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Sharron Angle Reaffirms Her Plan To Privatize — Or “Personalize” — Social Security
In a new interview with Human Events editor Jason Mattera, Angle reaffirmed her position that both Social Security and Medicare should be replaced with more “personal” alternatives in order to “keep the government out” of them.
FLASHBACK: Republican Senators Claimed Judicial Filibusters Are Unconstitutional
During an interview on Fox News Sunday, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said it is “possible” that Republicans will attempt to filibuster Elena Kagan’s nomination to the Supreme Court. However, while filibustering is within the GOP’s rights, at least eight Republican senators have publicly argued that judicial filibusters are unconstitutional.
Rep. Steve King Says Barton’s “Shakedown” Statement Was “Spot-On”
What’s more, the conservative firebrand appears to have stepped in it once again — this time by defending Rep. Joe Barton’s (R-TX) apology to BP. Republican leaders are actively distancing themselves from Barton, but King went off-script, saying it was “spot-on” to describe the $20 billion fund secured by the White House as a “shakedown.” He also denounced the “unjust” pressure brought on Barton to retract his remarks:
Meet The Texas Republican Party
The Texas Republican Party’s new 25-page platform is chock-full of absurd policy prescriptions, many of which are based on the most absurd of conspiracy theories. While not particularly surprising for Texas, the platform does remind us just how outside the mainstream Republicans in Texas truly are. Political Correction sifted through the haphazardly written document and highlighted several sections that best symbolize the sort of conservatives who have political control in Texas
Does Sen. Murkowski Really Understand Clean Energy Policy?
But her tenuous grasp on energy policy evaporated completely on Sunday. Murkowski does not understand the difference between cap-and-trade legislation — which would harness the power of markets to steer our energy economy to greener pastures — and “command-and-control” regulations that restrict commercial behavior.
Fact Checking The Sunday Shows — June 20, 2010
On Sunday’s political talk shows, Republicans struggled to deflect attention from Rep. Joe Barton’s (R-TX) ridiculous apology to BP. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) ludicrously suggested that President Obama has taken so much money from BP that he is more likely than the GOP to side with Big Oil — which has given Republicans $188 million since 1990. McConnell and Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL) each claimed that Barton’s comments are not the Republican position, but the 114-member Republican Study Committee has expressed similar concerns.
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