It's more than likely there will be leadership elections in January. We don't want to go into an election year without a permanent majority leader.
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Since then Mr. Hastert and his fellow GOP leaders have skillfully used their narrow majority to win an amazing number of close votes without having to negotiate much with Democrats. But gradually the fear of losing their majority has also begun leading them to behave more and more like the big-spending Democrats they unseated. Holding the majority used to be viewed as a means to an end--the end being promoting freedom and limited government, ... Now, holding the majority seems to be an end in itself--holding onto power for the sake of holding onto power.Jeff Flake
They want to keep the ability to hide earmarks. They don't want the scrutiny.
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When U.S. congressman Jeff Flake visited Havana recently, promoting legislation to let Americans travel freely to Cuba, Fidel Castro had his top aides meet with Flake to ask whether the measure could really pass. Yes, ... and tell Castro that if he doesn't behave, we're going to bring down the whole darn embargo
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There's no shortage of places where the federal government can tighten its belt to pay the cost of the hurricane recovery effort. Let's face it, after years of uninterrupted growth, the federal government is bloated.
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I have to be a little pessimistic. There is no real stomach for fiscal discipline right now.
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