrats in ...
A majority of Americans and a plurality of Republicans support repeal of 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'A majority of Americans and a plurality of Republicans support repeal of “Don't Ask, Don't Tell.” The military ended its 18-year-old policy that banned gay and bisexual ...
Texas Governor Rick Perry's popularity has plummeted following some weak debate showings as former pizza company executive Herman Cain has risen to tie him, a new poll showed Tuesday.The Washington Post/ABC News poll of 2012 Republican White House candidates showed former Massachusetts ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Monday he expects the Congress to vote on his $447 billion jobs package by the end of October."It's been several weeks now since I sent up the American Jobs Act, and as I have ...
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