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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

A Great Week for the GOP

Is conservatism recovering its balance? Here are three positive signs from this past week. Is conservatism recovering its balance? Three positive signs in this past week. 1) The Republican caucus accepted a deal to avert a government shutdown. The deal is a huge victory for governance Republica…

Written by David Frum on Saturday April 9, 2011

The Big Budget Cut the GOP Forgot

Republicans deserve a pat on the back for tackling the easiest-to-cut part of the federal budget. But one area where they could make serious cuts was overlooked. When it comes to the first and easiest-to-cut part of the federal budget, Republicans deserve at least a small pat on the back. They …

Written by Eli Lehrer on Saturday April 9, 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

Ryan Pushes FY12 Budget Plan

The Hill reports : Less than six hours after Congress and the White House announced a shutdown-avoiding budget deal, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) began talking about the next budget battle, which will be fought over the plan for fiscal 2012. The budget deal covering the remainder of fiscal …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday April 9, 2011

Boehner Defends Budget Deal

The Hill reports : The bipartisan deal struck late Friday falls short of the House Republican campaign pledge to cut $100 billion in fiscal 2011 spending. The pact cuts $78.5 billion when compared to President Obama's fiscal 2011 budget request, which was never enacted. Comparatively, …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday April 9, 2011

Reid: 'This is Historic'

Politico reports : Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) took a victory lap on the floor late Friday night, following the announcement of a spending deal that averted a government shutdown with just minutes to spare. “This is historic, what we’ve done, ” Reid said, accompanied …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday April 9, 2011

Obama: Cuts Were 'Common Sense'

Politico reports : Late Friday night, Republicans and Democrats finally reached a long-awaited agreement on a budget framework for the remainder of the fiscal year, averting a government shutdown that threatened to leave about 800, 000 federal employees temporarily out of work. In …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday April 9, 2011

The Road To The Last-Minute Deal

Politico reports: The low point may have been Thursday night. House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) had spent hours meeting with President Barack Obama in the Oval Office, inching towards a deal to avert a shutdown, but he kept insisting that it include a prohibition against federal funding …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday April 9, 2011

Farm Subsidy Cuts Finally On Table

The Wall Street Journal reports: WASHINGTON—The hunt for cuts has come to this: Even agriculture subsidies—billions in spending both parties have embraced for years—are on the table. With the farm economy booming and Washington on a diet, a program set up in the 1990s that cuts …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday April 9, 2011

Egyptian Army Disperses Protest

The Washington Post reports: CAIRO – Egypt’s military used force early Saturday to break up a camp of protesters in Tahrir Square, as tensions continued to build between the pro-democracy movement and the military leadership that has run the country since Hosni Mubark’s ouster. Hundreds of …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday April 9, 2011