Topic: Eric Cantor

Healthcare reform's politics of anger: GOP fights back

Some Democrats have been attacked or threatened over passage of healthcare reform. Now, GOP leaders are fighting back against suggestions that their party is somehow responsible.

Two House health care reform votes: first fixes, then Senate bill

House leaders rejected 'deem and pass' Saturday, and negotiations on abortion concern made progress, clearing the way for Sunday's health care reform bill vote.

Obama open to four Republican healthcare ideas

President Obama says he is 'exploring' four Republican healthcare ideas from last week's summit, in a bow to bipartisanship seen largely as a public relations move.

Opinion: At health summit, forget Obama vs. GOP: How did freedom do?

The Obama health care summit focused on costs and access. But proposed reforms would wipe away Americans’ freedom of choice in this vital area. 

Obama in the Republican lions’ den: Obama, 2; lions, 1

President Obama had a pointed and entertaining exchange with House Republicans. The event worked to his advantage, but the GOP scored important points, too. Everybody benefits from this kind of unscripted public debate.

GOP officials: no sign of bipartisanship on healthcare reform

So far, top GOP officials say, Democrats aren't moving to work with them on healthcare reform. The Republican victory in Massachusetts has cost Democrats their filibuster-proof margin in the Senate.

GOP is wait-and-see on Obama’s terrorist intelligence plan

Republicans generally approve of Obama’s plan to improve terrorist intelligence after the Christmas Day airliner bombing attempt. But they suggest more should be done, and hearings will give them a chance to say so.

Obama jobs summit: real help for unemployed, or PR move?

President Obama will host a jobs summit in December to consider strategies for shrinking ranks of the unemployed. What are some options?

US House of Representatives votes to approve healthcare reform

The House voted 220 to 215 in favor of healthcare reform. But Saturday night’s vote also signals tough negotiations ahead in the next phases of the legislation.

Senate in the home stretch on its healthcare reform bill

But there's more heavy political lifting ahead. Liberals in the House are set to fight for a public option.

What would a Republican healthcare bill look like?

Democrats have chided Republicans for not offering their own healthcare ideas. But GOP attempts to turn the debate toward more incentives and fewer mandates have been rebuffed.

Obama to lawmakers: Many won't like my Afghanistan decision

President Obama met with 31 Democratic and GOP lawmakers at the White House Tuesday to talk about the strategy for Afghanistan.

Cass Sunstein latest target for the anti-‘czar’ bunch

The reshaping of the GOP

The most fertile ground for Republicans is the growing ranks of independents. And efforts to rebrand the party from the inside are prompting a stir within a new generation of young politicians.

White House delays report on closing Guantánamo

The date for closure is still January, but deciding which detainees are dangerous and which should be prosecuted is difficult.

Obama resists pressure to speak out more forcefully on Iran

Opinion: Republicans need fresh ideas, not a savior

The GOP could rebuild by grooming conceptual thinkers in foreign policy.

Palin joins old pal McCain to rescue GOP from extinction

Specter: Reagan's GOP is gone

On Sunday talk shows, he says the 'big tent' party of Reagan and the late Jack Kemp has been replaced by rigid conservatism.

Republicans are mounting a comeback (just like the Detroit Lions)

Eric Cantor on Limbaugh and on Washington overreacting to the economy

New Dem website makes it easier to apologize to Rush Limbaugh

Obama wins his economic stimulus package, but without the bipartisanship he sought

Congress wrestles with Wall Street bailout package

Is there a deal or not? It depends on who’s asked, but an outline is emerging from Thursday’s meeting at the White House.

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