...pledge as "no taxes, under any situation, even if your country goes to hell."Others, like House minority leader Eric Cantor, R-Virginia, have said the pledge is a big deal in D.C. but not among the folks back home.Chambliss, Graham...
...elected Rep. Ted Yoho, R-Fla., broke with fellow members of the Republican caucus by voting for Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., instead of Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, for Speaker of the House. Asked for his vote, Young loudly...
...progress."I do not support the bill. We are looking, though, for the best path forward," House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., declared after one meeting of the party's rank-and-file.Despite Cantor's remarks, Speaker John...
...progress toward a solution. Boehner also took steps during the day to present a common front with House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, his second-in-command, who has seemed at times to take a dominant role in the White House talks. Reid criticized...
...deals. They promised that there would be "more than one bite at the apple," in the words of House Republican leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., and that the debt ceiling would be the most important bite. By proposing to raise the debt ceiling in two...
...expect them to insist that Hurricane Irene relief be fully financed only if the money is swiped from other programs.Eric Cantor, GOP No. 2 in the House, summed up the ethos Monday on Fox News: "We will find the (Irene) money if there is...
...Nevertheless, there are elements of Obama's plan that fit both parties' philosophies, as House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., has noted. Rather than enacting those pieces, however, they seem more interested in positioning themselves...
...pleas to eliminate some tax breaks, say, for oil and gas companies making windfall profits. House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., even walked out of the talks in a dramatic gesture of displeasure. From such political posturing, disaster...
...inaugurated when Republicans gained a majority of the chamber was a ban on such resolutions. House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., explained why in a letter to his colleagues: "I do not suspect that Jefferson or Madison ever envisioned...
...of the Republican "government spending is out of control" caucus, including Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio, Eric Cantor of Virginia and Mike Pence of Indiana, want them. Since 2004, Congress has earmarked more than $1.5 billion for...
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