corner.nationalreview.com - 1/13/2009
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Republicans are taking President-elect Obama at his word that he wants bipartisan input for the stimulus package. To that end, they will be holding an unofficial hearing in the Cannon office building on Thursday morning. A House Republican working group on the stimulus, established by House ...
marcambinder.theatlantic.com - 1/14/2009
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marcambinder.theatlantic.com —
There is no pride of authorship, President-elect Barack
Obama said last week. His economic team is open
to and all ideas, regardless of progenitor. So -- the Republican Study Committee in the House has come out with an all-tax, no spending variant. ...
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The House Republicans Propose A Stimulus Alternative
thenextright.com - 1/7/2009
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thenextright.com —
President-elect Barack Obama has talked the talk about
government transparency. But will he walk the walk? House
Republican Whip Eric Cantor (R-Va.) stole the spotlight on the issue yesterday when congressional leaders sat down with Obama to discuss ...
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Cantor Outshines Obama on Transparency
weeklystandard.com - 1/17/2009
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weeklystandard.com —
Republican Whip Eric Cantor and the Economic Recovery
Working Group held a hearing today featuring Mitt Romney
and Meg Whitman. You can watch video of the event here , but one of the things to focus on is the support for a "defense stimulus," the ...
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Defense Stimulus
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... National Review's David Freddoso reports on GOP attempts to shape the package: "[House Republians] will be holding an unofficial hearing in the Cannon office building on Thursday morning [to get] input from leaders (such as Mitt Romney) and economic experts ... The purpose ... is to gather ideas that can be ...
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