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House GOP Passes Food Aid Cuts

The Huffington Post reports : WASHINGTON — The Republican-led House rejected bipartisan attempts to reduce farm subsidies Thursday and passed a food and farm spending bill that makes deep cuts in food aid at home and abroad. The bill, which provides $17.3 billion for the day-to-day …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday June 16, 2011

Weiner's Wife Absent at his Resignation

CBS News reports After much speculation, Huma Abedin did not appear at husband Anthony Weiner's side as he resigned from Congress on Thursday afternoon. The outgoing N.Y. Democrat resigned nearly three weeks after the revelation that he had been sending a number of women lewd pictures of …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday June 16, 2011

DNC Attacks TPaw For Paid Healthcare Speech

The Daily Caller reports : The Democratic National Committee is attacking Tim Pawlenty for giving a paid speech on healthcare reform to America’s Health Insurance Plans’ annual conference Thursday in San Francisco, accusing him of being in the pocket of the health insurers. “We know now …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday June 16, 2011

SC Governor Bashes Obama Over Boeing Plant

The Hill reports : South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley (R) said President Obama made the fight over the National Labor Relations Board's lawsuit against Boeing political, not her. "The president is the one who made this political," the first-term GOP governor said in response to a question …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday June 16, 2011

Hutchison Proposes Raising Social Security Age

The Hill reports : Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas) unveiled a proposal Thursday to raise the Social Security retirement age to 69 and cut cost-of-living adjustments for benefits. Hutchison said her proposal, the Defend and Save Social Security Act, would save $416 billion over the …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday June 16, 2011

DREAMers To Dems: Don't Count On Our Vote In 2012

The Huffington Post reports : WASHINGTON -- Six months after the Senate voted down a bill to provide legal status to some undocumented students, DREAM Act supporters are mobilizing for 2012, hoping to hold Democrats accountable for failing to pass the bill last year. Immigration activists …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday June 16, 2011

Libyan Rebels: No To Election Offer

Reuters reports : (Reuters) - Libya's Muammar Gaddafi is willing to hold elections and step aside if he lost, his son said, an offer quickly dismissed Thursday by rebels and the United States. Gaddafi's son Saif al-Islam told Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera: "They (elections) could …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday June 16, 2011

Brown Vetoes His Own Party's Budget

Mercury News reports : Gov. Jerry Brown on Thursday vetoed the budget sent to him by his own party, criticizing it for containing the very gimmicks he said he wanted to avoid. "We can -- and must -- do better, " Brown said in a YouTube message he posted Thursday morning. The budget …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday June 16, 2011

Will Pawlenty Be Pressed On Economic Plan?

Questions are being asked about the realism of Pawlenty's economic plan: massive tax cuts he has said can produce five percent growth. The day after the New Hampshire Republican debate, Tim Pawlenty made the rounds of the morning talk shows to answer questions about his debate performance. Much …

Written by David Frum on Thursday June 16, 2011

Conservatives Dismiss Pay-To-Play in Talk Radio

Politico's story about pay-to-play on conservative radio got the usual ho-hum treatment from most conservative blogs -- if it gets any mention. Politico's story yesterday about pay-to-play on conservative radio got the usual ho-hum treatment from most conservative blogs -- that is, when it got …

Written by David Frum on Thursday June 16, 2011

Gingrich Slams Ex-Staffers

POLITICO reports : Newt Gingrich told a Gainesville radio station this morning that staffers in his Georgia office had been neglecting their responsibilities for "at least a month" before resigning, in one instance disrupting cash flow to his campaign. Jim Galloway reports: Said …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday June 16, 2011

Unemployment Apps Drop But Remain Stubbornly High

The Associated Press reports : WASHINGTON (AP) -- Fewer Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week, though applications remain above levels consistent with a healthy economy. Unemployment benefit applications fell 16,000 to a seasonally adjusted 414,000, the second drop in three …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday June 16, 2011

Obama Eats With $5 Donors

CNS News reports : (CNSNews.com) – In return for a $5 donation to his reelection campaign, President Barack Obama is offering supporters a chance to participate in a raffle to win a “casual” dinner with him at an unstated location. In an e-mail to supporters, the president says his …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday June 16, 2011

Debate Highlighted GOP's Far Right Turn

The Republican nominee is likely to position him or herself as the most conservative candidate to seek the Presidency in my lifetime -- more conservative than Goldwater in 1964 Watching the Republican presidential debate from Manchester, New Hampshire on Monday night was, for me, akin to a …

Written by Les Francis on Thursday June 16, 2011

Weiner Gives in to Pressure, Resigns

The New York Times reports Representative Anthony D. Weiner has told friends that he plans to resign his seat after coming under growing pressure from his Democratic colleagues to leave the House, said a person told of Mr. Weiner’s plans. His decision follows of revelations of his …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday June 16, 2011

Qaddafi Razes Rebel City

The Daily Telegraph reports: To Libya’s rebels the destroyed city of Zawiyah is the symbol of a brave but doomed fight; one that was ruthlessly crushed in March, then flared up again six days ago when a new attempt was made to launch a rebellion there. To the government of Muammar …

Written by Frum Forum Editors on Thursday June 16, 2011

Debt Talks Spur Business Optimism

The Hill led by Vice President Biden, that could boost hiring and business spending this year and beyond. " target="_blank"> reports: The debt-reduction talks in Washington are boosting optimism in corporate America about the economy. Chief executive officers of some of the nation’s …

Written by FrumForum Contributors on Thursday June 16, 2011

Iran Steps Up Space Program

News.com.au reports: Iran plans to send a live monkey into space in the summer, the country's top space official said after the launch of the Rassad-1 (Observation-1) satellite, state television reported today. "The Kavoshgar-5 rocket will be launched during the month of Mordad [July 23 …

Written by Frum Forum Editors on Thursday June 16, 2011

Afghan Militants In Cross-Border Raid

Reuter reports: About 250 militants staged a cross-border raid from Afghanistan into a pro-government Pakistani village on Thursday, security officials and residents said, apparently part of a new Pakistani Taliban campaign of large-scale attacks. An intelligence official said six …

Written by Frum Forum Editors on Thursday June 16, 2011

Romney Barnstorms South

Politico reports: Mitt Romney is rolling through Florida and Georgia Thursday, collecting a string of formal endorsements from prominent Republican officials as he goes. He starts the day in Tampa, where his campaign has lined up statements of support from four Florida Republicans: Reps. …

Written by Frum Forum Editors on Thursday June 16, 2011