Right Turn Archive: Senate GOP
Interview with Sen. Rob Portman
Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio), like freshmen Republican Sens. Pat Toomey, Roy Blunt and Marco Rubio, occupies a cramped, windowless office in the basement of the Dirksen building. The surroundings are hardly luxurious, but Portman -- a former House member, OMB...
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Jennifer Rubin
| February 17, 2011; 9:35 AM ET |
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Rand Paul neo-isolationism widely condemned
During the 2010 campaign I repeatedly raised concerns that Rand Paul, now the Republican senator from Kentucky, was a proponent of a neo-isolationist foreign policy. That concern has now been borne out. In an interview on CNN he proposed cutting...
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Jennifer Rubin
| January 28, 2011; 9:14 AM ET |
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Interview with Sen. Jon Kyl
Sen. Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) is among the Republicans' most vociferous advocates of fiscal sobriety and a strong national defense. He presumably is not on the list of 2012 contenders, but perhaps he should be on the 2012 ticket, or at...
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Jennifer Rubin
| January 26, 2011; 12:30 PM ET |
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Reconsidering filibuster reform
I've been admonished by a smart Republican who e-mails me about my opposition to the proposed change in the filibuster rule: I kind of like what the Democrats want to do. The filibuster is entirely a tool of restraint, it...
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Jennifer Rubin
| January 5, 2011; 9:50 AM ET |
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Is there consensus emerging on filibuster reform?
The filibuster-reform minuet has begun. Democrats have been talking "reform" for a little while -- namely, a three-part proposal from New Mexico Sen. Tom Udall to modify, but not eliminate, the Senate filibuster. But all of the sudden, now that...
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| January 5, 2011; 8:30 AM ET |
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Did the No Labels folks read Arlen Specter's speech?
The No Labels website links to the farewell speech by Sen. Arlen Specter (D/R/D-Pa.). I guess they must search for the word "civility," but next time they should actually read the speech before offering it as a model of public...
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Jennifer Rubin
| December 23, 2010; 10:50 AM ET |
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