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McConnell rejects idea
of replacing sequester
with tax hikes
The Hill [Washington DC], by Pete Kasperowicz
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Posted By:Dreadnought, 2/11/2013 10:53:21 PM
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| Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said Monday that he would not accept a plan to avert the sequester by raising taxes, just days before Democrats are expected to propose exactly that. "My constituents in Kentucky will not accept a tax hike in the place of spending cuts that were already agreed to by both parties," McConnell said. "We agreed to reduce this amount of spending in October of 2011, without raising taxes. We´ve already made this agreement. "The question is, what are we going to do about it?"
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
horacer, 2/11/2013 11:23:20 PM (No. 9171243)
Just don´t be holding any secret talks with Joe Biden.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
bob913, 2/12/2013 12:12:24 AM (No. 9171273)
Talk to McCain. He is all for more taxes.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Spidey, 2/12/2013 1:46:34 AM (No. 9171307)
When Obama made this deal.he figured the military bearing the brunt of the cuts would force republicans to raise taxes.This is now where we´re at.The big media can´t believe the republicans would let the cuts stand,rather than rope in some more taxes from a bleeding population.
One of the reasons we have a deficit problem is the left and all their sub groups aren´t paying their fair share. They figure republicans should bear the entire tax burden because they think they have over benefited from their race.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
PoliticalJunky, 2/12/2013 3:11:11 AM (No. 9171337)
McConnell is exactly right. He does not deserve any snide comments.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Safari Man, 2/12/2013 3:13:19 AM (No. 9171338)
I lovve the smell of sequester in the morning... smells like... victory.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
belwhatter, 2/12/2013 4:06:22 AM (No. 9171351)
And McConnell likes Senator Ted Cruz - says he was ready on Day 1. Now Mitch just please stick to your guns - no more capitulation please.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
ladychatalie, 2/12/2013 4:28:48 AM (No. 9171362)
Thank you, Senator McConnell, for calling "revenues" what they actually are: taxes. Please continue to stop giving in to the "progressives."
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Trigger2, 2/12/2013 5:37:38 AM (No. 9171385)
Seems to me McConnell said the same thing before he made the ´grand bargin´ on the recent tax increase.
Barry suggested the sequesture, congress approved it, Barry signed it. Give Barry what he wanted - let the sequesture happen.
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National Review Online, by Andrew C. McCarthy
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They keep telling you they have noting but good intentions, that to worry about the feds coming for your guns makes you part of “the black helicopter crowd.” But then things like this happen: In Missouri, federal investigators have demanded and obtained from the state government — apparently twice — the entire list of Missouri concealed weapon permit holders. As Matt Drudge notes, the Columbia Daily Tribune reports that in November 2011 and January 2012, the state highway patrol asked for and received the list of about 185,000 concealed weapon permit holders
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NPR Outlet: Liberal
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Commentary Magazine, by Jonathan S. Tobin
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Posted By: Dreadnought- 4/11/2013 11:19:33 PM
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Commentary Magazine, by Seth Mandel
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Posted By: Dreadnought- 4/11/2013 11:17:15 PM
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In 2011, the journalist Mara Hvistendahl published Unnatural Selection: Choosing Boys Over Girls, and the Consequences of a World Full of Men, detailing the societal effects of sex-selective abortions that target women the world over and resulted in the absence of perhaps more than 100 million girls who by now should have been born. But Hvistendahl soon learned the downside to uncovering what many believe to be a shocking trend in human rights offenses: people will want to do something about it. And so she lashed out, declaring that “anti-abortion activists
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Inquirer [PA], by Joseph A. Slobodzian
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Posted By: Dreadnought- 4/11/2013 11:03:06 PM
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Posted By: Dreadnought- 4/11/2013 10:43:03 PM
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With the Environmental Protection Agency set to play the central role in President Obama’s second-term climate change agenda, would-be agency chief Gina McCarthy on Thursday tried to calm Republican fears that she would continue the perceived “war on coal” and other harsh regulations under her predecessor. She had limited success, as her confirmation hearing before the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works became as much a back-and-forth about climate change as it did a referendum on whether Ms. McCarthy, a tough-talking New Englander with more than three decades of experience in the sector, is qualified
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House pro-lifers: Abortion trial ignored
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Washington Times, by Valerie Richardson
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Posted By: Dreadnought- 4/11/2013 10:39:27 PM
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Washington Times, by Shaun Waterman
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Obama urges N. Korea
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Washington Post, by Scott Wilson
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Posted By: Dreadnought- 4/11/2013 10:29:32 PM
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President Obama called on North Korea on Thursday to end its belligerence after months of escalating rhetoric and actions related to its nuclear program. Obama also pledged that “the United States will take all necessary steps to protect its people and to meet our obligations under our alliances in the region.” The United States has defense treaties with South Korea and Japan. “Now is the time for North Korea to end the kind of belligerent approach that they’ve been taking and to try to lower temperatures,” Obama said after an Oval Office meeting with U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon
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Progress Kentucky activists
behind McConnell tape,
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Washington Post, by Rachel Weiner
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Posted By: Dreadnought- 4/11/2013 10:27:52 PM
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Members of the Democratic group Progress Kentucky were behind a leaked recording of a private conversation among Sen. Mitch McConnell and his campaign staff about potential rivals, a local Democrat alleges. The tape was not made by bugging the Republican senator’s office but by standing in the hallway while the conversation occurred, Jacob Conway, a member of the executive committee of the Louisville/Jefferson County Democratic Party, told news organizations. Conway told Louisville NPR affiliate WFPL that Shawn Reilly, Progress Kentucky’s executive director, and Curtis Morrison, a former spokesman for the group, had boasted to him about making the tape.
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Pentagon: North Korea has
capacity to make nuclear
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Washington Post, by Ernesto Londoño
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Posted By: Dreadnought- 4/11/2013 10:25:41 PM
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North Korea probably has a nuclear warhead small enough to fit on a ballistic missile, according to a new assessment by the Pentagon’s intelligence arm that comes amid growing alarm over Pyongyang’s warmongering. The conclusion by the Defense Intelligence Agency said the weapon would have “low reliability,” but the disclosure during a congressional hearing Thursday is likely to raise fresh concerns about North Korea’s capabilities and intentions. Rep. Doug Lamborn (R-Colo.) read what he said was an unclassified section of the DIA report while questioning Gen. Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
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Texas House panel approves
guns on campus bill
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Associated Press, by Jim Vertuno
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Posted By: Dreadnought- 4/11/2013 10:06:58 PM
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AUSTIN, Texas — Two days after a knife-wielding attacker wounded more than a dozen people on a Texas college campus, a state House panel voted to allow concealed handgun license holders to carry weapons into college buildings and classrooms. The House Homeland Security and Public Safety Committee pushed the bill up to the full House with a 7-1 vote without debate. Lawmakers had taken public testimony on the measure several weeks ago. On Tuesday, authorities say a man used a razor utility knife to slash 14 people on two floors of the health science building at
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Texas oil and gas jobs flourished in 2012
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Houston Chronicle, by Jennifer Hiller
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Posted By: Dreadnought- 4/11/2013 10:02:27 PM
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Cybercast News Service, by Terence P. Jeffrey
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In the message he issued along with his budget proposal on Wednesday morning, President Barack Obama said he wants to see 4-year-old children in the United States enrolled in public schools. Obama said America needs to start enrolling 4-year-olds to make sure the children are “better prepared for the demands of the global economy” and to help parents save on "child-care costs." After saying the United States needs to “equip our citizens with the skills and training” to fill jobs in manufacturing, energy and infrastructure, Obama said, “And that has to start at the earliest possible age.”
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Daughter of Obama´s former
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Reuters, by Mary Wisniewski
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Posted By: mitzi- 4/11/2013 1:11:19 AM
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New York Post, by Andrea Peyser
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The Hill [Washington DC], by Jonathan Easley & Ramsey Cox
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Posted By: JoniTx- 4/11/2013 12:23:49 PM
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The Senate voted to move forward on gun control Thursday, clearing the first of what is expected to be many 60-vote hurdles for the legislation. (Snip) Sixteen Republicans voted in favor of the motion, while two Democrats — both from states President Obama lost in the 2012 election — voted against it. The two Democrats were Sens. Mark Begich (Alaska) and Mark Pryor (Ark.), both of whom face reelection next year.The 16 Republicans who voted to proceed were
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American Spectator, by Jeffrey Lord
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Posted By: StormCnter- 4/11/2013 6:13:54 AM
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Washington Examiner, by Charlie Spiering
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USA Today, by Kirsten Powers
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Posted By: toledo- 4/11/2013 7:39:08 AM
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Infant beheadings. Severed baby feet in jars. A child screaming after it was delivered alive during an abortion procedure. Haven´t heard about these sickening accusations? It´s not your fault. Since the murder trial of Pennsylvania abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell began March 18, there has been precious little coverage of the case that should be on every news show and front page. The revolting revelations of Gosnell´s former staff, who have been testifying to what they
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Biden criticizes gun owners
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it´s like driving a Ferrari´
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Washington Examiner [DC], by Charlie Spiering
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Posted By: JoniTx- 4/11/2013 10:41:58 AM
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During a conversation about gun violence on MSNBC this morning, Vice President Joe Biden explained that there was a growing group of gun owners that might not understand guns as well as hunters. “There is a whole new sort of group of individuals now who – I don’t know what the numbers are – that never hunt at all,” Biden said. “But they own guns for one of two reasons, self-protection or they just like the feel of that AR-15 at the range. They like the way it feels.” Biden imitated holding a weapon and added, “You know,
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