The Fix writes, “The events of the past nine days have exposed a Republican generational divide as revealing as any rift in the party. “The GOP of old has grown stale and moss-covered,” Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) said in his speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference (C-PAC) on Thursday....
BEST NUMBER FOR REPUBLICANS In the new Washington Post-ABC News poll, The Fix writes, “When asked who would do a better job “finding the right balance between cutting government spending that is not needed and continuing government spending that is needed”, 44% named Republicans in Congress while 43% chose President...
First Read writes, “President Obama has spent the past week wining and dining congressional Republicans. He’s addressed Senate and House Republicans, and he’s answered all of their questions -- all in an effort to strike a budget deal. …He wrapped up his three-day Hill charm offensive Thursday, meeting in the...
OPENING BUDGET BIDS WashPost writes, “Republicans and Democrats on Capitol Hill are drafting radically different budget blueprints that offer little room for compromise, even as President Obama presses lawmakers to take another shot at a far-reaching agreement to tame the national debt. RYAN PLAN On Tuesday, House Budget Committee Chairman...
the legislation is not expected to pass the full Senate, the Senate Judiciary Committee narrowly passed a ban on military-style assault weapons, Reuters reports. On a party-line vote, Democrats on the panel approved a bill to outlaw the sale of such weapons and limit high-capacity ammunition clips to 10 bullets....
NJ writes, “Sen. Rob Portman, the Ohio Republican who was considered a strong prospect as a vice presidential candidate in the last election, has changed his position to support gay marriage, dropping his decades-long opposition after one of his sons said that he is gay. For Portman, the new position...