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November 20, 2010

Republican Senator Mitch McConnell Wants More Gridlock And A Government Shutdown

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To avert a government shutdown on Oct. 1, lawmakers passed a two-month resolution to keep the government running until Dec. 3. Congress is now facing that [...]

November 20, 2010

Eric Cantor Opposes Compromise On Extending Bush Tax Cuts, Says Government ...

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set the stage on Sunday by declaring that any lack of progress in Congress -- including a possible government shutdown -- will be Obama's fault. [...]

November 20, 2010

Fmr Sen. Alan Simpson Predicts Govt. Shutdown

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He predicted a government that approaches shutdown in April of next year. “This is going to be beautiful politics - The brutal kind,” he told reporters in [...]

November 20, 2010

Another 1995

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House Republican majority to adopt a take-no-prisoners approach to federal spending — and if that leads to a 1995-style government shutdown, so be it. [...]

November 20, 2010

The Brewing Showdown Over A Government Shutdown

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Eric Cantor (R-VA), the second-highest ranking House Republican, is open to a government shutdown. The newest member of the “Shutdown Caucus” is Rep. [...]

November 20, 2010

Boehner: GOP Will Avoid Government Shutdown, But Won't Rule It Out ...


23 Sep 2010 similar to one that occurred in 1995 under GOP rule. House Republicans do not intend to engineer a government shutdown similar to one that [...]

November 20, 2010

Government Shutdown: October 2010 | TPMDC


TPMDC Government Shutdown: October 2010 "He has not called for shutting down the government," Stewart says. " What he has noted is that Republicans are united in their [...]

November 20, 2010

Just Like '94?

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If the Republicans want to have any chance of beating the Democrats in 2012, they need to be careful not to repeat the 1995 government shutdown. So while they do have power to set the budget, they cannot push the issue too far as the [...]

November 20, 2010

Joe Biden Analyzes Sarah Palin's Chances In 2012 | Jay Bookman

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Is Grover Norquist right that REPUBLICANS can win a government shutdown this time around because unlike '95 they have an extremely powerful propaganda organ at its disposal in FOX News? According to Norquist, the '95 shutdown was spun [...]

November 20, 2010

A Plain Blog About Politics: Shutdown Talk Returns

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Granted, while a government shutdown, especially an early confrontation over the debt limit, would likely be a disaster for House Republicans, it stands to be a big winner for Fox News, conservative talk radio hosts, and anyone who [...]

November 20, 2010

Rep. Gohmert On Government Shutdown: 'Yes We Can'


The last time Republicans recaptured control of Congress from Democrats, they shut down the federal government after President Clinton rebuffed their efforts to impose deep cuts to education spending and Medicare. [...]

November 20, 2010

Government Shutdown For Xmas? | Corrente

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Government shutdown for Xmas? lambert's picture. Fri, 11/05/2010 - 9:08am — lambert. Sure, why not? Do it while the tea partiers still have their strut, and before the Obama administration can come up with some kinda plan. [...]

November 20, 2010

Andhra Postpones Police Recruitment Test, TRS Withdraws Shutdown ...

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Andhra postpones police recruitment test, TRS withdraws shutdown call. Hyderabad, Nov 19 – Bowing to pressure from students and pro-Telangana groups, the Andhra Pradesh government Friday postponed a recruitment test for sub-inspectors [...]

November 20, 2010

TSA Madness


A few people warned against the creation of yet another agency. I won't claim to have been one as I do so little travel I didn't hear about it until it was a done deal. But now their idiocy is all over the Internet to be read. Janet Napolitano says "don't worry, I'm with the government and I'm here [...]

November 20, 2010

Do Tea Partiers Support Total Government Shutdown? - Shutdown ...


I've heard gloats from overzealous supporters that the new representatives will block budgets, or any spending, for that matter.They do realize that a failure to pass a budget (or to extend the existing one) will lead to total [...]

November 20, 2010

Another Republican EXTREMIST Advocates A Government Shut-Down


The leader of the Americans for Tax Reform, Grover Norquist is urging the "NO" House Republicans to put a block to all spending, and if needed to repeat the 1995 Government Shutdown lead by Republican and the Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich. This was 15 years ago, and back then it ended up costin [...]

November 20, 2010

Albany Fighting Heats Up As Shutdown Edges Closer - NYTimes.com


ALBANY — State officials began preparing on Wednesday for what they said would be the first government shutdown in New York history as prospects for the passage of [...]

November 20, 2010

GrEaT SAtAn"S GIrLfRiEnD


GrEaT sAtAn"S gIrLfRiEnD: Land Of The Pure Primer Pakistan. . .well, actually . . . . . . . China . . . Iran . . . Islam. . Where's Obama? Raising taxes. . .unleashing the TSA against innocent citizens, threatening government shutdown. Well he did try to sell mining equipment to India, how'd that wo [...]

November 20, 2010

The Tea Party's Apparent Willingness To Shut Down The Federal Government And ...

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Threatening, or forcing, a government shutdown is a conspicuous breach of the Congressional Oath. Our Constitution contemplates continuous government, [...]

November 20, 2010

Good Analysis From Jobsanger

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The only things they have offered so far is more tax cuts for the rich and cuts to so far unnamed government programs. And to get what they want, they are already threatening a government shutdown. And it's not just the new congressmen, [...]

November 20, 2010

Norquist: Republicans Should Mull Shutdown

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WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- Grover Norquist, head of Americans for Tax Reform, is urging the Republican majority in the House of Representatives to consider a government shutdown. [...]

November 20, 2010

Republicans Talk About Government Shut-Down Over Spending; White ...

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On Friday at the Faith and Freedom Conference and Strategy Briefing, a convention for conservative activists, Rep. Lynn Westmoreland, R-Ga., a vice chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee, discussed how a [...]

November 20, 2010

Cantor Refuses To Take Government Shutdown Or Default On U.S. Debt ...

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Cantor Refuses To Take Government Shutdown Or Default On US Debt Off The Table In an interview with Fox News Sunday this morning, Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA), the #2 Republican in the House, threatened to take the nations economy hostage if [...]

November 20, 2010

Grover Norquist Thinks Government Shutdown Would Be Good For GOP


Americans for Tax Reform head Grover Norquist says it would be a good idea for Republicans to force a government shutdown to show how responsible they are. Norquist emphasizes that any government shutdown is the fault of the president. The president “will be less popular if — in the service of overs [...]

November 20, 2010

Should Americans Be Worried About A Government Shutdown?

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During an interview that aired on Fox News on Sunday, Chris Wallace asked Eric Cantor whether or not Congressional Republicans were willing to "let the country go into default" or "allow a government shutdown." Cantor, the presumptive House Majority Leader for the 112th Congress, didn't tell Wallace yes or no, instead implying that either development would be as much the president's fault if it [...]


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