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White House and Republicans Reach Budget Deal – Including Disability Insurance Cuts
A vote on the deal could come as early as Wednesday.
How and Why the Koch-Backed Freedom Caucus Killed 350 US Jobs
The Kochs had the House Freedom Caucus take out the Export-Import Bank to slightly increase the profitability of their own empire.
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Dean Baker | Paul Ryan Wants to Shut Down the Government, Permanently
Ryan essentially wants to shut down the federal government in the sense of taking away all of the money for the non-military portion of the budget.
Paul Ryan Says Republicans Have Until Friday to Unify Behind Him for House Speaker
The statement could bring a possible resolution to the GOP leadership struggle.
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Why Should We Care What the Republican Candidates Say About Syria?
"No fly zone" is a marketing euphemism for "war."
Why Today’s GOP Crackup Is the Final Unraveling of Nixon’s “Southern Strategy“
Tea Party rebels are exposing the deep rifts between country-club elites and social-issue hard-liners.
Donald Trump and the Republican Descent Into Xenophobia
Republicans must decide if they belong to the party of Lincoln or the xenophobic Know-Nothing Party of the 1800s.
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The “Radical” Pope Francis
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Republican Legislators Are Coming for Universities After Planned Parenthood
Eight states have advanced bills that would defund labs that conduct research with fetal tissue.
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William Rivers Pitt | Blood on the Moon for the GOP
The infrequency of a blood moon is nothing compared to the rarity of an event like Boehner's exit.