Posts in April 2010

House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) today was adamant that some of the more popular parts of health care reform that the Democrats have been touting were actually Republican ideas, despite repeatedly saying in the past that no Republican ideas had been incorporated into the... [+]

Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-CA) wants to start deporting American citizens. Not all American citizens, mind you. Just the natural-born American citizens that are the children of illegal immigrants. At a tea party rally in Ramona in San Diego County over the weekend, Hunter fielded a... [+]

Republicans abandoned their blockade against legislation to clamp tough new controls on Wall Street Wednesday, clearing a road to likely passage for the most sweeping rewrite of financial rules since the Great Depression. Democrats and Republicans agree the Senate will ultimately pass landmark changes aimed... [+]

The Nebraska Democratic Party filed a mail fraud report against the Republican National Committee on Monday for sending out deceiving mailers that appear to be a “Census Document.” A member of Congress has also confirmed that the U.S. Postal Service was investigating the matter. In... [+]

There is growing worry that a mysterious new Republican political action committee formed by Bush-era heavyweights including Karl Rove could harm the Republican National Committee down the line. As we’ve been reporting about the RNC’s woes and chairman Michael Steele’s tenure, more and more GOPers... [+]

For weeks, the White House strategy on financial regulatory reform remained an open question: Would President Barack Obama water down his bill just to get something passed — the way he did on health care? A Palinesque “Hell no!” was the answer coming from the White... [+]

It’s been quite a couple days at the Southern Republican Leadership Conference. The New Orleans conference — the party’s first major gathering of 2012 hopefuls since President Obama’s health care victory — drew just about all the big names. Sarah Palin, Bobby Jindal, Newt Gingrich... [+]

She was a 25-year-old junior staffer when the Florida Republican Party gave her an American Express card. Over the next 2½ years, nearly $1.3 million in charges wound up on Melanie Phister’s AmEx — $40,000 at a London hotel, and nearly $20,000 in plane tickets... [+]