Indiana Will Strip Planned Parenthood Funds

Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels, a potential presidential candidate who previously urged politicians to move away from social issues and concentrate on the federal deficit, now says he will sign a bill to deny funds from his state for Planned Parenthood, which supports abortion rights.

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House GOP offers new stopgap spending measure

House Republicans propose to keep the government running with a three-week stopgap measure, allowing Congress and the White House a little more time to haggle over an elusive long-term resolution to the 2011 federal budget

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Taliban cannot win, should spurn al Qaeda: Clinton

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. killing of Osama bin Laden shows that the Taliban cannot defeat the United States in Afghanistan and that it should abandon its ties to al Qaeda, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Monday.

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Rep. Rick Crawford abruptly ends town meeting after tough budget questions

Add Arkansans to the list of folks not so supportive of the Republican plan to slash Medicare and Medicaid and keep taxes low for the rich. Freshman Rep. Rick Crawford heard all about it in his very first town meeting and apparently was scared off.

Crawford faced a heated question about why the GOP budget cuts taxes for the wealthy and corporations while slashing social services. Crawford replied, “I don’t support tax cuts for the wealthy over help for socio-economically challenged individuals.” A number of his constituents repeatedly challenged him on this claim, accusing Crawford of “class warfare against the poor people” and explaining that tax cuts don’t create jobs. Crawford apparently did not appreciate this, and ended the session:
CONSTITUENT 1: [The GOP budget ] is a significant tax cut for the wealthy.
CRAWFORD: A 10 percent tax cut?
CONSTITUENT 2: Wouldn’t that be class warfare against the poor people?
CRAWFORD: Well, you’re asking me if I want to continue taxing at a higher rate the people that are creating jobs and no –
CONSTITUENT 2: They’re not creating jobs, though! They haven’t created any more jobs! … They’re taking them all overseas!
CONSTITUENT 3: Are you taking any more questions?
CRAWFORD: No, we’re done.
CONSTITUENT 3: We’re done?
CRAWFORD: We’re done.

And Crawford just might be.


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Thiessen: Al-Qaeda's American-bred leadership

In recent days, critics in this section have pounded Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.) for holding hearings to examine radicalization in the American Muslim community. They've accused him of "providing fuel for bigots" and "stoking irrational fears." Really? It is hardly irrational for the chairman House ...

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Romney Plods Ahead Quietly

Dan Balz, Washington Post
Rarely has a candidate who is seen as a front-runner for his party’s presidential nomination been as invisible as Mitt Romney.That alone made it noteworthy when the former Massachusetts governor showed up here Friday night to participate in a forum with four other prospective candidates — most notably former Minnesota governor Tim Pawlenty. It was just Romney’s second public appearance this year in the state that as much as any other will be crucial to his hopes of winning the 2012 GOP nomination.

Source: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2011/05/01/romney_plods_ahead_quietly_254669.html

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