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Republican Rep. Eric Cantor's Richmond campaign office was shot at Wednesday night, Fox News has learned, the latest in a rash of apparent threats and acts of intimidation against members of Congress. Most of the threats so far have been reported by Democrats, but Cantor -- the No. 2 Republican in the House -- is one of about 10 lawmakers who has asked for increased security protection, Fox News has learned. As a member of the House leadership, U.S. Capitol Police already provide Cantor with a security detail around the clock, but he has asked for more security. As House...

My wife just told me that Eric Cantor is speaking about a gunshot through his window...sorry, that is all I know right now

The Democrats have done the unthinkable - they ignored the will of the American People and they rammed their massive, budget-busting health care overhaul through the House. I will not give up the fight! Let's work together to take back the House of Representatives with Republicans who will stand up for the American People!!!

The Talk Shows Sunday, March 21st, 2010 Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows: FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Reps. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., and Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla.; Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas.MEET THE PRESS (NBC): House Minority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio; House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md.; Tim Kaine, chairman of the Democratic National Committee; Michael Steele, chairman of the Republican National Committee; Anita Dunn, former Obama White House communications director; Ed Gillespie, former Bush White House counselor.FACE THE NATION (CBS): Reps. Jim Clyburn, D-S.C., and Chris Van Hollen, D-Md.; Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.; Sen....

Eric Cantor in Republican Leadership Meeting... http://interactive.foxnews.com/livestream/live.html?chanId=6

House GOP whip Rep. Eric Cantor has sent out a brief memo outlining the health care vote count from the Republican perspective. The best way to look at it is not to ask whether Speaker Nancy Pelosi has gotten the 216 votes needed to pass the Democrats' national health care bill, but whether opponents have the votes to defeat it. Start with all 178 GOP lawmakers. (There have been rumors that Rep. Joseph Cao, who was the only Republican to vote for the health bill the first time, is wavering, but Cantor says Cao is a firm no.) Beginning the...

House Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-Va.) said "there's no way” Democrats have the votes to pass the healthcare bill. The second-ranking House Republican, charged with keeping his own troops in line, said he has been monitoring the Democratic whip count and, according to his tally, they don’t have the 216 needed to pass the bill. "We know that we need 38 Democrat 'no' votes to defeat this bill, publicly, right now there are 33 stated 'no' votes on the Democratic side, we also know there are 12 members of a so-called Stupak group that are standing firm against the attempt...

Sounding a little frustrated.

GOP Rep. Eric Cantor is on the House floor right now introducing a privileged resolution challenging the Slaughter Solution and condemning deem-and-pass. The clerk is now reading it into the record. Democrat House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer moves to table the motion. Boos break out on the House floor. Recorded vote underway. Stand by… Here is the text: H. RES. __ RESOLUTION Raising a question of the privileges of the House. Whereas at least three members of the House Democratic Leadership have endorsed a procedural tactic for the sole purpose of avoiding an up-or-down vote, by the yeas and nays,...

Congressman Eric Cantor, R-Richmond, said the Senate healthcare bill is full of gimmicks and that Democrats are attempting to “ram” it through by bending the rules and confusing the American people. The House Minority Whip, Culpeper’s congressman, issued the following statement Monday afternoon: “There is no doubt that Americans want health care reform, they just don’t want the trillion dollar health care overhaul complete with kickbacks that passed the Senate on Christmas Eve, which is why Speaker Pelosi is having such trouble securing the votes needed to pass it. Americans have made it abundantly clear that they prefer incremental health...

Republican Whip Eric Cantor (R-VA) "In an effort to ingratiate our country with the Arab world, this administration has shown a troubling eagerness to undercut our allies and friends," Cantor said.

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama scolded Virgina Republican Rep. Eric Cantor for the stack of paper he brought with him to the health summit, calling it the type of political stunt that gets in the way of lawmakers having a serious conversation. [snip]

One thing liberals keep forgetting about reconciliation: You first need to get it past the House.

House Minority Whip Eric Cantor today expressed little hope for bipartisan agreement on a health care bill when Republicans and Democrats meet Thursday in a joint summit called by President Obama. The Republican representative from Virginia rejected the bill released by the White House Monday, which proposed fixes to the Senate health care bill passed Christmas Eve and retained many of the same measures. "This bill is a non-starter," Cantor said on "Good Morning America" today. "The American people right now are the losers in all of this because the signals coming out of the White House don't bode well...

Cantor: Health-Care Summit Is On   [Daniel Foster] House Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R., Va.) told Fox News that, their objections notwithstanding, Republicans will definitely be attending the health-care summit the president will host at Blair House later this month:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF8E7kmIVs4&feature=player_embedded (h/t Plum Line)02/09 03:04 PMShare

Former Virginia congressman Virgil Goode said in an interview today that "a couple of groups" have asked him to run for his old seat in central and southside Virginia's 5th Congressional District -- and while he didn't say he would, he didn't say he wouldn't, either. Goode, a lawyer from Rocky Mount, said he's paying close attention to the seven candidates seeking the Republican nomination to challenge Democrat Tom Perriello, who unseated Goode two years ago by fewer than 1,000 votes. Goode said his hope is that Republicans will nominate a candidate "who shares most of my beliefs and my...

House Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-Va.) proclaimed Wednesday morning after meeting with his conference that "this healthcare bill can be defeated." The second-ranking House Republican uttered those words as key Democratic leaders met with President Barack Obama at the White House in order to salvage what remains of House and Senate negotiations on a final healthcare bill. Cantor explained that he had spent an hour Wednesday huddling behind closed doors with members of his own conference, strategizing on how to defeat the president's landmark domestic initiative. "We’re looking at 37 Democrats who are in districts that are particularly upset and...

Democrats continue to take heavy fire over their apparent refusal to honor eight separate promises  made by then candidate Barack Obama to open health care negotiations in Congress to C-SPAN cameras.   The Democrats’ self-inflicted wounds run deep as two Senate Dems announced they will not seek re-election in November.  Chris Dodd of Connecticut and Byron Dorgan of North Dakota both called it quits yesterday with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.) and Michael Bennett (D-Colo.) still seriously trailing Republican challengers.  Even Sens. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) are having troubles in their determinedly liberal...

Republican congressional leaders have joined local activists in a court fight to allow voters to decide whether same-sex marriage should be legal in the District, underscoring the continued uncertainty surrounding the issue. Same-sex marriage supporters and opponents faced off in D.C. Superior Court for a hearing Wednesday on whether the city should be required to allow a ballot initiative that would define marriage as being between a man and a woman. Thirty-nine GOP legislators, including 37 members of the House and two senators, James M. Inhofe (R-Okla.) and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), have filed an amicus brief supporting a public vote...

(snip) Unlike McKeon and Shuster, Cantor endorsed Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) in the 2008 presidential primary. Cantor's PAC transferred $5,000 to Romney's PAC in January -- about five months before the two Republicans participated in a forum for the National Council for New America in May. The report also indicated that Cantor's campaign committee also received $5,000 from Romney's PAC in May -- a donation that Romney spokesman Eric Fehrnstrom chalked up to mutual admiration between the two.(snip)