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Boehner: Unions Hold 'Machine Gun' at State Budgets

Boehner: Unions Hold 'Machine Gun' at State Budgets The Hill reports: House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) likened state budgets to a hostage with a machine gun held at its head by public worker unions. Boehner, in an interview from Sunday, an excerpt of which was released on …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday March 1, 2011

Barbour: Romneycare 'Not Good' for States

Barbour: Romneycare 'Not Good' for States The Hill reports: Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour (R) on Tuesday piled on the Massachusetts healthcare program critics have dubbed "RomneyCare." Barbour, a possible Republican candidate for president, said in congressional testimony …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday March 1, 2011

UK Considers Libya No-Fly Zone

UK Considers Libya No-Fly Zone Al Jazeera reports: David Cameron, the British prime minister, has said the international community cannot let Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi "murder" his own people, as he justified considerations for a no-fly zone over the riot-torn country. …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday March 1, 2011

Report: Gingrich to Form Prez Bid Cmte

Report: Gingrich to Form Prez Bid Cmte ABC News reports: The 2012 presidential campaign is about to get its first big-name Republican. ABC News has learned that Newt Gingrich will make the leap this week. Confidants close to the former House speaker say he will announce his …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday March 1, 2011

Poll: Voters Back Public Unions in Labor Fight

Poll: Voters Back Public Unions in Labor Fight The New York Times reports: As labor battles erupt in state capitals around the nation, a majority of Americans say they oppose efforts to weaken the collective bargaining rights of public employee unions and are also against …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday March 1, 2011

Palin Slips in Iowa Polls

Palin Slips in Iowa Polls CNN reports: As Sarah Palin mulls a presidential bid, the former Alaska governor is getting mixed news from Iowa, the state that traditionally kicks off the presidential primary season. A newly released poll from the Des Moines Register suggests …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday March 1, 2011

GOP Senators: No Weapons for Anti-Qaddafi Forces

GOP Senators: No Weapons for Anti-Qaddafi Forces CNN reports: Three key Republican senators said Monday they oppose a proposal by Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Connecticut, to arm rebels in Libya fighting Moammar Gadhafi. They had mixed thoughts on whether the United States should be …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday March 1, 2011

House Tea Party Caucus Holds 1st Meet

Tea Party Caucus Holds 1st Meet The Hill reports: The caucus held its first meeting of the 112th Congress Monday with around 30 members in attendance, including 11 freshmen. Fewer than a dozen Republican freshmen have joined the House Tea Party Caucus, so far — a relatively …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday March 1, 2011

WH Approves New Deep-Water Well

WH Approves New Deep-Water Well CNN reports: The Obama Administration approved a permit to drill a deepwater oil well in the Gulf of Mexico Monday, the first such permit issued since the BP disaster last spring. The permit is for a Noble Energy well in Mississippi Canyon …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday March 1, 2011

Gingrich Headed to Iowa

Gingrich Headed to Iowa CNN reports: Add Newt Gingrich to the list of potential Republican presidential candidates who will attend a forum in Iowa next Monday. And the timing is fascinating, since the former House Speaker is just days away from announcing whether he'll form a …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday March 1, 2011

US Moves Warships To Libyan Coast

US Moves Fleet To Libyan Coast The New York Times reports: WASHINGTON — The United States began moving warships toward Libya and froze $30 billion in the country’s assets on Monday as the administration declared all options on the table in its diplomatic, economic and military …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday March 1, 2011

Female Iraqi Bomb Squad Not Paid In Months

Female Iraqi Bomb Squad Not Paid In Months The New York Times reports: BAQUBA, Iraq — The women charged with thwarting Iraq ’s female suicide bombers spend their days in cramped metal sheds at police checkpoints and lobbies of government offices, running their hands over the …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday March 1, 2011

Applebaum: Time to Drop Our Mideast Dictator Buddies

Applebaum: Time to Drop Our Mideast Dictator Buddies Anne Applebaum writes in the Washington Post : Every British newspaper worth its salt has written lately about Saif Gaddafi, but the Sunday Times had by far the best graphic illustration. A photograph of Moammar Gaddafi's second son …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday March 1, 2011

Rice: Qaddafi "Delusional"

Rice: Qaddafi "Delusional" The BBC reports: Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi is "delusional" and "unfit to lead", the US ambassador to the UN has said. Susan Rice was speaking after the embattled Colonel Gaddafi was interviewed by the BBC and others. Ms Rice said the fact he was …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday March 1, 2011

Protests In Oman Spread To Capital

Oman Protests Spread To Capital The New York Times reports: BEIRUT, Lebanon — Demonstrators blocked roads and held rallies on Monday in Oman , a normally quiet oil-rich country along the southeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula, as three-day protests calling for political …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday March 1, 2011

Republicans: Obama Tough To Beat In 2012

GOP: Obama Tough To Beat In 2012 Politico reports: Just four months after posting historic election gains, Republicans are experiencing a reality check about 2012: President Barack Obama is going to be a lot tougher to defeat than he looked late last year. Having gone from …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday March 1, 2011

Brooks: The Right Way to Deficit Cut

Brooks: The Right Way to Deficit Cut David Brooks writes in the New York Times : We’re going to be doing a lot of deficit cutting over the next several years. The country’s future greatness will be shaped by whether we cut wisely or stupidly. So we should probably come up with a few …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday March 1, 2011

Actress Jane Russell Dead At 89

Actress Jane Russell Dead At 89 The BBC reports: Former Hollywood actress and sex symbol Jane Russell has died the age of 89. The brunette was discovered by eccentric billionaire Howard Hughes, who cast her in his 1943 Western The Outlaw. Some of her most memorable parts …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday March 1, 2011

France Sends Aid To Libyan Rebels

France Sends Aid To Libyan Rebels The BBC reports: France is to send two planes of aid to opposition territory in Libya, Prime Minister Francois Fillon has said. The announcement came hours after Foreign Minister Michele Alliot-Marie quit amid controversy over her contacts with …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday March 1, 2011

Qaddafi Launches Airstrikes on Rebels

Pro-Qaddafi Forces Launch Airstrikes Washington Post reports: Forces loyal to Moammar Gaddafi carried out airstrikes and skirmished with rebels in parts of Libya on Monday, as European and U.S. officials took steps to pressure the longtime leader to resign. In an interview …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday February 28, 2011