thetakeaway.org - 3/26/2009
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Congressional Republicans agree that President Obama's budget "spends too much, taxes too much and borrows too much." So, what's the Republican argument for fiscal discipline in these times with this President and Congress? How is the GOP planning to participate in budget negotiations? We had a ...
huffingtonpost.com - 3/25/2009
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huffingtonpost.com —
And you all thought Washington wasn't sexy: the
office of ambitious young House Republican Whip Eric Cantor
has confirmed to your Wonkette that instead of watching President Obama's boring press conference last night like the rest of us dingbats, ...
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Eric Cantor Attends Britney Spears Concert
fivethirtyeight.com - 3/27/2009
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The Republican "Road to Recovery" budget alternative ,
rolled out today by John Boehner, has been criticized
by left and right for its lack of specificity and its promise to eliminate the national debt while significantly cutting taxes. ...
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The Real Republican Road to Recovery
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Cantor Defends Britney Concert Attendance: Not An Issue Whatsoever
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... In an interview with The Takeaway, Cantor was first asked about the charge that he and the GOP were short on ideas -- essentially waiting out the economic crisis so that it would tar the president and the Democratic Party. ...
Cantor Defends Britney Concert Attendance: Not An Issue Whatsoever
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... In an interview with The Takeaway, Cantor was first asked about the charge that he and the GOP were short on ideas -- essentially waiting out the economic crisis so that it would tar the president and the Democratic Party. ...
Cantor: GOP will not wait out recession for political benefit
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... Republicans are not waiting out the financial crisis to their political benefit, House Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-Va.) made clear Thursday. Cantor denied the GOP at all intends to stay on the sidelines and saddle congressional Democrats with a struggling economy ahead of the 2010 midterm elections. "That is so far from the truth and absolutely untrue," Cantor told The Takeaway in an interview . Cantor said President Obama knows better than to characterize Republicans as having no plans, when he personally received a stimulus plan from Cantor himself. "He knows better than ...
Cantor on Britney concert: 'I don't know why that's an issue'
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... House Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-Va.) defended his appearance at a Britney Spears concert in Washington this week that has drawn snickers in D.C.'s chattering class. "I don’t know why that’s an issue whatsoever," Cantor told The Takeaway on Thursday. "There was a concert and I had a political event at that concert. Look, that is why I was there." Audiences at Spears's concerts are often dominated by young women, making Cantor a bit out-of-place. He did note that one of his children might have made a better fit, though. "I think my daughter really was mad that she wasn’t ...
Cantor on Britney: "I had a political event at that concert."
Anne Schroeder's Blog —
... The Takeaway by John Hockenberry interviewed GOP Whip Eric Cantor today - and Cantor's Britney Spears concert-going on Tuesday night came up. He said: ...
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thehill.com 7/6/2009 — House Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-Va.) said that Republicans would work with President Obama on a second stimulus bill, as long as it's like the tax cut-heavy package the GOP proposed earlier. Cantor told reporters Monday that Obama made a mistake ...
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theplumline.whorunsgov.com 2/11/2009 — This isn't going to make the big unions very happy. GOP House leader Eric Cantor 's office has come up with an intriguing response to the AFSCME ad bllitz targeting GOP leaders: Sending over a video that portrays AFSCME union members as 1970s-era ...
Barney Frank vs Eric Cantor on the Auto Bailout
videocafe.crooksandliars.com 12/23/2008 — Download | Play Download | Play A telling segment from Wolf Blitzer on Late Edition, although his motivations are a little murky for me. Inviting on House Minority Whip Eric Cantor to be the GOP balance to discuss the auto bailout, ...
GOP leaders introduce housing plan —
CNN Political Ticker 3/25/2009
WASHINGTON (CNN) – Republicans criticized Democrats for not using "common sense" as they proposed an alternative solution to address the nation's ongoing housing crisis on Wednesday.
House Republican Whip Eric Cantor blasted the administration's ...
House GOP rolls out budget alternative —
CNN Political Ticker 3/26/2009
WASHINGTON (CNN) — House Republican leaders rolled out their alternative budget on Thursday to respond to President Obama's charge they were slamming his proposal without offering one of their own.
At a Capitol Hill news conference, House GOP ...
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