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Cantor Continues To Lie About The CBO Analysis Of Recovery Bill
thinkprogress.org - 1/28/2009
Cantor Continues To Lie About The CBO Analysis Of Recovery Bill
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Last week, ThinkProgress called out House Minority Whip Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA) for lying about the economic recovery bill, specifically for claiming that the bill would give more money to “grass” on the National Mall than to small businesses. In new interviews, he continues to ...
fivethirtyeight.com - 1/29/2009
The Republican Death Spiral
— fivethirtyeight.com — It's not just the goose egg that the House Republicans laid on the Democratic stimulus package yesterday: Boehner's Boys have been equally uncooperative on other matters. Case in point: a bill yesterday to delay the transition to digital TV . This ... (more) The Republican Death Spiral

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marcambinder.theatlantic.com - 1/29/2009
More Republican Triangulating On Bipartisanship: Cantor Responds To White House
— marcambinder.theatlantic.com — House Republicans are reacting strongly to reports that the White House plans a political onslaught to pressure Republicans into supporting the stimulus package and to punish those who don't. House Republican Whip Eric Cantor (R-VA)  will soon ... (more) More Republican Triangulating On Bipartisanship: Cantor ...

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Bank Employing GOP House Leader’s Wife Got Bailout Bucks
propublica.org - 1/23/2009
Bank Employing GOP House Leader’s Wife Got Bailout Bucks
— propublica.org — Bank Employing GOP House Leader’s Wife Got Bailout Bucks Rep. Eric Cantor (R-Va.) holds up House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's statement while speaking to the media after the vote failed on the bailout on Capitol Hill on Sept. 29, 2008. (Mark Wilson/Getty ... (more) Bank Employing GOP House Leader’s Wife Got Bailout ...

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Political Animal:  How we got in this mess in the first place

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How we got in this mess in the first place
Political Animal — ... or not is completely beside the point. Where did they get this guy? I can appreciate Josh's frustration. Listening to House Republicans talk about the economy is not only tedious, it's a striking reminder that these guys don't know what they're talking about. I mean that, literally. They're clueless. There are coherent arguments against the stimulus plan, even from a conservative perspective, but actual GOP policy makers apparently aren't familiar with them. Their arguments about the CBO are wrong. Their arguments ...

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