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Newt Gingrich Compares Gay Marriage To Paganism

Newt Gingrich Compares Gay Marriage To Paganism.

Newt Gingrich Compares Gay Marriage To Paganism

CEO Council Demands Cuts To Poor, Elderly While Reaping Billions In Government Contracts, Tax Breaks

CEO Council Demands Cuts To Poor, Elderly While Reaping Billions In Government Contracts, Tax Breaks.

CEO Council Demands Cuts To Poor, Elderly While Reaping Billions In Government Contracts, Tax Breaks

Wisconsin really is “Open for Business,” so where are all the jobs? « Badger Democracy

Wisconsin really is “Open for Business,” so where are all the jobs? « Badger Democracy.

A Lost Cohort of Black Politicians

A Lost Cohort of Black Politicians.

A Lost Cohort of Black Politicians

DownWithTyranny!: If You Were Just Elected To Congress, Would You Want To Go To 4 Days Of Harvard Seminars... Or A Heritage Brainwashing Session?

of 'liberal' endeavor is just ridiculous," another Congressman told me. But it isn't ridiculous to the far right. They started boycotting it several years ago and putting together a rival shindig hosted by the Heritage Foundation. The Harvard program, which started in 1972, responded by turning sharply right. Harvard describes the lectures as "The Program for Newly-Elected Members of Congress" and claims it "introduces new legislators to the skills mastered by high-level officials who have met the challenges of governing and getting things done in Washington. It gives new Members access to the most respected thinkers and practitioners in the public policy arena. And it affords new Representatives a priceless opportunity to become acquainted with their colleagues, on both sides of the aisle, in a relaxed setting away from the pressures of Capitol Hill... It provides intensive seminars on major public policy issues such as foreign policy, health care and the Federal budget, led by prominent scholars and practitioners representing viewpoints from across the political spectrum. It also offers an unmatched set of workshops to help new Representatives make the most of their first weeks and months on Capitol Hill. These workshops focus on the "how" of getting things done in Washington, and are led by current and former senior officials from Congress, the White House, cabinet departments, regulatory agencies, and the national media." Among past lecturers, they brag, were Eric Cantor, Elaine Chao. Larry Summers, George Will, Condoleeza Rice and the Heritage Foundation's own Stuart Butler.

The program begins with a dinner this evening and runs through December 14. The schedule looks like a real sleeper. And in Republican-World? Norm Ornstein, resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, says in 1994, "with the Gingrich revolution-- the first Republican House in 40 years, a new Republican Senate-- we saw a very different orientation. The Heritage Foundation said no more of these namby-pamby orientations. We want one of our own." The conservative think tank scheduled its briefings at the same time as Harvard’s and most of the GOP freshmen attended the Heritage sessions. Ornstein says from that time on, orientations were political and ideological-- part of a larger move, he says, that made politics not just partisan, but tribal. "Whatever they want, we don’t want. And if we mix with them, we may get their cooties." With it's new, DeMint-led sharper edge one can only imagine what they would be offering for newly-elected congressmembers a seminar on what women want by GOP experts Todd Akin and Richard Mourdock? "What To Do With The Damned Mexicans" by Steve King and Tom Tancredo? "How To

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Gun Rights Groups' Political Spending Crushes That of Gun Control Supporters - OpenSecrets Blog

After the tragic shooting and subsequent deaths of 27 people, 20 of whom were children, at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., many are examining the debate between groups who are for stronger gun control and those that support the right to carry firearms.Key players in the debate include several politically active groups that have spent years exerting influence in Washington.The National Rifle Association accounts for about 60 percent of what gun rights interest groups spent on lobbying in 2011 and the first three quarters of 2012. The other gun rights advocates include the Gun Owners of America; the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms; The National Shooting Sports Foundation; Safari Club International; Boone & Crockett Club, a group that aims to preserve a "hunting heritage"; and The Ohio Gun Collectors Association.

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GOP Debunked: Obama did not create $5 trillion in new debt - Detroit liberal | Examiner.com

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Hans Christian Andersen's First Fairy Tale Discovered : Discovery News

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Hans Christian Andersen's First Fairy Tale Discovered : Discovery News

Danish experts believe they have found the first fairy tale written by Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875).

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CEO Council Demands Cuts To Poor, Elderly While Reaping Billions In Government Contracts, Tax Breaks

WASHINGTON -- The corporate CEOs who have made a high-profile foray into deficit negotiations have themselves been substantially responsible for the size of the deficit they now want closed.

The companies represented by executives working with the Campaign To Fix The Debt have received trillions in federal war contracts, subsidies and bailouts, as well as specialized tax breaks and loopholes that virtually eliminate the companies' tax bills.

The CEOs are part of a campaign run by the Peter Peterson-backed Center for a Responsible Federal Budget, which plans to spend at least $30 million pushing for a deficit reduction deal in the lame-duck session and beyond.

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