Ryan: GOP budget is alternative to debt, decline
CBS News
WASHINGTON — The new debt-slashing budget plan pushed by House Republicans heated up as a presidential campaign issue Sunday as the proposal's architect, Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, sparred with top Democrats By Andy Sullivan | JANESVILLE, Wisconsin (Reuters) – Republican US Representative Paul Ryan's budget-cutting vision has made him a hero to conservatives across [...]
Read MoreDick Cheney heart transplant reopens debate
Politico
WASHINGTON — Former Vice President Dick Cheney had a heart transplant Saturday, after five heart attacks over the past 25 years and countless medical procedures to keep him going. Cheney, 71, waited nearly two years The former Vice President is recovering from Saturday surgery and is "forever grateful" to the anonymous donor, according to a [...]
Read MorePaul Ryan: I'd "consider" vice presidential run
CBS News
Paul Ryan talks with Norah O'Donnell on "Face the Nation" about his newly-released budget and tax proposal that he says will move the country on a path towards paying off the debt. (/CBS News) Correction: Clarification: SuperFan badge holders Paul Ryan Veep Trial Balloon Spotted. Scott Walker, on steroids. “I would have to consider it,” [...]
Read MoreAtheists, others gather at Reason Rally
Washington P
Atheists, nontheists, secularists and others who believe in reason, not God, gather on the Mall for the first Reason Rally, seeking to defuse distrust of their views. Despite intermittent rain, several thousand people gathered on the lawn across from I have posted so much about the Reason Rally in the last few weeks, but I [...]
Read MoreSantorum Wins Louisiana Primary
Wall Street
Former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum won the Louisiana Primary Saturday evening, keeping his campaign with an argument to continue going on in the GOP presidential race against frontrunner Mitt Romney. WASHINGTON — Rick Santorum won the Louisiana Republican presidential primary Saturday, beating front-runner Mitt Romney in yet another conservative Southern state. "We're still here. The [...]
Read MoreSantorum wins Louisiana primary by significant margin
msnbc.com
By AP Rick Santorum scored a victory in Louisiana's Republican presidential primary on Saturday, another Southern victory for the former Pennsylvania senator as he maintains his challenge to GOP front-runner Mitt Romney. Turnout was reported low in By AP Rick Santorum scored a victory in Louisiana's Republican presidential primary on Saturday, another Southern victory for [...]
Read MoreRomney Sweeps Guam, Northern Mariana Islands
Wall Street
Romney won all nine GOP delegates from the Northern Mariana Islands after a vote at the territorial convention, and nine more from Guam. In the US Virgin Islands, seven of nine delegates will go to Romney, one to Ron Paul, and one will be uncommitted, Romney picked up a total of 22 delegates in Guam, [...]
Read MoreRomney Sweeps Guam, Northern Mariana Islands
Wall Street
Mitt Romney picked up 18 delegates today with caucus wins in Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands. Special envoy Kofi Annan is in Damascus for meetings with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Annan is pushing for a SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands (AP) — Mitt Romney has picked up another 18 delegates in his quest for the [...]
Read MoreRomney Sweeps Guam, Northern Mariana Islands
Wall Street
Romney picked up nine delegates each in caucuses held by Republicans in Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, both US territories that participate in the party nominating contest. Then he won at least four delegates in the US Virgin Islands. SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands (WTW) — Mitt Romney has won the Republican caucus in the [...]
Read MoreRomney Sweeps Guam, Northern Mariana Islands
Wall Street
Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney would pick nine delegates in Guam and another nine in the Northern Mariana Islands. The Kansas Caucus is today as well as US Virgin Islands, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands. On Monday Alabama, Hawaii and Mississippi will cast their votes. California's 2012 GOP primary is not until June 5th. An informal [...]
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