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Weekly Address: Reaching a Comprehensive and Long-Term Deal on Iran’s Nuclear Program
WASHINGTON, DC — In this week’s address, the President described the historic understanding the United States – with our allies and partners – reached with Iran, which, if fully implemented, will prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon and will make our country,...
Take it from Rand Paul: “I’m not a libertarian.”
Rand Paul Opposes Abortion Rights, Sponsored Legislation That Would Make All Abortions Illegal Rand Paul vehemently opposes abortion rights. He is a sponsor of “The Life at Conception Act,” a radical piece of legislation associated with the personhood movement...
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Quote of the Day: Republicans Hate Obamacare Except for the Parts They Don’t
From Republican Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, who asked for horror stories about Obamacare and was instead deluged with stories from people who have been helped by it: The stories are largely around pre-existing conditions and those that are getting health insurance up...
Editorial: Keep Up the Push for Redistricting Reform
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How to Determine If Your Religious Liberty Is Being Threatened in Just 10 Quick Questions
h/t JAM (click to see the quiz) If you answered "A" to any question, then perhaps your religious liberty is indeed at stake. You and your faith group have every right to now advocate for equal protection under the law. But just remember this one little,...
Ted Cruz’s ironic birther predicament
If birthers wanted to go after Ted Cruz's citizenship, here are the many questions they could ask Cruz’s official Canadian birth certificate, as posted by the Dallas Morning News, shows that Rafael Edward Cruz was born in Calgary, Alberta, on December 22, 1970. Oddly,...
Here is the #Republican Agenda
Potential Republican presidential candidates are neck-deep in the “money primary,” schlepping from one wealthy watering hole to another, kissing the proper palms, stroking the insatiable egos, and if successful, pocketing commitments and cash. The “ideas primary”...
Republicans block Senate bill to boost veterans’ benefits
WASHINGTON — A divided Senate on Thursday derailed Democratic legislation that would have provided $21 billion for medical, education, and job-training benefits for the nation's veterans. The bill fell victim to election-year disputes over spending and fresh penalties...
“Socialism for the rich, capitalism for the poor”
Subsidies considered excessive, unwarranted, wasteful, unfair, inefficient, or bought by lobbying are often called corporate welfare.[1] The label of corporate welfare is often used to decry projects advertised as benefiting the general welfare that spend a...
