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• Post: How GOP Made its Unemployment Benefits Plan Palatable for Conservatives

  House Republicans now have their own extended unemployment benefits plan, but with reforms to satisfy conservatives, including drug testing, job training, and shorter terms of eligibility. A new House GOP plan, released Friday, extends long-term jobless … Continue reading →

  

• Video: Rep. Bachmann: Tea Party Is “Keeping Us Honest”

  Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) explains the “leaderless” tea party movement.

  

• Post: House votes to defund Planned Parenthood

  The House just approved Rep. Mike Pence’s amendment to cut off funding to Planned Parenthood, checking off a hot-button social issue even as it set up a bigger showdown over defunding the health care law. The … Continue reading →

  

• Post: Republicans Strike Back on Spending

  Republicans are ready to start on Tuesday a three-day push on a blueprint for reducing spending for the remainder of the 2011 budget year. The Democratic-led Congress never passed a budget last year to manage spending … Continue reading →

  

• Post: White House Expects Deficit to Spike to $1.65 Trillion

  The White House projected Monday that the federal deficit would spike to $1.65 trillion in the current fiscal year, the largest dollar amount ever, adding pressure on Democrats and Republicans to tackle growing levels of debt. … Continue reading →

  

• Post: Republicans, White House Brace for Twin Budget Battles

  Republicans looking to make deep spending cuts are girding for twin budget battles in Washington starting this week — a fiscal fight one lawmaker said will define the rest of President Obama’s term. The president plans … Continue reading →

  

• Article: Senate Democrats Drink More Kool-Aid

  Last week’s Senate vote to reject the repeal of Obamacare offered stark evidence that the so-called moderate Democrats in the Senate will be forced to walk the plank and vote for Obama’s liberal positions in the … Continue reading →

  

• Post: House Republicans Try to Regroup After String of Setbacks

  As weeks go, House Speaker John Boehner’s had better. First Republicans failed to extend parts of the Patriot Act. Then they fell short on a bid to claw back millions of dollars in excess U.N. funding. And … Continue reading →

  

• Post: Fannie and Freddie on the Chopping Block

  Run into the ground by mismanagement and criminal oversight failure by Democrats in Congress, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac – taken over by the government in 2008 – appear to be on the chopping block entirely. … Continue reading →

  

• Post: GOP Aims to Starve Healthcare Law Funds

  There’s an old saying in Washington that the policy follows the money. In other words, if there’s no money for something, the policy won’t go very far. Such could be the case with the health care reform … Continue reading →

  

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