The New York Times reported yesterday, “Senator Charles E. Schumer of New York, the Senate’s third-ranking Democrat, threw cold water on Tuesday on one emerging approach for striking a bipartisan deficit-reduction deal — an overhaul of the tax code that lowers top income tax rates but raises more revenue. Mr. Schumer’s position complicates efforts to […]

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The Washington Post’s Glenn Kessler takes down another favorite talking point of President Obama and Democrats in Congress today: that the economic crisis was somehow caused by the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts. Kessler writes, “While one can argue whether deregulation under Clinton or Bush played a bigger role in the financial crisis, the notion […]

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Reuters wrote last night, “The federal government will buy an Illinois prison that the Obama administration once considered as a successor to the detention camp at Guantanamo Bay, Attorney General Eric Holder said on Tuesday.” Politico adds, “The unusual move to ‘reprogram’ existing Justice Department funding bypassed House appropriators, who had objected to the purchase. […]

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The AP reports today, “The U.S. economy grew at a sluggish 1.3 percent annual rate in the April-June quarter, held back by the severe drought that reduced farm production in the Midwest. The growth rate was lowered from a previous estimate of 1.7 percent, the Commerce Department said Thursday.” AFP called the data “far weaker […]

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Writing at Townhall.com, Guy Benson notes Obama adviser David Axelrod calling the fact that President Obama’s health care law cuts over half a trillion dollars from Medicare “a lie” by Republicans. Of course, that’s not something that was made up by Republicans, but a statement from a report by the Congressional Budget Office. In fact, […]

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CNN wrote on Saturday, “Republicans are calling on President Obama and the Democratic-controlled Senate to act before sequestration takes place at the beginning of next year, saying cuts to the military are ‘not the way to address America’s fiscal challenges.’ . . . The president signed the Sequestration Transparency Act earlier this week, which will […]

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The Wall Street Journal reports, “About one in three doctors across the country doesn’t accept new patients who are covered by Medicaid, the federal-state insurance program that is supposed to enroll millions more low-income Americans as part of the Obama administration’s health overhaul, according to a new government study. Some 31% of physicians in a […]

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“The campaign believes that the RV does not constitute campaign materials, but we will remove the sticker just to be cautious.” –Brunner Press Secretary John Sutter Wentzville Patch: According to the Marine Corps Trademark and Licensing Program, using the branch’s logo as the Brunner campaign has with a small logo on the rear of a […]

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The New York Times reports today, “A rising number of manufacturers are canceling new investments and putting off new hires because they fear paralysis in Washington will force hundreds of billions in tax increases and budget cuts in January, undermining economic growth in the coming months. Executives at companies making everything from electrical components and […]

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We’re going to make a prediction here. If Dave Spence is the Republican nominee for governor, his race against Nixon in the fall will make Nixon’s race against Kenny Hulshof in 2008 look like a nail biter. No offense to Mr. Spence, but his name needs to be nowhere near or on a ballot for […]

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