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- Ron Paul bids high at Ames Straw Poll auction
- Republicans Quit Budget Talks, Citing Tax-Hike ‘Impasse’
- Economic trouble puzzles Fed chief, too
- Google’s Page, Schmidt May Be Subpoenaed by Senate Antitrust Probers
- Gary Johnson: ‘I didn’t create a single job’
- Poll: Voters think reporters are biased liberals
- Ohio health care measure fails in House – by one vote
- Ron Paul, others to introduce marijuana bill
- TSA changes pat-down procedures for young kids
| Ron Paul bids high at Ames Straw Poll auction Posted: 23 Jun 2011 04:00 PM PDT
The bidding is over at the Iowa GOP’s Ames real estate auction and Ron Paul has emerged a winner. A source tells Maggie that Paul placed the highest bid for a straw poll location, coming away with the spot Mitt Romney had in 2008. The low bidder of sorts was Newt Gingrich, who was represented by a young volunteer and ultimately did not place a bid at all. Craig Robinson has more: -Ron Paul was the highest bidder for a lot for $31,000.00 -McCotter bought a lot for $18,000.00, he was the second highest bidder -Michele Bachmann and Herman Cain where the next highest bidders, with each getting a lot for $17,000.00. -Rick Santorum spent $16,000.00 for his lot. -Pawlenty ended up spending $15,000.00 for a less desirable lot. -Newt Gingrich was represented at the meeting but did not bid.
- Overall the Iowa GOP $114,000 To read more, visit: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0611/57664.html |
| Republicans Quit Budget Talks, Citing Tax-Hike ‘Impasse’ Posted: 23 Jun 2011 12:26 PM PDT By Laura Litvan and Heidi Przybyla, Bloomberg.com President Barack Obama likely will step into the final stages of talks to break a deadlock over a plan to cut budget deficits, his spokesman said after two Republicans dropped out of talks led by Vice President Joe Biden. House Majority Leader Eric Cantor cited an "impasse" over tax increases in refusing along with Senator Jon Kyl to attend today's planned negotiating session. They called for Obama to take the lead. The move caught Democrats by surprise and raised the prospect that the Biden-led talks could collapse over taxes. Republicans insist on major spending cuts, and no tax increases, before they will agree to raise the nation's $14.3 trillion debt ceiling. The Treasury Department says the limit must be raised by Aug. 2 or the U.S. will risk defaulting on its obligations. "It has always been the case that these talks would proceed to a point where the remaining areas of disagreement would be addressed by leaders and the president," White House press secretary Jay Carney told reporters aboard Air Force One. He said the Biden talks "may or may not resume" and that he had nothing to announce on the next steps. To read more, visit: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-06-23/house-s-cantor-pulling-out-of-biden-debt-reduction-talks-citing-impasse-.html |
| Economic trouble puzzles Fed chief, too Posted: 23 Jun 2011 12:24 PM PDT By PAUL WISEMAN and MARTIN CRUTSINGER, myway.com WASHINGTON (AP) – The economy’s continuing struggles aren’t just confounding ordinary Americans. They’ve also stumped the head of the Federal Reserve. “We don’t have a precise read on why this slower pace of growth is persisting,” Bernanke said. He said the weak housing market and problems in the banking system might be “more persistent than we thought.” It was the Fed chief’s most explicit warning yet that the economy will face serious challenges next year. For several months, he had said the factors working against economic growth appeared to be “transitory.” The Fed cut its forecast for economic growth this year to a range of 2.7 percent to 2.9 percent from an April forecast of 3.1 percent to 3.3 percent. It also cut its forecast for next year to a range of 3.3 percent to 3.7 percent from an earlier 3.5 percent to 4.2 percent. The Fed also said unemployment would stay higher than it had expected earlier. In a policy statement issued at the end of a two-day meeting, the Fed blamed the worsening economic outlook in part on higher energy prices and the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, which slowed production of cars and other products. But at a press conference afterward, the second of what the Fed says will be regular question-and-answer sessions with reporters, Bernanke conceded the economy’s troubles are more puzzling and potentially more long-lasting than a pair of temporary shocks. To read more, visit: http://apnews.myway.com/article/20110622/D9O16AK02.html |
| Google’s Page, Schmidt May Be Subpoenaed by Senate Antitrust Probers Posted: 23 Jun 2011 12:22 PM PDT By Sara Forden, Bloomberg.com Google Inc. (GOOG)'s reluctance to provide a top executive for testimony to a Senate panel probing its market power has prompted threats of subpoenas for Chief Executive Officer Larry Page and Chairman Eric Schmidt. In a letter dated June 10, the Democratic chairman and leading Republican on the antitrust subcommittee asked Google to provide one of the company's two senior executives before Congress's August recess. The letter urged a resolution "by agreement" to avoid "more formal procedures," according to a copy of the letter obtained by Bloomberg News. The threat of subpoenas is one of the ways the committee is pressuring Mountain View, California-based Google to send Page or Schmidt, according to two people familiar with negotiations between the panel and the company. The possibility of subpoenas was discussed with Google in connection with the letter, the people said. The letter asked Google to respond by June 15. Subpoenas would require approval by the full Senate Judiciary Committee. Google has offered to have Chief Legal Officer David Drummond appear at the hearing, according to the letter. To read more, visit: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-06-22/google-faces-senate-subpoena-threats-to-get-testimony-from-page-schmidt.html |
| Gary Johnson: ‘I didn’t create a single job’ Posted: 23 Jun 2011 12:09 PM PDT
Presidential candidate Gary Johnson took a slightly unorthodox approach regarding job creation on Thursday. "I didn't create a single job," said the former Governor of New Mexico. His statement came in response to a National Review article that complimented Johnson on his record as governor, saying that when compared to the other governors running for president, the rate of job growth was highest under his watch. "Don't get me wrong," Johnson said in a statement. "We are proud of this distinction. We had a 11.6 percent job growth that occurred during our two terms in office. But the headlines that accompanied that report – referring to governors, including me, as 'job creators' – were just wrong." "The fact is, I can unequivocally say that I did not create a single job while I was governor," Johnson added. Instead, "we kept government in check, the budget balanced, and the path to growth clear of unnecessary regulatory obstacles." He went on to stress the positive impact government non-intervention had on job growth in New Mexico. To read more, visit: http://dailycaller.com/2011/06/23/gary-johnson-i-didnt-create-a-single-job/ |
| Poll: Voters think reporters are biased liberals Posted: 23 Jun 2011 11:41 AM PDT By Joe Pompeo, YahooNews.com It seems like reporters can’t write anything about hot-button topics these days without someone on the right or left accusing them of harboring a clandestine political agenda. They’re either in the tank for Obama, or not properly covering the challenges to his health-care plan. One minute they never have anything nice to say about the Tea Party, the next they’re overblowing its clout. And so on. If you think we’re just being sensitive here, take a look at this new Rasmussen poll: Sixty-seven percent of likely U.S. voters believe that reporters try to bolster their preferred candidate when covering an election, while 46 percent believe that the average reporter is more liberal than they are, according to the national telephone survey. Only 21 percent of respondents, on the other hand, have faith that journalists are fair and balanced in their coverage, and 18 percent find the fourth estate’s political leanings to be more conservative than their own. Among the other findings: - Forty-eight percent of voters believe most reporters would “hide any damaging information they learned to help the candidate they wanted to win.” - Meanwhile, Republicans (59 percent) and unaffiliated voters (58 percent) “feel much more strongly than Democrats that most reporters … would hold back news that might hurt a candidate they wanted to win.” To read more, visit: http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_thecutline/20110623/ts_yblog_thecutline/poll-voters-think-reporters-are-biased-liberals |
| Ohio health care measure fails in House – by one vote Posted: 23 Jun 2011 11:36 AM PDT By Al Ortiz, Ballotnews.org COLUMBUS, Ohio: A proposal that allows voters to exempt themselves from national health care mandates has fallen short in the Ohio House of Representatives by one vote. According to reports, the measure needed 60 votes in the chamber in order to make the ballot. The Ohio State Senate had previously voted to pass the measure, with a tally of 24 to 9 during the week of June 15, 2011. The Ohio State Legislature can propose amendments to the ballot, according to Article XVI, if 60% of the members of both chambers agree to it.[1] Specifically the measure would have stopped any federal or state law from forcing persons, employers or health care providers from participating in a health care system. However, a similar measure, a citizen initiative, is currently proposed for the 2011 ballot as well, and is gathering signatures for ballot placement. A coalition of Tea Party groups and other groups announced on April 22, 2011 that it has collected more than 300,000 signatures. Supporters have until July 6, 2011 to collect the 385,245 signatures from registered voters that are required for an initiated constitutional amendment to obtain ballot access. This number represents 10% of the votes cast for governor in the most recent election. In addition, signatures must be gathered from 44 of Ohio's 88 counties. To read more, visit: http://ballotnews.org/2011/06/23/ohio-health-care-measure-fails-in-house-by-one-vote/ |
| Ron Paul, others to introduce marijuana bill Posted: 23 Jun 2011 10:08 AM PDT By Joshua Norman, CBSNews.com In early June, a 19-member international panel of luminaries called the so-called “war on drugs” a failure, and recommended the United States consider legalizing marijuana in order to better undermine criminal organizations and stop punishing those who “do no harm to others.” It apparently only took a few weeks for Congress to hear them, as Rep. Ron Paul (R-Tex.), and Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.), along with other congressmen, will be introducing legislation in the House on Thursday to “limit the federal government’s role in marijuana enforcement to cross-border or inter-state smuggling,” reports Reason.com, which claims to have gotten its information from the Marijuana Policy Project (MPP.) Major panel: Drug war has failed, legalize pot The bill is not an attempt to legalize pot, the authors insist, but is instead intended to clear up the conflicts between federal and state law that exist throughout the country. As many as 16 states currently allow the use of medical marijuana, an allowance that falls into direct conflict with federal law. According to the MPP: “Rep. Frank’s legislation would end state/federal conflicts over marijuana policy, reprioritize federal resources, and provide more room for states to do what is best for their own citizens.” While GOP presidential candidate Paul and the very liberal Frank might seem an odd pair, this legislation is right up Paul’s libertarian alley, as it focuses on allowing states to do what they want without interference from Washington, D.C. To read more, visit: http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20073545-503544.html |
| TSA changes pat-down procedures for young kids Posted: 23 Jun 2011 09:27 AM PDT
WASHINGTON — The government has made a change in its policy for patting down young children at airport checkpoints, and more are promised. Airport security workers will now be told to make repeated attempts to screen young children without resorting to invasive pat-downs, the head of the Transportation Security Administration said Wednesday. The agency is working to put that change in place around the country, and it should reduce, but not eliminate, pat-downs for children, an agency spokesman said. There was public outrage in April over a video of a 6-year-old girl getting a pat-down in the New Orleans airport. She was patted down, John Pistole said, because she moved during the electronic screening, causing a blurry image. That kind of pat-down was put in place partly because of the Nigerian man who got past airport security, boarded a plane with explosives hidden in his underpants and tried to use the bomb to bring down the airliner over Detroit on Christmas 2009. But this screening has been criticized as being too intrusive and an unnecessary measure for children and older people who seem to pose no terror threat. Last month, a picture of a baby being patted down at Kansas City International Airport gained worldwide attention as well. The baby’s stroller set off an alert of possible traces of explosives, so the screeners were justified in taking a closer look at the boy cradled in his mother’s arms, the agency said. To read more, visit: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43496079/ns/travel-news/?gt1=43001 |
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