gop shutdown Archives – https://ezkool.com/tag/gop-shutdown/ Thu, 24 Oct 2013 10:47:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://ezkool.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/ezkool-logo-75png.png gop shutdown Archives – https://ezkool.com/tag/gop-shutdown/ 32 32 12773863 Sixteen Days, Thirteen Nights https://ezkool.com/2013/10/sixteen-days-thirteen-nights/ https://ezkool.com/2013/10/sixteen-days-thirteen-nights/#respond Thu, 24 Oct 2013 02:12:36 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=44145 What a waste of time, effort and money. During the sixteen days that the government was shut down, the United States could have been funding scientific research, analyzing economic data and providing needed services to people who need them. It could also have begun work earlier on the health care website that will obviously need […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2013/10/sixteen-days-thirteen-nights/feed/ 0 44145 New Poll: More Americans Want Democrats Controlling the House https://ezkool.com/2013/10/new-poll-more-americans-want-democrats-controlling-the-house/ https://ezkool.com/2013/10/new-poll-more-americans-want-democrats-controlling-the-house/#respond Mon, 21 Oct 2013 18:37:50 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=44073 Just over half the public says that it’s bad for the country that the GOP controls the House of Representatives, according to a new national poll conducted after the end of the partial government shutdown. And the CNN/ORC International survey also indicates that more than six in 10 Americans say that Speaker of the House […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2013/10/new-poll-more-americans-want-democrats-controlling-the-house/feed/ 0 44073 The Teaparty Energized by Government Shutdown https://ezkool.com/2013/10/the-teaparty-energized-by-government-shutdown/ https://ezkool.com/2013/10/the-teaparty-energized-by-government-shutdown/#respond Fri, 18 Oct 2013 12:53:33 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=43936 CLEVELAND, Tenn. — “The premise was good,” said Bob McIntire, 53, an insurance executive here in deep red Bradley County, where the local Democrats would have trouble filling up a phone booth. The payoff, well, that was the problem. On talk radio and in the conservative blogosphere, the bipartisan vote on Wednesday to reopen the […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2013/10/the-teaparty-energized-by-government-shutdown/feed/ 0 43936 New Report – Crisis Like The GOP Government Shutdown Cost America 900,000 Jobs https://ezkool.com/2013/10/new-report-crisis-like-the-gop-government-shutdown-cost-america-900000-jobs/ https://ezkool.com/2013/10/new-report-crisis-like-the-gop-government-shutdown-cost-america-900000-jobs/#respond Fri, 18 Oct 2013 01:35:29 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=43923 A new report called “The Cost of Crisis-Driven Fiscal Policy” is confirming what we all know, that self inflected wounds is not good for you. The report concludes that crisis-driven government and the resulting fiscal policy uncertainty has directly harmed the American economy by increasing the unemployment rate by 0.6%, or the equivalent of 900,000 jobs. […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2013/10/new-report-crisis-like-the-gop-government-shutdown-cost-america-900000-jobs/feed/ 0 43923 Peter King: “it was madness to follow Ted Cruz” https://ezkool.com/2013/10/peter-king-it-was-madness-to-follow-ted-cruz/ https://ezkool.com/2013/10/peter-king-it-was-madness-to-follow-ted-cruz/#respond Wed, 16 Oct 2013 13:14:08 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=43852 In an interview with CNN host Anderson Cooper on Tuesday, Republican Rep.Peter King continued scolding his party for their dumb decision to follow first year Senator, Ted Cruz and his failed efforts to take away health care from the American people. “The game is over,” King told Cooper. “We have to get this done. [House […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2013/10/peter-king-it-was-madness-to-follow-ted-cruz/feed/ 0 43852 Meltdown https://ezkool.com/2013/10/meltdown22/ https://ezkool.com/2013/10/meltdown22/#respond Wed, 16 Oct 2013 01:56:18 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=43846 I’ve used the tsunami wave metaphor in other posts about the decline of the Republican Party and  its associated havoc-wreaking on the country over the past two years. Today we talk about the complete meltdown of the party. The debacle over the debt ceiling and the as-we-speak collapse of any kind of deal shows us […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2013/10/meltdown22/feed/ 0 43846 Poll: Republican Party Badly Damaged by Government Shutdown https://ezkool.com/2013/10/poll-republican-party-badly-damaged-by-government-shutdown/ https://ezkool.com/2013/10/poll-republican-party-badly-damaged-by-government-shutdown/#respond Sat, 12 Oct 2013 14:54:20 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=43687 The Republican Party has been badly damaged in the ongoing government shutdown and debt limit standoff, with a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll finding that a majority of Americans blame the GOP for the shutdown, and with the party’s popularity declining to its lowest level. By a 22-point margin (53 percent to 31 percent), […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2013/10/poll-republican-party-badly-damaged-by-government-shutdown/feed/ 0 43687 Death Benefits to Military Families Withheld Because of GOP Shutdown https://ezkool.com/2013/10/death-benefits-to-military-families-withheld-because-of-gop-shutdown/ https://ezkool.com/2013/10/death-benefits-to-military-families-withheld-because-of-gop-shutdown/#respond Tue, 08 Oct 2013 17:32:44 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=43578 In what veterans call an outrageous slight after the ultimate sacrifice, the shuttered federal government is withholding a $100,000 payment normally wired to relatives of fallen soldiers — including the families of five killed in Afghanistan over the weekend. The payment, known as the death gratuity, is typically sent to families of the fallen within […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2013/10/death-benefits-to-military-families-withheld-because-of-gop-shutdown/feed/ 0 43578 Remember When Boehner Said “Obamacare Was The Law Of The Land?” – Video https://ezkool.com/2013/10/remember-when-boehner-said-obamacare-was-the-law-of-the-land-video/ https://ezkool.com/2013/10/remember-when-boehner-said-obamacare-was-the-law-of-the-land-video/#respond Tue, 08 Oct 2013 02:17:13 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=43526 It wasn’t that long ago! As a matter of fact, Boehner said it right after President Obama won re-election in 2012. Back in November, when Americans went to the poll and overwhelmingly reelected President Obama who ran his entire campaign on his signature law, John Boehner gave an interview to ABC. Host Diane Sawyer asked if […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2013/10/remember-when-boehner-said-obamacare-was-the-law-of-the-land-video/feed/ 0 43526 John Boehner: The President won’t talk to me, so I will let the nation default https://ezkool.com/2013/10/john-boehner-the-president-wont-talk-to-me-so-i-will-let-the-nation-default/ https://ezkool.com/2013/10/john-boehner-the-president-wont-talk-to-me-so-i-will-let-the-nation-default/#respond Mon, 07 Oct 2013 22:44:27 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=43518 You can’t make this stuff up! On Sunday John Boehner basically said that because the president of the United States is not talking to him, or is not “having a conversation” with him, he, John Boehner, is willing to let the nation default on its debt. A move that many economists have said would result […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2013/10/john-boehner-the-president-wont-talk-to-me-so-i-will-let-the-nation-default/feed/ 0 43518 Rep. Peter King – Up to 150 Republicans Would Vote for a Clean CR https://ezkool.com/2013/10/rep-peter-king-up-to-150-republicans-would-vote-for-a-clean-cr/ https://ezkool.com/2013/10/rep-peter-king-up-to-150-republicans-would-vote-for-a-clean-cr/#respond Mon, 07 Oct 2013 17:33:43 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=43515 On Sunday, Republican John Boehner told ABC’s Stephanopoulos that he didn’t have the votes in the House to pass a clean Continuing Resolution. But members of Boehner’s own party strongly disagree with Boehner’s conclusion. Rep. Peter King is one of those Republicans. King, in an interview with the New York Times, said that if Boehner […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2013/10/rep-peter-king-up-to-150-republicans-would-vote-for-a-clean-cr/feed/ 0 43515 Orange Alert https://ezkool.com/2013/10/orange-alert/ https://ezkool.com/2013/10/orange-alert/#respond Mon, 07 Oct 2013 10:14:22 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=43503 Here’s a surprise: the shutdown was planned months ago. So the pleadings and forthright looks we’ve been getting from Ted Cruz and the orange-tinged scoldings from John Boehner and the laments of the lack of compromise by Republicans everywhere have been fakes. Falsehoods. Frauds. Wait for it…Lies. What the Republican Cadre, because it’s no longer […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2013/10/orange-alert/feed/ 0 43503 Poll: Shutdown Makes it Harder For Republicans to Recruit Young People https://ezkool.com/2013/10/poll-shutdown-makes-it-harder-for-republicans-to-recruit-young-people/ https://ezkool.com/2013/10/poll-shutdown-makes-it-harder-for-republicans-to-recruit-young-people/#respond Sun, 06 Oct 2013 02:15:00 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=43450 According to a pre-shutdown survey by Harvard University’s Institute of Politics, 56% of 18- to 29-year-olds said they believed that ensuring affordable access to healthcare is a bigger priority than reducing the deficit. And according to an ABC-Washington Post poll, among 18- to 39-year-olds, 44% approve of how Obama is handling debt negotiations. Meanwhile, 39% approve of how Democrats […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2013/10/poll-shutdown-makes-it-harder-for-republicans-to-recruit-young-people/feed/ 0 43450 White House and Congressional Leaders to Meet to discuss Shutdown https://ezkool.com/2013/10/white-house-and-congressional-leaders-to-meet-to-discuss-shutdown/ https://ezkool.com/2013/10/white-house-and-congressional-leaders-to-meet-to-discuss-shutdown/#respond Wed, 02 Oct 2013 17:01:32 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=43279 With much of the federal government paralyzed for a second day, President Obama will meet with congressional leaders today in search of a way to end the government shutdown and increase the debt ceiling. The talks will mark the first time Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., House Speaker […]

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