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Budget Bill Heads to Obama

Politico reports : The landmark spending bill approved by Congress on Thursday is a first step toward reversing years of steady growth in domestic appropriations and sets the stage for still more difficult budget fights this spring that will sorely test the same bipartisan coalition. …

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Written by FrumForum News on Friday April 15, 2011

Georgia Passes Tough AZ-Style Immigration Law

The Los Angeles Times reports : Following Arizona's lead, the Georgia Legislature on Thursday passed a strict measure that would empower police to check the immigration status of "criminal" suspects and force many businesses to do the same with potential employees. The bill passed in …

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Written by FrumForum News on Friday April 15, 2011

Why Boehner Got Real Cuts

Quin Hillyer writes : Jim Antle's post below says that most of the cuts in the Continuing Resolution are mere "smoke and mirrors." It's time for me to step up to the plate and explain some budgetary facts of life. I speak from fairly deep knowledge of this stuff. I was press secretary on the …

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Written by FrumForum News on Thursday April 14, 2011

Syria to Release Political Prisoners

Al Jazeera reports : Bashar Assad, Syria's president, has formed a new cabinet two weeks after sacking the country's government amid unprecendented protests against his rule. Assad also ordered the release of hundreds of protesters detained over the past couple of weeks but said  …

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Written by FrumForum News on Thursday April 14, 2011

GOP Asked Hoyer to Help Pass Budget

Politico reports : Fearing failure of a landmark budget deal that averted a government shutdown, House GOP leaders have sought help from Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) and top Democrats on the Appropriations Committee to pass the measure. House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy …

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Written by FrumForum News on Thursday April 14, 2011

Reid: Trump Not 'Presidential Caliber'

CNN reports : Add Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nevada, to the list of those pushing for Trump 2012. "Oh, do I wish he would get the nomination," Reid told CNN's Wolf Blitzer in an interview set to air Thursday. "Donald Trump running for president of the United States? I mean, I …

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Written by FrumForum News on Thursday April 14, 2011

2011 Budget Deal Passes House

Washington Post reports : Eliminating any threat of a government shutdown until the fall, the House on Thursday approved a funding plan that reduces federal agency budgets by more than $38 billion for the second half of the year. On a 260-167 vote, a bipartisan coalition supported the …

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Written by FrumForum News on Thursday April 14, 2011

Senate Dems Expect Deal to Pass

The Hill reports : Senate leaders expect a bipartisan budget deal reached late last week to easily pass the upper chamber Thursday afternoon. Democrats are by-and-large happy the spending agreement does not cut the Head Start early education program or slash Pell Grants – although it would …

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Written by FrumForum News on Thursday April 14, 2011

Pelosi May Not Vote for Budget Deal

The Hill reports: House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said she feels no ownership for the spending deal the House will consider Thursday. Pelosi took pains Thursday to distance herself from the bipartisan 2011 spending deal, which many House Democrats think goes too far in …

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Written by FrumForum News on Thursday April 14, 2011

Walker Testifies to House on Union Bill

Politico reports : Wisconsin Republican Gov. Scott Walker testified before a House committee Thursday that his efforts to curb union power in his state is “progressive.” Walker told Rep. Darrell Issa’s (R-Calif.) House Oversight and Government Reform Committee that his “bold political …

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Written by FrumForum News on Thursday April 14, 2011

Boehner Predicts Deal Will Pass

Politico reports : Speaker John Boehner brings his White House budget deal to a floor vote Thursday, predicting success but still battling worrisome new cost estimates and awkward relations with President Barack Obama, who chose to deliver a partisan-tinged deficit-reduction address …

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Written by FrumForum News on Thursday April 14, 2011

Chaffetz: Ban Pat-Downs on Kids

The Hill reports : Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) on Wednesday introduced legislation that would prohibit Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officials from conducting pat-downs on minors without consent from a parent. Chaffetz's bill, H.R. 1510 , was spurred by video footage …

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Written by FrumForum News on Thursday April 14, 2011

DeMint May Filibuster Debt Ceiling Vote

The Hill reports : A top conservative senator on Thursday indicated he is willing to go to extreme lengths to prevent a vote on raising the debt ceiling, even if it hurts the Republican Party politically. Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) said on the conservative Laura Ingraham Show that he is …

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Written by FrumForum News on Thursday April 14, 2011

NATO Needs More Planes in Libya

BBC reports : Nato Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen has told a foreign ministers' summit the alliance needs "a few more" aircraft for its mission in Libya. Mr Rasmussen said he had received no "specific pledges or promises from this meeting" in Berlin, but he remained hopeful. …

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Written by FrumForum News on Thursday April 14, 2011

CIA Resumes Drone Attacks

The New York Times reports : C.I.A. drones fired two missiles at militants in Pakistan’s tribal areas on Wednesday, two days after Pakistan’s spy chief threatened to curtail the drone strikes and demanded more information about the Central Intelligence Agency’s operations there. The …

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Written by FrumForum News on Thursday April 14, 2011

Rebels to Get Qaddafi Assets

The New York Times reports : NATO, Arab and African ministers agreed Wednesday “to work urgently” with the Libyan rebel leadership to set up a mechanism by which some frozen assets belonging to Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi and his family might be transferred to the rebel cause. The …

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Written by FrumForum News on Thursday April 14, 2011

Obama Wants $400B In Defense Cuts

Politico reports: The mention of defense-related spending was brief and came late in President Barack Obama’s Wednesday speech on deficit reduction, but the low-key treatment may have obscured the potentially far-reaching implications of his call to reduce security-related expenditures by …

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Written by FrumForum News on Thursday April 14, 2011

Boehner: Budget Deal Is First Step

Rep. John Boehner writes in the Wall Street Journal : Six months ago, shortly before the election, the Democrats who run Washington were preparing an “omnibus” spending bill loaded with earmarks and job-crushing tax hikes on small businesses. Today, the people’s House is due to vote on a …

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Written by FrumForum News on Thursday April 14, 2011

Three Years On, Still No Major Arrests From Crisis

The New York Times reports: It is a question asked repeatedly across America: why, in the aftermath of a financial mess that generated hundreds of billions in losses, have no high-profile participants in the disaster been prosecuted? Answering such a question — the equivalent of …

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Written by FrumForum News on Thursday April 14, 2011