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Colorado GOP senators mimic U.S. House leaders, would hold budget hostage...

As the federal government prepares for a disastrous shutdown pinned largely to a House Republican amendment that would defund Planned Parenthood, Colorado Republican Senators attempted to mimic the legislative strategy that has led to the Capitol Hill standoff. Weeks of tense negotiations in Denver produced a budget plan tentatively embraced on both sides of the aisle. Then on Friday in stepped social conservatives in the Senate who during floor debate inserted a hot-button "defund Planned Parenthood" amendment into the budget negotiation.

Ron Paul debt-limit proposal next Tea Party – Republican Party showdown

Famous anti-big-government libertarian Texas Rep. Ron Paul Tuesday called on Congress to vote against increasing the national debt limit. Paul voted against raising the...
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