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huffingtonpost.com - 1/29/2009
GOP Rep: We Can't Be "The Party Of No"
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In an editorial in Politico , House Minority Whip Eric Cantor says that Republicans can't simply be the "no" party . At a moment when the country needs our help, it would be a great mistake for the House GOP to turn inward and simply become the party of "no." We want our new president 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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theplumline.whorunsgov.com - 1/30/2009
Dems: House GOP’s Stimulus Plan Would Actually Raise Taxes For Many Americans
— theplumline.whorunsgov.com — GOP leaders -- led by John Boehner and Eric Cantor -- have spent days bashing the economic stimulus package being touted by President Obama and Democrats because it doesn't sufficiently cut taxes. But is it possible that the alternative plan ... (more) Dems: House GOP’s Stimulus Plan Would Actually Raise ...

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Think Progress:  Bipartisanship? DeMint Predicts Zero Senate GOP Votes For Obama’s Recovery Package.

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Bipartisanship? DeMint Predicts Zero Senate GOP Votes For Obama’s Recovery Package.
Think Progress — ... Today, hours after the GOP’s defiant no-vote, House Minority Whip Eric Cantor ironically penned an op-ed in Politico saying that the GOP should not simply become the party of “no” to the Obama agenda. “We pledge to become a ...

House passes budget with zero GOP votes.
Think Progress — ... . In January, Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA) said that "it would be a great mistake for the House GOP to turn inward and simply become the party of 'no.'" ...

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McConnell: GOP Becoming 'Regional Party' — Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News
Source: [b]ABC News[/b] ABC News' Teddy Davis and Ferdous Al-Faruque Report: The country's top-ranking Republican told party leaders on Thursday that the GOP is at risk of becoming a regional party. The Republican Party seems to be slipping into a position of being more of a regional ...
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GOP Rep: We Can't Be "The Party Of No" — Politics on HuffingtonPost.com
In an editorial in Politico , House Minority Whip Eric Cantor says that Republicans can't simply be the "no" party . At a moment when the country needs our help, it would be a great mistake for the House GOP to turn inward and simply become the party of "no." We want our new president to ...