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GOP agenda may mean more in 2012 than now (Not acceptable, DEFUND NOW!)
msnbc ^ | 1/3/2011 | By LARRY MARGASAK/AP

Posted on 01/03/2011 9:01:54 AM PST by tobyhill

Even if the next two years end in congressional gridlock, Republicans hope to build a record that demonstrates to voters in 2012 that they can get it right.

The GOP is promising to use the new Congress that convenes Wednesday to cut spending, roll back President Barack Obama's health care overhaul and prevent unelected bureaucrats from expanding the government's role in society through regulations that tell people what they must or can't do.

Passing their top priorities may be easier in the House, where Republicans hold a 241-194 majority. It will be harder in the Senate where Democrats still hold an edge, though smaller than the one Obama had during his first two years in the White House.

But if the GOP agenda fails to change the lives of Americans, it could still prove to have a greater impact on next year's elections.

(Excerpt) Read more at msnbc.msn.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2012; agenda; congressional; defund; democrats; gop; gridlock; obama; republicans

1 posted on 01/03/2011 9:01:56 AM PST by tobyhill
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To: tobyhill

Dance


2 posted on 01/03/2011 9:03:45 AM PST by FrankR (The Evil Are Powerless If The Good Are Unafraid! - R. Reagan)
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To: FrankR
GOP battle cry must be:

DE-FUND!!!!

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2623044/posts

3 posted on 01/03/2011 9:12:36 AM PST by Jerrybob
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To: Jerrybob
De-funding does not require a vote only a zero on the approved funding.
4 posted on 01/03/2011 9:24:18 AM PST by org.whodat
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To: Jerrybob
De-funding does not require a vote only a zero on the approved funding.
5 posted on 01/03/2011 9:24:38 AM PST by org.whodat
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To: tobyhill

Close one! I almost read this, and then noticed that the source is pMSNBC.


6 posted on 01/03/2011 9:38:19 AM PST by RobRoy (The US Today: Revelation 18:4)
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To: org.whodat

Bingo but the GOP is trying to bamboozle us into thinking to starve the beast is some long drawn out process.


7 posted on 01/03/2011 9:38:31 AM PST by tobyhill
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To: tobyhill

8 posted on 01/03/2011 10:23:15 AM PST by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country! What else needs said?)
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