Frances Beinecke: Most Anti-Environment House of Representatives in History Tries to Do More Damage

07/19/11 With yet another barrage of anti-environment bills is on its way, Tea Party leaders in the House have dramatically stepped up their assault on America's environmental and public health safeguards.

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Mitch McConnell Debt Ceiling Plan Splits Republican Party

07/19/11 WASHINGTON -- Senator Mitch McConnell's plan to avert an imminent U.S. debt default could lead to a day of reckoning for his Republicans as they weigh the prospect of fiscal disaster against the demands of Tea Party activists.

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Michele Bachmann's leading in Iowa and Sarah Palin thinks she can be president. Are the Republicans in trouble?

07/19/11 FROM CNN's Jack Cafferty: For a second straight day, a new poll of likely voters in the Iowa caucuses has Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann as the front-runner of the current field of GOP candidates. Michele Bachmann She's big with Tea Party voters, running on smaller government, no new taxes, but she's come under criticism most [...]

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