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May 7, 2014
There's one thing you should know about Congressman Trey Gowdy, Tea-Party darling and head of Speaker Boehner's Select Committee on Benghazi: he has a lot in common with Chairman Darrell Issa.
Spoiler alert: Gowdy claimed to have evidence of a Benghazi cover-up just days before the evidence somehow disappeared – a tactic eerily reminiscent of Congressman Issa's behavior on the House Oversight Committee.
Check out this great disappearing act:
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May 7, 2014
This week, Speaker Boehner proposed plans for a deeply partisan Select Committee on Benghazi – and Republicans across the country are already fundraising off of it. Here's what MSNBC's Chuck Todd had to say this morning about the latest Republican attempt to exploit the Benghazi tragedy:
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May 5, 2014
This morning on MSNBC, former Republican Senator and ultra-conservative GOP Presidential Candidate Rick Santorum had this to say about the GOP's refusal to #RaisetheWage:
"…let's not make the argument that: ‘We are for the blue collar guy, but against any minimum wage increase. Ever.' It just makes no sense." [5/5]
It's a rare moment when we can say we agree with Rick Santorum.
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May 1, 2014
This afternoon, Republican Congressman Dana Rohrabacher went on a Steve King-style, anti-immigration harangue on the House floor and had this to say about undocumented immigrants and DREAMers:
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May 1, 2014
Early this week, the Speaker reignited his favorite cop-out for explaining why he continues to block immigration reform: he blamed President Obama. What was the media's reaction to his poor excuse? Well, it wasn't pretty.
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April 29, 2014
In the wake of mocking his GOP colleagues for refusing to act on immigration reform, Speaker Boehner returned to his tired, old talking points this morning:
"The American people don't trust the President to enforce or implement the law…" [GOP Press Conference, 4/29/14]
Really, Mr. Speaker?
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April 28, 2014
Last week, it sounded like House Republican Conference Chair McMorris Rodgers had finally come around to recognizing the pointlessness of the GOP repeal strategy.
From The Spokesman-Review:
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April 25, 2014
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April 25, 2014
Yesterday, Speaker Boehner mocked his fellow House Republicans for refusing to move forward on comprehensive immigration reform. From the Cincinnati Enquirer:
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April 24, 2014
From Huffington Post - John Boehner Mocks GOP On Immigration: 'Ohhhh. This Is Too Hard'