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Boehner Debt-Ceiling Bill Barely Passes House 218-210; 22 GOP ‘No’ Votes

We’ll have the roll-call and other news momentarily. UPDATE: New York Times: The House of Representatives on Friday approved a plan for a short-term increase in the debt ceiling and cuts in spending, ending a week of intense fighting among Republicans and shifting the end game of the debate to the Senate. The vote was […]

Renee Ellmers, GOP ‘Rock Star’

It was June 14, 2010, and the notorious video of Rep. Bob Etheridge (D-N.C.) manhandling a videographer had just hit the ‘Net when I wrote: A “macaca” moment for the Democrat. His Republican challenger is Renee Ellmers. That was the first time Etheridge’s Tea Party-backed GOP challenger was mentioned on the blog. We frequently mentioned Ellmers […]

BLACK FRIDAY? Betting Market Reaction to Failure of Boehner’s Debt-Ceiling Bill

Drudge Report headlines: Boehner Delays Vote on Debt… Limbaugh: We’ve Been Played… GALLUP: Obama Rates Higher Than Boehner, Reid on Debt Situation! Ron Paul: ‘Default Is Coming’… Treasury Contingency Plan on Debt Gives Priority to Bondholders… Carney: If We Have No Other Alternative We Will ‘Take Action’… Obama faces legal bind if time runs out… […]

LATEST: BOEHNER CANCELS VOTE! EARLIER: Pizza Delivery to Boehner’s Office Could Signal an All-Nighter UPDATE: Boehner Yanks Debt-Ceiling Bill at Last Minute! Vote Postponed UPDATE: Sarah Palin Sends Cryptic Message to Republican Freshmen UPDATE: Boehner Now 2 Votes Short?

UPDATE 10:33 p.m. ET: NO VOTE TONIGHT! Boehner couldn’t get enough Republican votes to pass the bill. UPDATE 10:39 p.m. ET: Chad Pegram of Fox News got the word from GOP Whip Kevin McCarthy at 10:24 p.m. ET. UPDATE 10:47 p.m. ET: The Hill: House Republican leaders have postponed indefinitely a vote on Speaker John […]

House Will Vote Today on Revamped Debt-Ceiling Bill; Senate Dems Say ‘No’

Despite the fact that 53 Senate Democrats have signed a letter vowing to vote against it, John Boehner is pushing ahead to bring his budget bill to a vote today in the House of Representatives: The new measure depends on caps on agency budgets to cut more than $900 billion from the deficit over the […]

Hmmmm …

Press release from the Herman Cain campaign: For Immediate Release: Wednesday, July 27, 2011 For More Information: Ellen Carmichael, (678) 601-2772 [email protected] Cain Meets with American Muslim Leaders (Stockbridge, GA)- Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain met with American Muslim leaders this afternoon at the ADAMS Center in Sterling, Virginia. After the meeting, Cain issued the […]

VIDEO: Dick Morris Interview With Herman Cain: ‘What an Impressive Guy!’

Dick Morris does what he calls his “Lunch Alert” videos, and here he talks economics and jobs with Herman Cain: More at DickMorris.com. PREVIOUSLY: July 27: Herman Cain: He’s In It To Win It July 26: A One-Way Ticket to Des Moines … July 17: VIDEO: Herman Cain Talks Mosques, Sharia and the Muslim Brotherhood […]

Herman Cain: He’s In It To Win It

Late Tuesday night, I had about 45 minutes of frustrated confusion when California writer Jim Henson sent a couple of Twitter messages to Shane Vander Hart and me: My reaction to that — knowing that such a rumor could have no basis in fact — was something like, “WTF?” To which Henson replied: Well, you can’t just […]

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