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07/09/11 House Republican budget negotiators have abandoned plans to pursue a massive $4 trillion, 10-year deficit reduction package in the face of stiff GOP opposition to any plan that would increase taxes as part of the deal.
07/07/11 WASHINGTON #8212; A top House Republican on Wednesday signaled new flexibility on White House demands to close wasteful tax loopholes as a way to bridge differences with President Obama and Capitol Hill Democrats in talks on a plan to reduce the deficit and pave the way to increase the government #8217;s borrowing authority.
06/22/11 A Senate resolution to authorize limited use of armed forces in Libya is meant to counter a House Republican plan to cut off the operation's financing.
06/16/11 Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Gregory Jaczko rebuffed a top House Republican's call for his resignation yesterday, s...
06/16/11 COMMENTARY | According to an article in the Huffington Post by U.S. Representative Bruce Baily, the Republicans are responsible for the high gas prices we have been paying at the pumps. In May, Eric Cantor, the House Republican leader, was taped promising oil speculators that he would fight Wall Street reform and make sure that consumer friendly regulations never see the light of day.
06/10/11 Mike Martin of Lake Cormorant is dropping out of the state House Republican primary for the seat held by Rep. John Mayo, D-Clarksdale, setting up a head-to-head contest in November between Mayo and the remaining GOP candidate, Walls Mayor W.E. "Gene" Alday.
06/10/11 State officials from all corners of Illinois traveled to Barrington Friday morning to pay their respects and celebrate the life of state Rep. Mark Beaubien Jr..The 15-year state representative from Barrington Hills, who was remembered as a courageous and passionate leader, died Sunday at age 68 after collapsing at Arlington Park racetrack while attending a House Republican fundraiser.As they ...
06/08/11 House Republican leaders have continued their intense lobbying efforts to convince wayward Republicans to support the override of the so-called Right to Work bill vetoed last month by Gov. John Lynch.
06/07/11 MIDDLETOWN, Ohio (AP) - The Ohio House Republican caucus has picked a former township trustee to fill a vacant House seat in southwest Ohio. Speaker William Batchelder said Tuesday that former Liberty Township Trustee Margaret Conditt will represent the 55th House District.
06/05/11 Columnist Brian Howey talks with Richard Lugar about the budget and dealing with House Republican freshmen.
06/02/11 As the House Republican majority pursues multiple ways to reduce the burden of government regulation on private businesses, R...
05/30/11 Posted by Ray Long at 2:50 p.m. SPRINGFIELD --- State lawmakers today decided to drop efforts to pass two of the session's most contentious bills --- cutting government worker pension benefits and health care for retired state employees. House Republican...
05/28/11 Likely presidential candidate Mitt Romney hedged Friday on his support for a House Republican budget outline that seeks to reduce spending by cutting federal programs such as Medicare.
05/27/11 "I said it many times. This is like skinny dipping. Somebody has to be the first one in the pool and it's real lonely when you're the only one in the pool. Paul Ryan is in the pool. We want the rest of the town to come along." -- Rep. Jack Kingston (R-GA), in an interview on MSNBC's Hardball , on the House Republican Medicare proposal.
05/27/11 WASHINGTON, May 27, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Propane Gas Association (NPGA) applauds House Republican Conference Secretary Representative John Carter (R-TX) and Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD) on their introduction of the Propane Green Autogas Solutions Act ("Propane GAS Act") of 2011 (H.R. 2014/S.1120) in the House and Senate. This legislation would extend existing tax credits for ...
05/26/11 A key House Republican is proposing to take popular Northeast corridor train service away from Amtrak and solicit bids from private investors for high-speed rail service
05/26/11 Senate Democrats forced their GOP colleagues Wednesday to vote on a House Republican budget, getting most of them to back an unpopular plan to privatize Medicare. Next week, a similar vote in the GOP-run House on raising the debt ceiling could make Democrats uncomfortable. read more
05/25/11 Listen to the Audio JUDY WOODRUFF: And now to politics and the aftershocks from yesterday's special U.S. House election in New York that reverberated throughout Washington today. Democrats today hailed Kathy Hochul's upset victory in a special U.S. House election in western New York State. The Erie County clerk seized on the U.S. House Republican plan to convert Medicare into a voucher system ...
05/25/11 Susan Ferrechio Chief Congressional Correspondent Follow us @Examinerpolitic Democratic leaders in the Senate Wednesday forced a vote on the House Republican budget proposal, making GOP lawmakers publicly back a controversial plan to overhaul Medicare that Democrats believe will be a millstone for the party during 2012 elections. The House proposal, written by Budget Committee ...
05/23/11 MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. The Pennsylvania House of Representatives is preparing to consider amendments to the state budget plan for the fiscal year that starts July 1. The chamber scheduled debate Monday on a $27.3 billion House Republican spending proposal. The bill doesn't raise new taxes and allocates more for education and less for the Department of Public Welfare than ...
05/19/11 House Republican Leader Lawrence F. Cafero (R-142), State Rep. Marilyn Giuliano (R-23), and State Rep. Noreen Kokoruda (R-101) will host a state budget forum this coming Monday, May 23... | 
