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• Gov. Jerry Brown to Ask Voters to Extend Taxes and Fees
• Trump: Mideast Explosion Could Destroy OPEC, Lower Oil Prices
• Reagan’s 100th wins a gala for the Gipper
• Democrats Force Votes With Eye on Campaigns
• New chief of staff: More cuts could be needed beyond freeze
• White House official cites ‘education problem’ on climate
• George W. Bush seeks ‘anonymity’
• Poll: Positive views of GOP for first time since 2005

Gov. Jerry Brown to Ask Voters to Extend Taxes and Fees Posted: 31 Jan 2011 05:00 PM PST From KMPH26 On Monday afternoon, Governor Jerry Brown is expected to ask Californian’s for help in closing the $25 billion budget gap. In his State of the State speech, Brown will ask voters for a five-year extension on state taxes and license fees. This is expected to generate $12 billion. His plan also calls for $12.5 billion in spending cuts. This will be Brown’s first major address since being inaugurated earlier this year. Republican Assembly Leader Connie Conway of Tulare will present her party’s rebuttal. To read more, visit: http://www.kmph.com/Global/story.asp?S=13942117

Trump: Mideast Explosion Could Destroy OPEC, Lower Oil Prices Posted: 31 Jan 2011 04:57 PM PST By Jim Meyers and Kathleen Walter, Newsmax.com Donald Trump is mad as hell — and he's letting everybody know it. In a wide-ranging exclusive interview with Newsmax.TV on Friday, the billionaire real estate mogul and reality TV star lashes out at China, OPEC, Obama's Middle East dealings, the president's State of the Union address and more. Trump takes aim at America's "horrible" trade agreements, declares that the Middle East is going to explode, warns about "catastrophic" oil prices, and charges that Obama's Afghanistan policy is "dangerous and stupid." He also complains that the United States is a "laughing stock" throughout the world — and confirms that he is seriously considering running for president in 2012. Asked directly about a possible run, Trump tells Newsmax: "I'm thinking about it. I'm looking at what's happening with this country and frankly, it's very sad. I see what's happening left and right, how we're being abused by other nations, and I don't like it. I don't like what's happening with jobs. I am seriously thinking about it." To read more, visit: http://www.newsmax.com/Headline/trump-opec-oil-egypt/2011/01/30/id/384427

Reagan’s 100th wins a gala for the Gipper Posted: 31 Jan 2011 04:54 PM PST By Valerie Richardson-The Washington Times SIMI VALLEY, Calif. | Ronald Reagan loved birthdays. He kept a chocolate cake aboard Air Force One at all times just in case someone on the flight happened to be celebrating another year. The Gipper Don't believe it? There's a replica of the cake inside the Boeing 707 that served as Reagan's airborne White House during his eight-year term, which is now retired and parked here inside the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library. The Great Communicator would have been 100 years old on Feb. 6, and those at the Ronald Reagan Foundation and Library here plan to do a bit more than fire up another candle. They have launched a yearlong, worldwide celebration that reaches its apex this week with an examination of his legacy, a series of tributes, a concert and a graveside memorial. After the visiting dignitaries have left, the library will throw open its doors to the public Monday for a birthday celebration that includes a tour of the renovated museum, a dinner and, of course, a birthday cake in honor of "the 61st anniversary of President Reagan's 39th birthday," as the invitations put it. To read more, visit: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/jan/30/reagans-100th-wins-a-gala-for-the-gipper/

Democrats Force Votes With Eye on Campaigns Posted: 31 Jan 2011 04:47 PM PST By Kathleen Hunter, Roll Call House Democrats have launched a floor strategy aimed at forcing freshman Republicans to take tough votes on politically sensitive topics, mirroring a tactic that the GOP deployed when it was in the minority. Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (Calif.) is consulting with her leadership team, including Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chairman Steve Israel (N.Y.), on how to use a procedural tool known as a motion to recommit to force Republicans to take politically challenging votes. Under House rules, the minority party is allowed to offer one motion to recommit, which functions much like an amendment, for each piece of legislation as the last step before final passage. With their return to the minority, Pelosi and her leadership team are trying to be more savvy about using the motions to put Republicans on the politically unpopular side of issues that Democrats want to champion ahead of the next election. So far, Democrats have offered four such motions this Congress: a proposal to require Members to publicly disclose whether they will accept government health insurance, a measure barring a health care repeal bill from taking effect unless a majority of lawmakers forfeit their government-sponsored health insurance, a proposal to bar companies that outsource jobs from obtaining government contracts and a proposal to require disclosure of foreign campaign contributors. To read more, visit: http://www.rollcall.com/issues/56_74/-202940-1.html?ET=rollcall:e9738:80094833a:&st=email&pos=epol

New chief of staff: More cuts could be needed beyond freeze Posted: 31 Jan 2011 04:39 PM PST By Michael O’Brien, The Hill The White House acknowledges that more cuts are needed beyond the spending freeze President Obama proposed, chief of staff William Daley said Sunday. Daley, in his first Sunday show appearance since taking office, said that the Obama administration understands that, if it wants to balance the budget, more cutbacks will be necessary beyond the five-year freeze in domestic discretionary spending the president laid out in his State of the Union address. “It will take a tremendous amount more than that,” Daley said on “Face the Nation” when asked if more cuts would be needed beyond the freeze. Obama proposed the five-year freeze on Tuesday, which the White House said will save $400 billion over that period. Republicans have rejected those cuts as inadequate, though, and will press for spending rollbacks to 2008 levels, or beyond. The White House and House Republicans are expected to work on unveiling their respective budget proposals in the next month, and those are expected to paint dramatically different pictures of the budgetary situation. To read more, visit: http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/141107-new-chief-of-staff-more-cuts-could-be-needed-beyond-freeze

White House official cites ‘education problem’ on climate Posted: 31 Jan 2011 04:31 PM PST By Ben Geman, The Hill President Obama's top science adviser said there's a need to "educate" GOP climate change skeptics on Capitol Hill as the White House seeks to advance its green energy agenda. "It is an education problem. I think we have to educate them," said John Holdren, who heads the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, in an interview broadcast Sunday. Obama, in his State of the Union speech last week, called for deriving 80 percent of U.S. power from “clean” sources by 2035 and for funding increased R&D of green electricity and fuels by repealing billions of dollars in oil industry tax breaks. But the effort comes as a substantial number of GOP lawmakers, such as House Science, Space and Technology Committee Chairman Ralph Hall (R-Texas), are questioning climate science. Holdren, asked about advancing Obama's agenda in the face of skepticism, said the scientific evidence of dangerous human-induced climate change is powerful. "The science of climate change is really very clear in its essentials," Holdren said on Platts Energy Week. He said there is uncertainty about details, but noted that's always the case in science. What's plain, Holdren said, is that the climate is changing in damaging ways and that human activities — notably burning fossil fuels — are "overwhelmingly likely" to be the primary cause. "Those points are clear in the science, and we need to talk with the members of Congress who aren't yet convinced of that to try and convince them," Holdren said. Obama's Jan. 25 speech didn't mention climate change, greenhouse gases or global warming explicitly, instead referring briefly to protecting the planet, while repeatedly framing green energy as an economic driver. The careful phrasing comes after emissions-capping legislation collapsed on Capitol Hill last year. But Holdren, in the interview, was more willing to mention climate change when describing the broad rationale for Obama's energy agenda. To read more, visit: http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/677-e2-wire/141143-white-house-official-cites-capitol-hill-education-problem-on-climate-

George W. Bush seeks ‘anonymity’ Posted: 31 Jan 2011 04:26 PM PST By UPI WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 (UPI) — Former U.S. President George W. Bush says he has no plans to stump for votes or campaign funds for Republican candidates. Bush told C-Span he would like to “regain anonymity,” Politico reported Friday. The interview is to be aired this weekend. Bush has granted few interviews since he left office two years ago, although he has been somewhat more forthcoming since the publication of his memoir, “Decision Points.” To read more, visit: http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2011/01/28/George-W-Bush-seeks-anonymity/UPI-81661296267431/

Poll: Positive views of GOP for first time since 2005 Posted: 31 Jan 2011 04:15 PM PST By Catalina Camia, USA TODAY Some good news for the Republican Party: A new USA TODAY/Gallup Poll finds more Americans view the GOP positively than negatively for the first time since 2005. More Americans view House Speaker John Boehner's Republican Party in a positive light, a new USA TODAY/Gallup Poll shows. The survey shows the GOP now has a 47% net favorable rating, following its successes at the ballot box in November when Republicans took majority control of the U.S. House, made gains in the U.S. Senate and won key governorships in states such as Ohio and Wisconsin. By comparison, 43% of Americans have a negative image of House Speaker John Boehner’s party. Gallup’s Jeffrey Jones writes that if the upward trend continues for Republicans, “this will indicate the party has completely recovered from the downturn it took beginning in 2005.” That’s when public opinion about President George W. Bush soured, over the Iraq War and his administration’s handling of Hurricane Katrina. Rising gas prices also didn’t help. The view of the Democratic Party, meanwhile, has improved slightly. The poll showed 46% of Americans viewed Democrats positively, compared with 47% who have a negative view. Still, those numbers are among the worst Gallup has recorded for Democrats since 1992. To read more, visit: http://content.usatoday.com/communities/onpolitics/post/2011/01/gallup-poll-republican-image-/1

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