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11:36 AM, Apr 12, 2011 • By DANIEL HALPER

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9:28 AM, Mar 28, 2011 • By DANIEL HALPER

Fred Barnes writes in the Wall Street Journal:

The perils of a ‘do everything’ Democratic Congress.

Jan 3, 2011, Vol. 16, No. 16 • By NOEMIE EMERY

Republicans are Already Defunding Obamacare

9:00 AM, Dec 23, 2010 • By JEFFREY H. ANDERSON

Two weeks before taking over control of the House of Representatives, Republicans have already succeeded in starting to defund Obamacare. As Ezra Klein, a zealous Obamacare supporter, writes in the Washington Post, "The Senate passed the Continuing Resolution [by a vote of] 79-16.... Another way of saying that: The Senate voted to defund the implementation of both health-care reform and financial-regulation reform." Shortly thereafter, the House followed suit, by a vote of 193 to 165.

3:46 PM, Dec 21, 2010 • By DANIEL HALPER

James C. Capretta, on "Priorities for a New Congress," in National Affairs:

Rescind the earmarks.

7:36 AM, Dec 15, 2010 • By WILLIAM KRISTOL

I can't believe the Democratic Congress will be foolish and hubristic enough to go ahead and jam though the omnibus appropriations bill with its 6,488 earmarks totaling nearly $8.3 billion. But if they do: Shouldn't the Republican House leadership commit to making H.R. 1 in the next Congress a bill rescinding all the earmarks and the whole $8.3 billion?

Dec 13, 2010, Vol. 16, No. 13 • By MATTHEW CONTINETTI

Navigating Next Steps on Health Care Reform

7:30 AM, Dec 2, 2010 • By GARY ANDRES

For many, finding reasons to repeal Obamacare is like shooting fish in a barrel. Yet while ditching the new law may look like an easy target, settling on a popular alternative is more elusive than people think.

House Republicans Continue to Push for Repeal of Obamacare

6:15 AM, Dec 1, 2010 • By JEFFREY H. ANDERSON

House Republicans are pushing full speed ahead for the repeal of Obamacare. Rather than trying to sift through the president's "comprehensive" overhaul and separate the morsels of wheat from the warehouses of chaff, the Republicans will wisely repeal the whole thing and start over.

1:48 PM, Nov 30, 2010 • By JAY COST

Well, this is just depressing:

An effort by Sens. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., and Tom Coburn, R-Okla., to place a temporary ban on earmarks was defeated. The tally was 39 in favor and 56 against.

Washington’s new political culture?

12:00 AM, Nov 25, 2010 • By GARY ANDRES

Signs of a new political culture abound. Call it the era of “reverse pork barrel.”

NY-25: Buerkle's Lead Grows to 567 With All Absentee Ballots Counted

12:25 PM, Nov 22, 2010 • By JOHN MCCORMACK

The Syracuse Post-Standard reports that Republican Ann Marie Buerkle's lead has grown to 567 votes over Democratic congressman Dan Maffei, and it's hard to see how Maffei could pull this off:

Will the freshman Republicans earn ‘strange new respect’?

Nov 29, 2010, Vol. 16, No. 11 • By FRED BARNES

The newly elected House Republicans, that hardy band of conservatives, are in for a rude surprise. But not yet. The press and other branches of the Washington establishment will treat them as refreshing idealists for a few more weeks. But early next year, the tone will change and the Republican newcomers will learn that Washington doesn’t like them at all.