Republican Senator Graham #39;testing the Waters #39; on Presidential Run
Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, a leading congressional voice on foreign relations, said on Sunday he had formed a committee to look into the possibility of running for president in 2016....
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Republican senators vowed Sunday to pursue additional sanctions against Iran, brushing off unusually blunt and dire warnings from President Obama that any more penalties for Tehran would threaten to scuttle nuclear talks and possibly lead to war.
Sen. Ron Johnson, Wisconsin Republican and chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, said he had no faith in Mr. Obamas ability to negotiate a deal that would stop Iran from developing nuclear weapons.
These negotiations were lost right from the get-go when we lessened sanctions and we basically allowed Iran to continue to enrich uranium, contrary to all the U.N. resolutions, Mr. Johnson said on Fox News Sunday.
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I do not see a good deal coming out of this administration, and a bad deal is worse than no deal at all. I think imposing additional sanctions is the only way to bring Iran to the negotiating table in good faith, the Wisconsin Republican said.
Sen. Benjamin L. Cardin, a Maryland Democrat who appeared on the same show as Mr. Johnson, agreed that Congress has to be ready to impose additional penalties if Iran continues to pursue nuclear arms.
The question is when do we do it, and thats the issue and discussions taking place on Capitol Hill, said Mr. Cardin, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
Sen. Robert Menendez of New Jersey, the ranking member on the committee, is the leading Democratic proponent of passing more sanctions against Iran.
Speaking alongside British Prime Minister David Cameron last week, Mr. Obama told Congress to hold your fire and allow his diplomats to continue to negotiate with Iran.
Mr. Obama and Mr. Cameron said more sanctions would splinter the international community, which at this point remains united against Irans pursuit of nuclear weapons.
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House Speaker John Boehner listens as President Obama speaks to media during a bipartisan, bicameral leadership meeting at the White House this week. Boehner and others have reacted dismissively to Obama's tax overhaul plan. Carolyn Kaster/AP hide caption
House Speaker John Boehner listens as President Obama speaks to media during a bipartisan, bicameral leadership meeting at the White House this week. Boehner and others have reacted dismissively to Obama's tax overhaul plan.
Republicans are firing back at a White House proposal to push tax cuts for middle income families by raising the capital gains tax rate on couples making more than a half-million dollars a year.
As we reported on Saturday, the proposal, expected to be outlined in the president's State of the Union speech on Tuesday, would increase the tax paid on profits from the sale of property or investments to 28 percent from the current 23.8 percent rate. It would also require estates to pay capital gains tax on inherited securities, closing what the White House calls "one of the biggest tax loopholes" in the current code.
"More Washington tax hikes and spending is the same, old top-down approach we've come to expect from President Obama that hasn't worked," a spokesman for House Speaker John Boehner said.
"Republicans are offering better solutions focused on helping small businesses grow and hire, and helping families improve their lives," Michael Steel said.
In the Senate, a spokesman for Majority Leader Mitch McConnell echoed the sentiment of many in the GOP who have long opposed what they have described as the president's goal of "redistributing wealth." The president has said that the nation needs to work to close the growing gap in wealth and income between rich and poor Americans.
Don Stewart, deputy chief of staff for the Kentucky Republican said: "It's not surprising to see the president call for tax hikes, but now he's asking Congress to reverse bipartisan tax relief that he signed into law."
Stewart said that "Republicans believe we should simplify America's outdated tax code; that tax filing should be easier for you, not just those with fancy accountants; and that tax reform should create jobs for families, not the [Internal Revenue Service]."
The White House says the move would raise $200 billion over the next decade to expand tax credits for families in which both spouses work, expand the child tax credit to $3,000 per child under 5 years of age and overhauling the education tax system by providing students up to $2,500 a year to cover college tuition.
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Michigan Republican Posts Article On Black Inferiority
Dave Agema, the state #39;s Republican National Committeeman, posted an article Dec. 31 on his social media account that was purportedly written by a defense attorney who claimed that, in his...
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