Apparently not the Republicans. Check out Eric Cantor admitting that extending the Bush tax cuts will increase the deficit: Transcript (via Think Progress): GUTHRIE: [W]ill you just as simply acknowledge that passing these tax cuts worsens the budget deficit problem? I mean, you can’t deny that, right? CANTOR: Savannah, let’s look at it through the […]
Via TPM: Washington, D.C. – House Republican Whip Eric Cantor (R-VA) today issued the following statement about an article in Rolling Stone regarding the top military officer in Afghanistan, General Stanley McChrystal: “Obviously a General and his top brass don’t make statements like these without being frustrated, so I hope that the President’s meeting with […]
Make no mistake about it. I have thoroughly enjoyed watching the GOP slowly implode since the 2008 elections. Sure they have had what appears to be little upticks, but overall they have been suffering a very slow and painful death. But there is a danger in all that and we are now seeing it. Today […]
It’s time for Eric Cantor to go before the cameras and answer questions about this: Richmond police say the bullet that hit a window of Republican Virginia Congressman Eric Cantor’s office had been randomly fired skyward. Amid reports of threats and vandalism against Democrats who voted Sunday for sweeping health care reforms, Cantor said at […]
In a blog post on the Tax Day Tea Party site, Eric Odom has stated he has received threatening phone calls. He then goes on to blame the left for all the outrage: You may or may not have heard, but the far left and the drive by media are pushing a major narrative campaign […]
Roll Call has blasted Eric Cantor and the GOP’s “rebranding effort” for their use of taxpayer dollars to foot the bill for this: As believers in a strong two-party system, we support Republican efforts to “rebrand,” “reach out” to the public and develop new ideas. But political work, such as that being done by the […]
That’s the only way to describe Eric Cantor, who is on tape saying that Democrats are “overreacting” to the economic crisis, while praising Rush Limbaugh. Here’s a transcript and Gregg has the audio: “As far as Rush, Rush has got ideas. He’s got following. He believes in the conservative principles that many of us believe […]
The House Republicans rolled out their big budget plans today. Instead of telling you about it, its probably best to just watch: They have no plan! Well except to give tax cuts to the wealthy. To see just how badly unorganized the House Republican leadership is, check out one of their leaders on MSNBC: Later […]
Not a real shocker here, but it turns out that a lot of the TARP recipients are lining the pockets of our leaders through political donations: In recent filings with the Federal Election Commission, the political action committee for Bank of America (which got $15 billion in bailout money) sent out $24,500 in the first […]
The bill has passed to tax the bonuses at a rate of 90%. The final break down is: YEAS NAYS DEMOCRATIC 243 6 REPUBLICAN 85 87 TOTALS 328 93 With the exception of 6 blue dog Democrats, support on the left side of the aisle was rather unanimous, but the Republicans split 50/50. Interesting […]