by Bill Scher | Oct 9, 2013 | Conservatism
House Budget Chair Paul Ryan's Wall Street Journal oped "Here's How We Can End This Stalemate" is being treated as an "olive branch" to the President because it doesn't demand any changes to Obamacare and emphasizes the importance of raising the debt limit. The...
by Bill Scher | Oct 9, 2013 | Uncategorized
Republican Endgame Nowhere In Sight Obama and Boehner talk past each other, reports National Journal: "Obama said that if Congress were to pass a temporary bill to open government, he’d be willing to negotiate ... But Obama asserted that congressional Republicans...
by Bill Scher | Oct 8, 2013 | Uncategorized
Republicans Taking a Beating Republicans taking biggest hit in ABC/W. Post poll: "Seventy percent in a new ABC News/Washington Post poll disapprove of how the Republicans in Congress are handling the budget negotiations, up 7 percentage points from a week ago ......
by Bill Scher | Oct 7, 2013 | Uncategorized
GOP Paying Price For Shutdown "Shutdown Hurting Republicans in Battleground Districts" reports National Journal: "The new PPP polls were conducted on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday of last week, with sample sizes of between 600-700 registered voters in each of the 24...
by Bill Scher | Oct 3, 2013 | Uncategorized
Republicans Have No Endgame House Republicans continue gimmick bills. AP: "On Thursday, Republicans planned to continue pursuing their latest strategy: muscling bills through the House that would restart some popular programs. Votes were on tap for restoring funds for...