Dec 13
Tuesday, December 13th, 2011
The White House has formally threatened to veto a GOP-authored bill that would link the extension of a payroll tax cut that President Obama has sought to other Republican priorities.
The House is scheduled to vote later on Tuesday on the measure, which would extend for a year a reduction in the payroll taxes paid by millions of workers from 6.2 to 4.2 percent. But the bill would also require a speedy decision on construction of the controversial Keystone XL oil pipeline.
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Dec 13
Tuesday, December 13th, 2011
Donald Trump, the real-estate mogul and reality-television star, has pulled the plug on his own debate, after top GOP candidates declined his invite and several party leaders said the debate wasn’t a good idea given that Trump was considering a presidential bid of his own.
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Dec 13
Tuesday, December 13th, 2011
A decision by Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius last week to block the unrestricted sale of the morning-after pill to those under 17 has met with opposition from women’s groups, family-planning advocates, and now, from some congressional Democrats.
Fourteen members of the Senate Democratic caucus led by Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) on Tuesday penned a letter to Sebelius asking for the scientific basis for her move last week to overrule Food and Drug Administrator Margaret A. Hamburg’s decision to make Plan B One-Step available to people of all ages without a prescription.
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Dec 13
Tuesday, December 13th, 2011
Do Republicans have the votes?
That’s the question in the House this morning as the chamber takes up a payroll tax package unveiled by GOP leaders last week.
The answer, according to House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), is yes.
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Dec 13
Tuesday, December 13th, 2011
The winner of the Republican presidential primary fight is … President Obama?
That’s the analysis laid out Tuesday by Obama’s top campaign strategists in a presentation that brimmed with confidence over how the shifting political winds in the GOP are boosting the president’s chances of reelection.
No matter whether Mitt Romney or Newt Gingrich is the GOP nominee, senior strategist David Axelrod, campaign manager Jim Messina and deputy campaign manager Stephanie Cutter argued that a protracted Republican fight helps Obama in multiple ways.
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