This is an incredible letter that Skip Stam received from one of his constituents which explains in detail exactly what the problems are that the small and large businesses in this country are facing. The American people and our representatives need to understand why our unemployment rate is staying so high. And to think, many people believe we need
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JANUARY 6, 2011 The administration waives allies through the health law’s onerous restrictions. By KARL ROVE A primary task for the new Republican House majority is to undo as many of the pernicious effects of ObamaCare that it can. One of these effects is the spectacle of employers going hat-in-hand to the Department of Health
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CHICAGO TRIBUNE Chief of staff pick just another cog in the Daley machine By John Kass January 7, 2011 As President Barack Obama knighted Chicago’s William Daley as his new chief of staff — and kept the Daley machine in control of the executive branch of our federal government — I couldn’t help thinking of
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WALL STREET JOURNAL JANUARY 7, 2011 GOP Governors Seek Leeway to Cut Medicaid Rolls By JANET ADAMY Republican governors are pressing the Obama administration to make it easier for states to cut Medicaid enrollment, setting up a fight over one of states’ costliest programs. On Friday, 33 Republican governors and governors-elect plan to send a
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Final Tab for Pelosi’s Speakership: $5.34 Trillion in New Debt—Or $3.66 Billion Per Day Thursday, January 06, 2011 By Terence P. Jeffrey Outgoing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif. speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) (CNSNews.com) – In the 1,461 days that Rep. Nancy
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Bean bags vs. AK-47s Posted: December 18, 2010 1:00 am Eastern © 2010 Another Border Patrol agent on the Arizona border was shot and killed by Mexican drug smugglers last Tuesday. Of the eight attackers, four are in custody and a fifth is under surveillance by Border Patrol Blackhawk helicopters as he tries to make his
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Dear MoveOn member, “Look, I know MoveOn usually works on national issues, but the Republicans have taken over, and we really need your help.” That was the message I got last week from a leading progressive in the state legislature in my home state of Maine. I could hear the urgency in her voice—and we’re
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January 4, 2011 Budget Hawk Eyes Deficit By DAVID LEONHARDT Indianapolis Of all the Republicans talking about the deficit these days, Mitch Daniels, the governor of Indiana, has arguably the most credibility. Congressional Republicans have spent much of the last decade voting for tax cuts and spending increases, all the while giving speeches decrying the
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THE GAME JANUARY 4, 2011 By DENNIS K. BERMAN Land values soared. States splurged on new programs. Then it all went bust, bringing down banks and state governments with them. This wasn’t America in 2011, it was America in 1841, when a now-forgotten depression pushed eight states and a desolate territory called Florida into the
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JANUARY 4, 2011 The House GOP is making it harder to tax and spend. House Republicans are pledging to cut spending, and one early sign they’re serious is the rules package they are bringing to the House floor tomorrow. More than the last time it held power, the GOP is changing the rules to make
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