by James Valvo, Americans for Prosperity
House Republican leaders failed their first major test about whether they will play straight with the American people — and now they’re paying the price. In an attempt to meet their Pledge to America commitment to cut $100 billion in spending in their first year, House leaders decided to compare their continuing resolution cuts to President Obama’s FY2011 budget request instead of comparing the cuts to current spending levels. This was a mistake.
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Chief Deputy Whip Peter Roskam (R-IL) spoke with Hill reporters Monday alongside Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA). Cantor announced "really good news" that the Democrat Senate appear likely to agree to a two-week continuing resolution that would keep the federal government running while cutting $4 billion. While the two-week continuing resolution would not be the ideal way to proceed, it was a step in the right direction, Roskam said. Fox News reports:
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Gay rights activists pushing for the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy repeal as well as for civil union and same sex marriage policy appear to be on the verge of making their issues a major topic in upcoming presidential primaries. While moderate Republicans consistently lecture social conservatives to avoid topics such as homosexual rights and abortion, the liberal wing of the Democratic Party is giddy about the idea that their recent political victories may make gay marriage a centerpiece in New Hampshire and Iowa primaries' efforts.
Roll Call reports today:
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by Ben Smith of Politico
With the group "Anonymous" working (unsuccessfully at the moment) to take down Americans for Prosperity's website, the group's president, Tim Phillips, says in an emailed statement:
Americans for Prosperity has established itself as a leading voice in one of the great political debates underway in this country over government spending and how best to restore the fiscal solvency of governments at both the state and federal level. Yesterday, a group claimed credit for an attempt to silence our voice and to stifle that debate through an illegal attack on our website. While the political debate over government spending can be heated, we hope that even our opponents will join us in condemning this illegal attack on our free speech rights as unacceptable and irredeemable. Our country cannot meet the great challenges before us if we cannot have a free and open discussion about the threats that we face.
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