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发帖数: 11530 | 1 Trump picks Elaine Chao for transportation secretary
By Phil Mattingly and David Wright, CNN
Updated 12:57 PM ET, Tue November 29, 2016
(CNN) — President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Elaine Chao, the former
labor secretary and wife of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, to be
his choice for transportation secretary, an official briefed on the matter
told CNN on Tuesday.
The announcement is expected to come this afternoon.
Chao served as secretary of labor under President George W. Bush from... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 568 | 2 Trump says Republicans are putting themselves in a 'very bad position' on
Obamacare
President Donald Trump suggested again Monday that Republicans could hurt
themselves politically by trying to repeal the Affordable Care Act, saying
the GOP may be better served letting it fail on its own.
Key House Republicans and the White House have pushed the American Health
Care Act, a bill to replace the landmark Obama administration law, also
known as Obamacare. Trump and key congressional Republicans have... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29576 | 3 Trump the Dealmaker Projects Bravado, but Behind the Scenes, Faces Rare Self
-Doubt
By GLENN THRUSH and MAGGIE HABERMAN
MARCH 23, 2017
WASHINGTON — President Trump, the author of “The Art of the Deal,” has
been projecting his usual bravado in public this week about the prospects of
repealing the Affordable Care Act. Privately he is grappling with rare
bouts of self-doubt.
Mr. Trump has told four people close to him that he regrets going along with
Speaker Paul D. Ryan’s plan to push a health car... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1842 | 4 Boehner rejects Obama's offer for short-term debt, shutdown deal
By Russell Berman, Erik Wasson and Justin Sink - 10/08/13 07:03 PM ET
Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) on Tuesday rejected President Obama’s offer t
o negotiate a long-term fiscal deal in exchange for temporary measures to en
d the government shutdown and lift the debt ceiling.
Speaking to reporters at the White House, Obama said that if House Republica
ns re-opened the government and lifted the nation’s borrowing authority –
even for... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 61690 | 5 这个修正案要出来了就不是show vote.
"There's a number of conversations that are under way," Corker told
reporters. "It continues to be slightly fluid."
He said the senators are seeking a proposal that "acknowledges the
Democratic sensibilities but also causes border security to be addressed
properly from" the Republican side.
The proposal might not go as far as some conservative Republicans would like
in toughening up "triggers" in the bill that would make the path to
citizenship for undocumented workers con... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 61690 | 6 Republican Reps. Kristi Noem of South Dakota and Kevin Cramer of North
Dakota separately stood up at a GOP meeting Wednesday and confronted their
leadership about its bumbling legislative strategy and inability to figure
out a way forward on the massive legislation, according to multiple sources
at the meeting.
Noem, who once served in Republican leadership, took aim squarely at
Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.). She reminded him that he controls the
House floor, and she drilled Cantor hard on... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 7 【 以下文字转载自 USANews 讨论区 】
发信人: lczlcz (lcz), 信区: USANews
标 题: What to Watch as Arizona Votes on Tuesday
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Tue Aug 28 11:36:45 2012, 美东)
Arizona is hosting several competitive primaries Tuesday, including a GOP
battle for the Senate seat being vacated by Republican Sen. Jon Kyl and a
Democratic fight for the seat held until recently by Rep. Gabrielle Giffords.
But Arizona’s big matchup is between two House Republican freshmen elected
in 2010 with tea party support, Reps. Ben Quayle a... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 8227 | 8 孺子可教！
共和党自里根之后，二十余年，竟找不到一个“会说话”的政治人物。现在，新星终于
诞生了！
Who's Afraid of Marco Rubio?
Democrats are scared enough of the charismatic Republican Senate hopeful
that some were willing to sacrifice their own candidate to help a stronger
challenger in the race.
By MATTHEW KAMINSKI
West Palm Beach, Fla.
Marco Rubio is the newest Republican star, but not for any obvious reasons.
On policy, the Senate hopeful from the Sunshine State blends in easily with
the tea party crowd. Less government, taxes and debt... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 8227 | 9 南卡初选之后两天，各路媒体评论家终于回过神来，意识到Newt的胜利的历史性意义。
时势造英雄！特摘录一篇，希望对大家从新认识这位前议长有所助益。
这篇文章中，作者把Newt称作右翼的“切·格瓦拉”（Che Guevara),我觉得非常贴切！
It's the Insurgents vs. Establishment in the GOP
Mitt Romney, welcome to John Boehner's world.
Both men—one the presidential candidate just stung in South Carolina, the
other the speaker of the House—are fairly conventional leaders attempting
to ride herd on a restless Republican Party that seems more interested in
insurgent leaders. Let's just say they are having limited succ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 379 | 10 The Democratic Party's bid for a new supermajority in the state Senate has
failed, thanks to Republican victories in a few key races, and it was on the
way to losing its supermajority in the Assembly onWednesday morning as
elections officials finished counting ballots in pivotal campaigns across
California.
Republicans prevailed in two races, one in the Central Valley and the other
in Orange County, that were viewed as crucial to preventing Democrats from
regaining a python's grip on the Senate.... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 7521 | 11 美国普通人非常痛恨过度的福利制度
主贴:
Tea Party 'tantrum' not good for nation
1:30 PM, Aug. 5, 2011 |
66Comments
http://www.stargazette.com/article/20110808/VIEWPOINTS03/108080
Thanks to the Tea Party. For them, it's my way or the highway — does that
remind you of your children's temper tantrums? Well, it worked!
Forget the poor, the elderly and the unemployed, while the wealthiest
continue to enjoy their quality of life at the expense of the rest of us.
God help us.
The Rev. and Mrs. Robert Adkins
Elmira
评论（被... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4612 | 12 【 以下文字转载自 USANews 讨论区 】
发信人: theislander3 (Peace de Wars), 信区: USANews
标 题: 路易斯安那黑人州议员抛弃民主党加入GOP
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Tue Jun 18 21:55:06 2013, 美东)
Louisiana State Senator Elbert Gullory — formerly a Democra — made a
surprising and enthusiastic announcement. The African-American Senator is
walking away from the Democrats to join the GOP. After making the
announcement, Sen. Gullory released this video explaining his unique
decision.
“I’m Elbert Lee Guillory, the senator for the 24th district right he... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 554 | 13 【 以下文字转载自 USANews 讨论区 】
发信人: zjybaby (zjybaby), 信区: USANews
标 题: Tea Party最可恨之处--鲜为人知的秘密
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Fri Jun 13 21:55:37 2014, 美东)
Tea Party真正为什么同时被Democrat和Establishment Republican所憎恨?
什么可以让Democrat和Establishment Republican会联手对付?
为什么职业政客们要发动他们的媒体机器来妖魔化Tea Party?
让我们谨记voting Record是评价政客的公正标准, 然后让我们看清楚Tea Party"最可
恨"之处:
1. Tea Party要限制议员任期长度, 避免终身Senator和Congressman/women. http://pblumel.blogspot.com/2012/02/us-senate-votes-down-term-limits.html
Tea Party精神领袖, Heritage Foundation老大Jim Dem... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 15526 | 14 Trump says US may abandon automatic protections for Nato countries
Donald Trump has said that if he is elected president he may abandon a
guarantee of protection to fellow Nato countries.
Speaking to the New York Times, Mr Trump said the US would only come to the
aid of allies if they have "fulfilled their obligations to us".
Members of Nato have all signed a treaty that says they will come to the aid
of any member that is attacked.
Mr Trump will speak on Thursday at the Republican National Conv... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 18158 | 15 http://time.com/5336385/senate-approves-symbolic-resolution-trump-tariffs/
Senate Approves Symbolic Resolution in Attempt to Curb President Trump's
Mounting Tariffs
By ERIK WASSON / BLOOMBERG July 11, 2018
The U.S. Senate took President Donald Trump to task on trade but fell short
of curtailing his power to impose tariffs.
In an 88-11 vote on Wednesday, the Senate approved a symbolic motion backing
a role for Congress in requiring tariffs based on national security, such
as those Trump imposed o... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 5309 | 16 狗屁党和疮破如此不堪，连战略都被敌人一眼识破了。
这5000难民团非常可疑，八成是疮破雇人招来助选的。
Trump and Republicans settle on fear — and falsehoods — as a midterm
strategy
President Trump walks from the Oval Office to board Marine One to depart
from the South Lawn of the White House on Monday. (Jabin Botsford/The
Washington Post)
By Ashley Parker ,
Philip Rucker and
Josh Dawsey October 22 at 8:21 PM
President Trump has settled on a strategy of fear — laced with falsehoods
and racially-tinged rhetoric — to help lift his party to victory ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1 | 17 【 以下文字转载自 USANews 讨论区 】
发信人: tonyxu007 (tony), 信区: USANews
标 题: 共和党太惨了: 50 Wealthiest Districts
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Fri Nov 9 14:51:44 2018, 美东)
50 Wealthiest Congressional Districts in the US
共和党太惨了
Wealth
Ranking State District Median Household Income Representative
Party
1 VA 10th $116,069 Jennifer Wexton Democrat
2 CA 18th $112,702 Anna Eshoo Democrat
3 CA 17th $107,946 Ro Khanna Democrat
4 VA 11th $105,024 Gerald Co... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 18 Obama to Push New Spending
By DAMIAN PALETTA, JONATHAN WEISMAN and LAURA MECKLER
Associated Press
President Barack Obama and GE's Jeffrey Immelt, left, with plant manager
Kevin Sharkey, visited a GE factory Friday to talk about green jobs.
President Barack Obama will call for new government spending on
infrastructure, education and research in his State of the Union address
Tuesday, sharpening his response to Republicans in Congress who are
demanding deep budget cuts, people familiar with the sp... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 374 | 19 http://lezgetreal.com/2011/07/no-vote-on-repealing-doma-in-hous
No Vote On Repealing DOMA In House
Tagged with: Barack Obama Defense of Marriage Act Evan Wolfson
Maggie Gallagher Republican Party (United States) Respect for Marriage
Act United States United States House of Representatives
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23 July 2011
by Bridgette P. LaVictoire
None of us have seriously expected that the House of Represe... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 20 Below is a remarkable document. It's a memo circulated by Jan van Lohuizen,
a highly respected Republican pollster, (he polled for George W. Bush in
2004), to various leading Republican operatives, candidates and insiders.
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n view of this week’s news on the same sex marriage issue, here is a
summary of recent survey findings on same sex marriage:
1. Support for same sex marriage has been growing and in the last few years
support has grown at an acce... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 21 DENVER (AP) — A last-ditch effort by Colorado's governor to give gay
couples in the state rights similar to married couples failed Monday after
Republicans rejected the proposal during a special legislative session.
Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper had said the special session was needed to
address a "fundamental question of fairness and civil rights."
The bill's demise was expected by Democrats, who have begun using the issue
as a rallying cry to topple Republicans in the November elections.
R... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 897 | 22 The release of documents late Tuesday showing that Republican Senate nominee
Joe Miller of Alaska lied about his misconduct while serving as a
government attorney in Fairbanks delivered yet another blow to a tea party-
backed candidate who was considered a shoo-in just two months ago, when he
defeated incumbent Lisa Murkowski in the GOP primary.
Now, the race is shaping up to be a contest between Murkowski, who is
mounting a write-in campaign, and Democrat Scott McAdams, the little-known
mayor o... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 23 By DICK MORRIS
Published on TheHill.com
on January 18, 2011
Printer-Friendly Version
Now for the counteroffensive. The House Republicans are pushing to repeal
ObamaCare. While they will doubtless succeed in the House and either fail in
the Senate or face an Obama veto, their decision to raise and debate the
issue is a crucial one. As happened when it passed last year, ObamaCare will
ignite a national controversy.
But are conservatives prepared to win the debate? When ObamaCare was being
pushed t... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 24 竞争激烈的威斯康星州法官选举，突然发现一个城市的选票没有输入数据库，目前共和
党候选人选票领先，之前民主党候选人已经宣布胜选
Corrected Brookfield tally puts Prosser ahead after 7,500-vote gain
In one explosive stroke Thursday, the clerk in a Republican stronghold
tilted the tight Supreme Court race in favor of Justice David Prosser by
recovering thousands of untallied votes for the incumbent.
Waukesha County Clerk Kathy Nickolaus said Thursday that she failed to save
on her computer and then report 14,315 votes in the city of Brookfield,
omitting them enti... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 25 美国众议院拒绝奥巴马提升借债额度要求，318票反对，包括82个民主党议员，97票支持
U.S. House Defeats Debt Ceiling Measure Democrats Call ‘Charade’
Tuesday, 31 May 2011 07:38 PM
Legislation to raise the U.S. debt limit by $2.4 trillion failed to win
House approval today in a vote Democrats said was rigged to ensure its
defeat.
Republicans who control the House last week announced the vote as a way to
demonstrate that lawmakers don’t support extending the $14.3 trillion debt
limit without an agreement with President Barack Obama’s admi... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 9531 | 26 Ron Paul won a straw poll in Illinois Saturday, the latest in a string of
such wins for the GOP presidential hopeful. Supporters say the mainstream
media are ignoring him, but such polls are not scientific and they can favor
an enthusiastic following like Paul's
Ron Paul won another Republican straw poll this weekend, in Illinois this
time.
It’s starting to become routine for Paul, points out The State Column, an
online source of state political news:
“Paul has consistently demonstrated his abil... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 27 Why Demographic Shifts on Religion and Marriage Could Doom the Democratic
Party
Nov 22, 2011 4:45 AM EST
The party of Obama is increasingly unmarried and irreligious, a shift that
could help the GOP build a new majority.
If demography is destiny, the Democratic Party could be facing big trouble.
A growing contrast between the two major parties centers more and more on
stark differences in marital status and religious involvement—distinctions
that should give substantial advantages to Republicans... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 28 By JEFF ZELENY
¶ SOUTHFIELD, Mich. — Mitt Romney fought back a vigorous challenge
from Rick Santorum in Michigan on Tuesday, narrowly carrying his native
state, and won the Arizona primary in a pair of contests that reasserted his
control over the Republican presidential race as it advances to critical
Super Tuesday contests next week.
¶ His victory over Mr. Santorum here in Michigan was far from
commanding, but it was most likely sufficient to dampen the rising clamor
from across the ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 29 George Clooney: Obama Is Awesome, It’s Just That He’s Not Awesome At
Telling Us How Awesome He Is
March 19, 2012 | Posted by TWB
Where I come from, when you’re awesome, you don’t need to have someone to
tell other people of your awesomeness. But according to George Clooney, the
only reason that Obama’s Presidency isn’t being deemed successful is
because Democrats stink at telling everyone about Obama’s wonderful
accomplishments.
Sitting down with NBC’s David Gregory (who thinks Obama is awesome... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4321 | 30 http://healthcarereform.procon.org/view.resource.php?resourceID
History of the Individual Health Insurance Mandate, 1989-2010
Republican Origins of Democratic Health Care Provision
Heritage Foundation's 1989 report is considered to be the conceptual origin
of the health insurance mandate.
The concept of the individual health insurance mandate is considered to have
originated in 1989 at the conservative Heritage Foundation. In 1993,
Republicans twice introduced health care bills that contained an... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 850 | 31 Based on August polls, Romney leads in 23 states with a total 191 electoral
votes. Obama leads in 16 states with a atotal of 196 electoral votes. Below
are the 12 swing states with 151 electoral votes (538-191-196) with their
current political elections results.
Colorado - 9 electoral vote
2004, Bush won 52% vs 47%
2008, Obama won 54% vs 45%
All major August polls show Obama leads 0-6%
Governor: Democrat, elected 2010
US Senators: both Democrats, both elected in 2008
Congressmen: 4 republicans a... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 16594 | 32 很多原因，反正GOP是没问题的，有问题的是天，是地，是DEM。
WASHINGTON -- Republicans across the country were shellshocked as President
Barack Obama defeated Mitt Romney in Tuesday’s presidential election,
finishing the race with 332 electoral votes and winning every battleground
state except for North Carolina. The blame game began almost immediately, as
Republicans looked to determine how a vulnerable incumbent like Obama had
found a pathway to reelection.
The evidence behind the president’s victory points toward a stron... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 33 By JARED A. FAVOLE And DAMIAN PALETTA
WASHINGTON—The White House, escalating its effort to knock down a new
Republican budget plan as the country nears a crucial deadline, said it
would veto the current plan offered by House GOP leaders to raise tax rates
only on income above $1 million.
As the high-stakes showdown over the fiscal cliff continues, Republicans and
Democrats continue to debate how much the richest Americans should pay in
taxes. WSJ's David Wessel heads to a poker table to explain ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1430 | 34 【 以下文字转载自 EB23 讨论区 】
发信人: fakaoti08 (fakati08), 信区: EB23
标 题: Obama Will Seek Citizenship Path in One Fast Push
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Sat Jan 12 21:49:10 2013, 美东)
President Obama plans to push Congress to move quickly in the coming months
on an ambitious overhaul of the immigration system that would include a path
to citizenship for most of the 11 million illegal immigrants in the country
, senior administration officials and lawmakers said last week.
Mr. Obama and Senate Democrats will propose the ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 12623 | 35 Louisiana State Senator Elbert Gullory — formerly a Democra — made a
surprising and enthusiastic announcement. The African-American Senator is
walking away from the Democrats to join the GOP. After making the
announcement, Sen. Gullory released this video explaining his unique
decision.
“I’m Elbert Lee Guillory, the senator for the 24th district right here in
beautiful Louisiana. Recently I made what many are referring to as a bold
decision to switch my party affiliation to the Republican Party... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 36 GOP Proposal on Canceled Coverage Garners 39 Votes From Across Aisle Despite
Obama Veto Threat
By COLLEEN MCCAIN NELSON, SIOBHAN HUGHES and JON KAMP CONNECT
Updated Nov. 15, 2013 9:57 p.m. ET
More than three dozen House Democrats rebuffed a White House veto threat and
backed a Republican plan to change the health-care law, underscoring the
tensions among members of President Barack Obama's party a day after he
proposed his own fix to tamp down complaints.
The Republican plan, a response to uneas... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 37 Democrat-run states hike spending 400% faster than GOP states
By Paul Bedard | May 21, 2014 | 12:00 am
States led by a Democratic governor and legislature increased spending over
400 percent faster than those under Republican control, according to a new
report from a leading taxpayer watchdog group.
Americans for Tax Reform, most known for pushing candidates to sign an anti-
tax pledge, found that the 13 states run by Democrats raised spending 5.55
percent over 2011-2013. In the 24 states where ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4150 | 39 WASHINGTON — President Obama presented a budget on Monday that is more
utopian vision than pragmatic blueprint. It proposes a politically
improbable reshaping of the tax code and generous new social spending
initiatives that would shift resources from the wealthy to the middle class.
Absent from the plan is any pretense of trying to address the main drivers
of the long-term debt — Social Security and Medicare — a quest that has
long divided both parties and ultimately proved impossible. The docu... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1183 | 40 March 5
Kansas Republican caucus (40 delegates): Trump is up 12 points
Kentucky Republican primary (45 delegates): Trump is up 13 points
Louisiana Republican primary (47 delegates): Trump is up 19 points
March 8
Michigan Republican primary (59 delegates): Trump is up 15.4 points
Mississippi Republican primary (40 delegates): Trump is up 24 points
March 15
Florida Republican primary (99 delegates — winner take all): Trump is up 18
.7 points and ahead of Florida Sen. Marco Rubio
Illinois Republica... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 6571 | 41 Presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump met with at least 200 House
Republicans at the Capitol Hill Club in Washington, D.C. on Thursday morning.
Sources report Trump received two standing ovations during the meeting,
where he reportedly spoke about tax reform, Obamacare, the Supreme Court,
the Second Amendment and dishonesty in the media.
From “sources in the room”: Trump got TWO standing Os from House Rs
this morning https://t.co/FbaaWSYQPd
— Sean McMinn (@shmcminn) July 7, 2016
Th... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 6571 | 42 By A. PHILLIP CHARLES
WASHINGTON – The Politik is predicting that on Tuesday, November 8, 2016,
Donald J. Trump will win a landslide election, to become the 45th President
of the United States.
2012 and 2016
In 2012, Barack Obama won reelection with 65.9 million votes. Mitt Romney
finished 5 million votes behind, at 60.9 million. That earned Obama 332
electoral votes to Romney’s 206.
Just four years earlier, Obama had become the first African American ever to
be elected president of the United... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 6571 | 43 Trump Speaks, Media Translates
Larry Elder
Posted: Aug 25, 2016 12:01 AM
"Do you ever get tired of defending Donald Trump?" a critic asked.
It isn't that Donald Trump does not say things that are cringe-worthy. It's
that his opponent, Hillary Rodham Clinton, says and does things even more
cringe-worthy. So forgive those who feel that Trump's supposedly "outrageous
" statements are nothing more than selective outrage, double standards, and
the typical "Republicans are racist" meme. Democrats rout... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 3833 | 44 1. As a former secretary of state, U.S. senator, first lady, and a
lifelong advocate for women and families, no one is more qualified to be
president than Hillary.
2. Hillary knows child care, equal pay, and paid leave are fundamental
economic issues—not just “women’s issues.”
3. Our democracy should work for everyone—not just the wealthy and well-
connected.
4. Our next president could make multiple appointments to the Supreme
Court.
5. We need comprehensive background checks on ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1 | 45 The Republican National Committee provided new voter registration numbers to
Breitbart News:
Florida Net: +261,715
Iowa Net: +38,913
Nevada Net: +12,720
North Carolina Net: +173,785
Pennsylvania Net: +223,552
The Pennsylvania number is especially significant. Republicans signed up 30,
000 people there in September alone. The Trump campaign in Pennsylvania is
fired up but did not want to go on record at this time, in part because
Generals MacArthur and Patton would not telegraph to the enemy... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1 | 46 100,000 Pennsylvania Democrats Have Switched to the Republican Party
Breaking News By Amy Moreno October 13, 2016
This is what they call the Trump “monster vote.”
The people not being polled, who have either never voted or recently changed
parties and who are voting for Trump.
The Pittsburgh local news is reporting that 100,000 Pennsylvania Democrats
have switched to the Republican party to vote for Trump.
Imagine all who haven’t officially “switched” but will be supporting
Trump at the polls.
M... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 6571 | 47 17 Times a Single Party Has Held the White House and Congress
On November 8th, Republicans took back the White House and maintained their
hold on Congress, meaning we will once again have a united government. A
single party hasn't controlled both the executive and legislative branches
since 2011. In fact, our government has only been united 17 times in history
—excluding the recent election. Here is every instance in which a single
party has held the Presidency and Congress, and the most signifi... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 61690 | 48 Senators in both parties predict blowing up the Senate’s rules to confirm
Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch will inflict serious damage on the
institution.
Democrats are mulling whether to employ the same retaliatory tactics that
Republicans used in 2013 after Democrats triggered the “nuclear option” to
prevent the GOP from filibustering President Obama’s executive branch and
judicial nominees.
“They used the age-old Senate tactic of slowing things to a crawl, which
you can do under the rules o... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 61690 | 49 Progressives are declaring an early victory over Neil Gorsuch’s Supreme
Court nomination.
Even if President Trump’s pick is confirmed after a historic Senate vote on
Thursday to end the minority party's ability to filibuster Supreme Court
nominations, liberal groups think they’ll win.
They predict that Republicans will face a backlash over changing the Senate
’s rules and will have to own any controversial decisions handed down by
the Supreme Court heading into the 2018 midterms and 2020 preside... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1 | 50 50 Wealthiest Congressional Districts in the US
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Wealth
Ranking State District Median Household Income Representative
Party
1 VA 10th $116,069 Jennifer Wexton Democrat
2 CA 18th $112,702 Anna Eshoo Democrat
3 CA 17th $107,946 Ro Khanna Democrat
4 VA 11th $105,024 Gerald Connolly Democrat
5 NJ 7th $104,987 Tom Malinowski Democrat
6 NY 3rd $104,805 Thomas Suozzi Democrat
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