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Pence Might Not Back Budget Deal

Politico reports : Rep. Mike Pence (R-Ind.), a staunch advocate of picking a fight on spending in the latest budget dust-up said on Sunday that he would probably not support the compromise. “From what I know, it sounds like John Boehner got a good deal,” Pence said on ABC’s “This …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday April 10, 2011

Obama to Unveil Deficit Cut Plan

Politico reports : President Barack Obama will lay out a long-term deficit reduction plan this week, White House senior adviser David Plouffe said Sunday. “The president will be laying out his approach to long-term deficit reduction later this week,” Plouffe said on NBC's "Meet the …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday April 10, 2011

GOP Pushes for Audit of AARP

The Hill reports : Republicans on the House Ways and Means Committee asked federal tax authorities Friday to look into AARP's finances. The request was widely expected after the committee released a report last week raising questions about the hundreds of millions of dollars the …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday April 10, 2011

Battles Thunder Over Libyan Town

The New York Times reports: AJDABIYA, Libya — Military forces loyal to Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi pressed a coordinated ground attack on Ajdabiya on Saturday, bringing the front lines of the battle with the Libyan opposition forces back to the doorstep of this strategically vital rebel …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday April 10, 2011

Israel Offers Ceasefire In Gaza

BBC News reports: Israel says it is willing to observe a ceasefire after days of military exchanges in Gaza, if Palestinian militants there end rocket attacks. Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak said on Sunday: "If they stop firing on our communities, we will stop firing." A …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday April 10, 2011

Iraqis Protest More US Troops

The New York Times reports: BAGHDAD — A day after Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates suggested that American troops could remain here for years, tens of thousands of protesters allied with Moktada al-Sadr , the radical anti-American Shiite cleric, flooded the streets demanding an end to …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday April 10, 2011

Pro-Life Groups Just Begun To Fight

Politico reports: Social conservatives lost Round One against Planned Parenthood, but they got a taste of what’s possible and vowed Saturday to return for more. “We’re not finished with this, ” Penny Nance, CEO of Concerned Women for America, said in an interview. “The fiscal year 2012 …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday April 10, 2011

China: US Needs To Stop Preaching On Rights

BBC News reports: China has told the US to stop preaching on human rights, after the state department's annual report on the issue criticised China. Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei said the US should concentrate on its own rights issues and stop interfering. Chinese authorities have …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday April 10, 2011

Egyptian Army To Replace Governors

BBC News reports: Egypt's interim military government has said it will remove some provincial governors appointed by former President Hosni Mubarak. The move is an apparent concession to protesters who want Mr Mubarak and his allies tried for corruption. It follows an army move on …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday April 10, 2011

Iceland Votes Against Repaying Bailout Debts

BBC News reports: Icelanders have rejected the latest plan to repay the UK and Netherlands some 4bn euros lost when the country's banking system collapsed in 2008. Partial referendum results show 58% voting no, and 42% supporting the plan. "The worst option was chosen. The vote has split …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday April 10, 2011

Soldiers Attack New Protests in Tahrir Square

The Wall Street Journal reports : CAIRO—Soldiers beat hundreds of protesters with clubs and fired heavy volleys of gunfire into the air in a pre-dawn attack that broke up a demonstration in Cairo's central Tahrir Square in a sign of increasing tensions between Egypt's ruling military …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday April 10, 2011

Not All GOP Members Approve of Budget Deal

Talking Points Memo reports : President Barack Obama, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and House Speaker John Boehner have reached a deal on the budget to prevent a government shutdown. But that doesn't mean that Boehner can get the entire Republican conference on board. Rep. Jim Jordan …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday April 10, 2011

NPR Keeps its Funding

The Daily Caller reports : Despite several ugly recent episodes and considerable movement by conservative activists to defund it, federal funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and National Public Radio survived an 11th hour deal on a spending bill to fund the government for …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday April 10, 2011

Palin OK With Trump's Birtherism

Mediaite reports : Sarah Palin was interviewed live today on Fox News’ Justice with Judge Jeanine , and was asked to weigh in on the rather sudden addition of strong> Donald Trump Birther movement researching the existence of the president’s birth certificate

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday April 10, 2011

DC Prepares for Debt Ceiling Fight

The New York Times reports : WASHINGTON — The down-to-the-wire partisan struggle over cuts to this year’s federal budget has intensified concern in Washington, on Wall Street and among economists about the more consequential clash coming over increasing the government’s borrowing …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday April 10, 2011

RNC Works to Bring Down its Debt

Politico reports : Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus said in an interview Friday that he intended to reduce his party’s debt to below $5 million going into the 2012 election year. As of the end of February, the RNC still owed $21 million from the 2010 campaign …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday April 10, 2011

Santorum Polls Well in South Carolina

Politico reports : GREENVILLE, S.C. – Rick Santorum scored a decisive victory in a straw poll held Saturday among Republicans in South Carolina's largest county. The former Pennsylvania senator won 31 percent of the vote from a group of 413 activists who cast ballots at the Greenville …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday April 10, 2011

Budget Deal Restores DC Voucher Progam

TBD.com reports : In addition to the abortion rider, the deal includes money to restart the city's school voucher program , the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship program, WTOP reports. The program has been a priority of House Speaker John Boehner, using federal tax dollars to subsidize …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday April 9, 2011

Budget Deal Bans DC Funding Abortions

Politico reports : President Barack Obama said the budget negotiations weren’t the place to deal with contentious social issues — but the agreement doesn’t completely sidestep abortion. Democrats beat back Republican attempts to cut funding for women’s health services, including for …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday April 9, 2011

Rand Paul Opposed Budget Stopgap

Politico reports : Freshman Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) didn’t try to block the short-term spending bill that averted a midnight government shutdown, but he didn’t go down quietly either. Paul, who’s voted against previous stopgap measures, submitted a symbolic statement of opposition to …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday April 9, 2011