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Obama Tells Republicans to Forget About Causing Another Debt Ceiling Debacle
Instead of taking a fiscal cliff victory lap, President Obama used his statement to land the first blows in the debt ceiling debate.
Daily Archives: Tue, Jan 1st, 2013
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Conservatives Freak Out, Call for Boehner to be Fired and Blame Obama
The fiscal cliff vote was full of peril for Republicans. Conservatives are calling for Boehner to be fired and the’re blaming Obama for the House GOP failure.
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Obama Gets a Big Win as House Republicans Get Buried by Fiscal Cliff Cave In
After much bluster and drama, the Republican divas in the House of Representatives caved, and gave President Obama almost everything that he wanted on the fiscal cliff.
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Disgusted with House Republicans, Senate Announces ‘We’re Done’
Senate Democrats are done playing Republican House games. They won’t be making changes to the agreement. ‘We’re done,’ an aide said.
After Telling the Senate and Obama to Lead, House GOP Refuses to Support Fiscal Cliff Bill
House Republicans demanded that Obama and the Senate lead on the fiscal cliff, but are now objecting to passing the agreement that came out of their leadership.
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Psst Republicans: The Senate Passed The Budget Control Act in August 2011
In spite of the Republican love for bumper sticker slogans, a spending agreement was in the debt ceiling deal. It is called the Budget Control Act.
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Statement from the President on the Senate Deal to Extend Middle Class Tax Cuts
‘This agreement will also grow the economy and shrink our deficits in a balanced way – by investing in our middle class, and by asking the wealthy to pay a little more.’
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The Unfettered Power of Michigan Emergency Managers Invites Corruption
Blackwell agreed to be Detroit’s Emergency Financial manager for $1.00/year. Subsequently, he decided to pay himself a total of $246,000 retroactively.
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The Republicans Have Quit on America; It’s Time for Americans to Quit on Them
Republicans have quit on America. They’re putting forth no effort, and most importantly at all, they haven’t even bothered to show up for the past two years.
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Happy New Year Republicans, Obama Just Cleaned Your Clock on the Fiscal Cliff
The Senate officially passed the fiscal cliff deal 89-8, which means that President Obama rang in the New Year by taking another step towards cleaning the GOP’s clock on the fiscal cliff.
