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Dem Senators Rip White House

Dem Senators Rip White House Politico reports: Senate Democrats – including typically mild-mannered Bill Nelson of Florida – lit into President Barack Obama during an unusually tense air-clearing caucus session on Thursday, senators and staffers told POLITICO. Nelson told …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday November 19, 2010

U.S. Deploys Tanks Against Taliban

U.S. Deploys Tanks Against Taliban The Washington Pos t reports: The U.S. military is sending a contingent of heavily armored battle tanks to Afghanistan for the first time in the nine-year war, defense officials said, a shift that signals a further escalation in the aggressive …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday November 19, 2010

Bernanke Defends Fed Stimulus Plan

Bernanke Defends Fed Stimulus Plan The Washington Post reports: Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke is hitting back at the major nations that have assailed the Fed's latest actions to try to boost growth, offering a blunt argument that the steps were needed to keep the U.S. …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday November 19, 2010

Miller Sues to Prevent Vote Certification

Miller Sues to Prevent Vote Certification Fox News reports : ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- The GOP candidate in the Alaska U.S. Senate race asked a federal judge Thursday for a preliminary injunction stopping officials from certifying the election. An attorney for Joe Miller sought the …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday November 19, 2010

Douthat: The GOP Needs Tackle Social Immobility

Douthat: The GOP Needs Tackle Social Immobility ConservativeHome USA reports : RS: Imagine that you have just been named the czar of the middle class. What 3 policy changes would you implement to improve the prospects of middle class families in America? Douthat: First, a reform …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday November 19, 2010

Did Israel Launch a Computer Worm Against Iran?

Did Israel Launch a Computer Worm Against Iran? The New York Times reports : Experts dissecting the computer worm suspected of being aimed at Iran’s nuclear program have determined that it was precisely calibrated in a way that could send nuclear centrifuges wildly out of control. …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday November 19, 2010

Dems Will Vote to Extend Some Tax-Cuts

Dems Will Vote to Extend Some Tax-Cuts Greg Sargent reports : Steny Hoyer, the number two in the House Dem leadership, told Democrats at a caucus meeting this morning that they would get to vote this year on just extending the Bush tax cuts for the middle class, a senior Dem aide …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday November 19, 2010

Pentagon Wants Repeal of DADT

Pentagon Wants Repeal of DADT Think Progress reports : This afternoon, Defense Department spokesperson Geoff Morrell gave the Pentagon’s strongest endorsement yet of passing Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell repeal during the lame duck session of the Senate. Speaking to reporters at a news …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday November 19, 2010

70% of Americans Don't Want Entitlements Cut

70% of Americans Don't Want Entitlements Cut The Wall Street Journal reports : President Barack Obama and many lawmakers say they will work to rein in the federal deficit, but a new survey underscores the challenges they face in taking specific steps that could help reduce the red …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday November 19, 2010

The Center for Constitutional Rights Shame

The Center for Constitutional Rights Shame John Podhoretz writes : There is appropriate horror being expressed today all over the blogosphere about the statement released by the radical leftist group called the Center for Constitutional Rights on the verdict in the Ghailani trial: …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday November 19, 2010

Rep. Inglis Attacks Climate Change Deniers

Rep. Inglis Attacks Climate Change Deniers Mother Jones reports : For its final hearing of this legislative session, the House Science and Technology Committee chose an appropriate topic. Dubbed "A Rational Discussion of Climate Change: the Science, the Evidence, the Response," …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday November 19, 2010

GOP Fails With Vote to Defund NPR

GOP Fails With Vote to Defund NPR The Huffington Post reports : WASHINGTON -- The Republican campaign to take away all federal funding from National Public Radio (NPR) was over before it began, with GOP lawmakers' procedural trick to force a vote on the issue failing on Thursday. It …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday November 19, 2010

GOP and Tories No Longer See Eye to Eye

GOP and Tories No Longer See Eye to Eye Michael Goldfarb writes : Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan, and the "isms" attached to their name were so close you could hardly understand why there had ever been all that commotion in 1776. The recent mid-term election demonstrates that …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday November 19, 2010

Why America Needs a Payroll Tax Holiday

Why America Needs a Payroll Tax Holiday Pete V. Domenici and Alice M. Rivlin write : This morning, a bipartisan task force that we co-chair unveils a bold, comprehensive plan to dramatically reduce America's deficits and debt and strengthen our economy, enabling the nation to …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday November 19, 2010

Assange Stays in UK to Avoid Rape Charge

Assange in UK to Avoid Rape Charge The Daily Telegraph reports: The former Australian hacker faced arrest by Scotland Yard officers after a Swedish judge indicted him for "rape, sexual molestation and unlawful coercion". Mark Stephens, Mr Assange's lawyer, confirmed his …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday November 18, 2010

Anti-Arizona Boycott Fizzled

Anti-Arizona Boycott Fizzled The AP reports: A boycott brought on by Arizona's controversial immigration crackdown raised the specter of vacant convention centers, desolate sports arenas and struggling businesses throughout the state. Seven months later, the boycott's effects …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday November 18, 2010

NY AG Cuomo Sues Rattner

NY AG Cuomo Sues Rattner The New York Times' Dealbook reports: Andrew M. Cuomo, the attorney general and governor-elect of New York, sued the financier Steven L. Rattner on Thursday over his role in kickbacks to secure investments from the New York State pension fund. The …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday November 18, 2010

Average Age of Dem House Leaders: 70

Avg Age of Dem House Leaders: 70 Tom Diemer at Politics Daily reports: Politics is not a child's game, so House Democrats don't seem overly concerned about aging issues when it comes to their septuagenarian leadership. Amid a sea of young, new faces on Capitol Hill, the average age …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday November 18, 2010

Ethics Panel: Censure for Rangel

Ethics Panel Wants Rangel Censured The Hill reports: The House ethics committee's chief counsel recommended Thursday that Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.) be formally censured by the full House for 11 counts of violating ethics rules. Short of expulsion, censure is the most serious …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday November 18, 2010

Ailes Apologizes to ADL for Nazi Comparisons

Ailes Apologizes to ADL for Nazi Comparisons Politico reports : Roger Ailes has apologized to the Anti-Defamation League for his use of the expression “Nazi attitudes” to describe NPR executives in an interview with Howard Kurtz, and the ADL has accepted his apology. “I was of …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday November 18, 2010