Right Turn Archive: House GOP
Interview: Rep. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.)
Rep. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) is a five-term congressman and former head of a conservative think tank (the Goldwater Institute). He was fiscal hawks' choice for the House Appropriations Committee because of his record on fiscal issues, including opposition to earmarks...
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Jennifer Rubin
| January 31, 2011; 10:18 AM ET |
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Change comes in the form of congressional oversight
For two years, the substance and the ramifications of Obama's legislative agenda went unchallenged by the House and Senate committees responsible for oversight. That is the reality of partisan politics, no matter how we may rail at the abdication of...
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Jennifer Rubin
| January 27, 2011; 11:32 AM ET |
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A State of the Union response or a 2012 match-up?
Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.) had the unenviable task of responding to the State of the Union. You can't compete with the president in pomp and setting, and it is absurd to try to match him line by line and program...
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Jennifer Rubin
| January 25, 2011; 10:37 PM ET |
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Should he have brought flowers? Nancy says, 'No thanks, Eric.'
I asked the spokesman for House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) about reports that Cantor would be sitting with Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.). To my surprise, he replied, "Minority Leader Pelosi declined Eric's offer, which would have resulted in...
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Jennifer Rubin
| January 25, 2011; 5:00 PM ET |
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Republican freshman: Rep. Kristi Noem
When I spoke to her by phone yesterday afternoon, Rep. Kristi Noem (R-S.D.) was still confirming her Democratic "date" for the State of the Union address. However, the new at-large congresswoman from South Dakota is not one to confuse symbolism...
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Jennifer Rubin
| January 25, 2011; 9:30 AM ET |
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Congressional Republican freshman: Rep. Bill Huizenga
Rep. Bill Huizenga (R-Mich.) is a freshman, but he's hardly new to Congress. He replaced Rep. Peter Hoekstra (R-Mich.), for whom he served as policy director for six years. But it is his experience out of government that makes him...
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Jennifer Rubin
| January 20, 2011; 10:01 AM ET |
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