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AP / J. David Ake

Boehner Bad-Mouths Any Talk of Tax Hikes

House Speaker John Boehner said Thursday that the “super committee” on debt reduction should not be considering any sort of tax increases as it attempts to slash the federal deficit by $1.2 trillion. (more)

Posted on Sep 15, 2011 READ MORE  |  10 COMMENTS



White House / Pete Souza

How Much Has Obama Learned About Republicans?

The Republican presidential debate last week should have taught us that we are no longer in the world of civics textbooks. Does the President finally understand that?

Posted on Sep 11, 2011 READ MORE  |  27 COMMENTS



White House / Pete Souza

Obama Tells Congress Americans Don’t Have 14 Months

By far the most stirring line in the president’s jobs speech Thursday was his acknowledgment that “the next election is 14 months away and the people who sent us here—the people who hired us to work for them—they don’t have the luxury of waiting 14 months.”

Posted on Sep 8, 2011 READ MORE  |  30 COMMENTS


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