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Johanns demands resignation of Cordray, NLRB recess appointments

Ed Morrissey — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 14:01:06 +0000

Huge.

I missed this over the weekend, but it’s worth noting today. Senator Mike Johanns (R-NE) demanded the resignation of all Obama administration officials that received recess appointments, after the DC Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled them invalid on Friday afternoon: A Republican senator is demanding that officials appointed by President Obama last year step [...]

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Corker: Say, that Hagel’s got quite a temper, eh?

Jazz Shaw — Sun, 13 Jan 2013 22:01:51 +0000

Mercurial

We’ve spent plenty of time covering the litany of complaints being raised against Chuck Hagel’s nomination for SecDef based on various policy positions he’s taken or past comments he’s made. But now a different and less discussed – though already well known – aspect of his past is bubbling back to the surface. During the [...]

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Corker proposes bill matching debt ceiling hike to entitlement cuts

Ed Morrissey — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 14:21:00 +0000

Dollar For Dollar Act.

In an effort that offers more symbolism than action, Senator Bob Corker has offered a bill that takes Barack Obama at his word on deficit control. The Dollar for Dollar Act raises the debt ceiling by $937 billion in exchange for exactly the same amount of savings in incremental reforms of entitlement programs (via Instapundit): [...]

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The growing GOP tax-cave chorus?

Erika Johnsen — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 14:31:22 +0000

Bargaining.

Last week, Sen. Rand Paul elucidated a possible fiscal-cliff route to which an increasing number of Republicans seem to be edging: Obama based much of his campaign on hiking taxes on families making more than 250k/year, and America went ahead and reelected him. So, go ahead and let the Democrats raise taxes, and then it [...]

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Corker: Let’s rip the Band-Aid off and make a deal now

Ed Morrissey — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 16:21:29 +0000

A "read my lips" moment?

How easy is it to solve the fiscal cliff? Senator Bob Corker (R-TN) says it’s very simple indeed — and this Congress has already had “two practice runs” in addressing all of the issues that will have to get resolved before New Years Day to avoid disaster. Frustrated by proposals for short-term extensions, Corker wrote [...]

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