Republican Rationalizes Raising $ Off Benghazi
On Fox News Sunday, Representative Trey Gowdy (R-SC), the newly appointed chair of the House #39;s Benghazi select committee, accused Democrats of having "selective amnesia" when it cam to fundraising...
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Republican Pleads For More War
Outgoing Representative and Chair of the House Intelligence Committee Mike Rogers (R-MI) dismissed the #BringBackOurGirls hash tag on Face the Nation Sunday morning, telling host Bob Schieffer...
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(WASHINGTON) Republican Rep. Shelley Moore Capito and Democrat Natalie Tennant captured primary wins on Tuesday, setting the stage for a historic U.S. Senate showdown in November that will give West Virginia its first female senator.
Capito, a seven-term congresswoman and daughter of former Gov. Arch Moore, and Tennant, the states secretary of state, each cruised to victory and will square off to replace Democratic Sen. Jay Rockefeller, who is retiring after 30 years.
West Virginia has become increasingly Republican, and Capito enters the general election contest as the heavy favorite. If elected, she would be the first Republican senator from West Virginia since 1959.
Voters in Nebraska also were deciding their lineups for the November elections in the latest round of spring primaries. The fall midterms will determine control of Congress for the last two years of President Barack Obamas second term, with Republicans expected to hold the House and cautiously optimistic about winning control of the Senate.
The GOP needs to net six seats to grab the majority.
The tea party, outside conservative groups and two of the rights heroes Sarah Palin and Sen. Ted Cruz have rallied behind Ben Sasse, the president of Midland University. For months, Sasse has been locked in an increasingly negative race with former State Treasurer Shane Osborn, who has the backing of the Washington establishment and allies of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.
In recent weeks, Sid Dinsdale, the president of Pinnacle Bank, sought to capitalize on the Sasse-Osborn fight and produce a surprise outcome similar to Republican Sen. Deb Fischers come-from-behind win in 2012.
Sasse has the backing of Club for Growth, the Tea Party Patriots, the Senate Conservatives Fund and FreedomWorks in his bid to replace Republican Sen. Mike Johanns, who is retiring after a single six-year term.
Sasse has focused on his conservative credentials, opposition to abortion, support for gun rights and goal of repealing and replacing the health care law.
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Capito and Tennant Win Party Nods in West Virginia
Republican candidates for St. Joseph County Council are speaking out Tuesday in advance of a scheduled vote by the current council to override a Board of Commissioners veto.
The vote comes after the County Board of Commissioners vetoed a measure initially passed by the council to grant Prosecutor Mike Dvoraks request to grant pay increases for employees of that office.
There is a budget process for a reason, said Dennis Jordan, candidate for County Council in District B. Republicans sat down in good faith during the budget process and came to a compromise. Now, Democrats are trying an end around.
It sets a bad precedent, remarked Terry DeMaegd, candidate for the County Council seat in District H. If this request is allowed to go through, what is there to stop other department heads from making similar requests? The council would be dealing with special appropriations year round.
Republican Party leadership believes that the Democrats on the County Council are trying to avoid a battle over the general budget by circumventing the process and limiting the voice of Republicans on the council and the Republican majority on the Board of Commissioners.
How are Republicans supposed to negotiate in earnest during budget meetings if Democrats are going to make unilateral decisions outside of the normal process? questioned DeMaegd.
We certainly want to pay our public servants a fair wage, said Jordan. But this is not the way to go about it. We need to have a broader discussion about budget issues. We have plenty of potholes to fill and the county hasn't yet replaced the $5 million that it borrowed out of CEDIT (County Economic Development Income Tax) to cover a budget shortfall in 2013. We need to tackle those issues first.
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Ron Paul in New Orleans at the Republican Leadership Conference 2011
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