briefingroom.thehill.com - 7/20/2009
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President Obama has become more and more partisan since taking office, the second-ranking Senate Republican charged Monday.
"In the earliest days, he reached out in a bipartisan way to secure passage of administration priorities�[b]ut the administration has become increasingly partisan in the ...
blogs.abcnews.com - 7/22/2009
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Calling her Judiciary Committee testimony “evasive, lacking in
substance and, in several instances, incredibly misleading,” Arizona Sen....
Jon Kyl said he will vote against Sonia Sotomayor’s nomination to the Supreme Court.
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Kyl to Vote Against Sotomayor
thinkprogress.org - 7/15/2009
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thinkprogress.org —
On ABC’s This Week with George Stephanopoulos this
past Sunday, Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ) argued that the...
$787 billion stimulus package “ hasn’t helped yet. … What I proposed is, after you complete the contracts that are already ...
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Kyl Wants To Cut Off Stimulus Funding That Arizona ...
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Kyl's faulty memory
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KYL'S FAULTY MEMORY.... Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl (R) of Arizona believes President Obama isn't reaching out to Republicans as much as he used to. President Obama has become more and more partisan since taking office, the second-ranking Senate Republican charged Monday. "In the earliest days, he reached out in a bipartisan way to secure passage of administration priorities ... [b]ut the administration has become increasingly partisan in the months since then," Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) said in a speech on the Senate floor. Hmm, I don't remember the "earliest ...
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briefingroom.thehill.com 8/4/2009 — The September 15th deadline for a bipartisan healthcare bill isn't likely to be honored, Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) predicted Tuesday.
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Congress: Check the price tag —
First Read 7/21/2009
Roll Call also says, according to its analysis, that the House plan actually costs $1.6 trillion, not $1 trillion. "[D]espite more than $800 billion in tax and fee hikes, it actually adds $239 billion to the deficit, according to the CBO. The $1 ...
GOP on Obama's 'heavy handed' tactics —
First Read 7/21/2009
From NBC's Domenico Montanaro House Republicans continued their opposition to the House version of health reform, highlighted what they called Democrats' infighting and took shots at President Obama 's approach.
"I commend the Blue Dog ...
House health bill to pass next week? —
First Read 7/21/2009
From NBC’s Luke Russert Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) expressed optimism for passing health-care reform possibly by the end of next week saying, “I believe we are going to get to a place where we can create consensus where there will be ...
Only in DC: House floor speeches —
First Read 7/21/2009
From NBC's Domenico Montanaro CAPITOL HILL -- Ya gotta love House floor speeches.
Today’s rhetorical flourishes came courtesy mostly of the House Republicans -- with some colorful Democratic exceptions.
Republicans took to the ...