VDARE.com: Blog Articles (Free subscription) | yesterday
So Representative Eric Cantor (R-Va) feels it expedient to curry favor with the MSM by sneering at Rush Limbaugh, and smearing the patriots who prevented the election of the RNC-preferred RINO in NY-23 this past week: Can it be? Another Republican leader taking on Rush Limbaugh? Apparently so. And that leader is Virginia’s Eric Cantor, the [...]
Media Matters for America (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
From Rachel Slajda's November 6 post at TMPDC: At yesterday's tea party rally on Capitol Hill, at least one protester brandished a large graphic photograph of the victims of the Dachau Nazi concentration camp, comparing health care reform to Nazi policies. Today, Rep. Eric Cantor's (R-VA) spokesman called the photograph "inappropriate." [...] Cantor, in an interview today with Bloomberg...
Oliver Willis (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
You can’t criticize Rush Limbaugh and be a member of the modern Republican party. ‘The Republican Party in its roots is a party of inclusion and we ought to be promoting that and making sure that voices are heard,’ Cantor, of Virginia, said in an interview on Bloomberg Television’s ‘Political Capital with Al Hunt,’ airing today. Cantor, [...]
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
The House floor erupted in one of the loudest cheers the chamber has heard in years when Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), an hour before midnight, cast the 218th and deciding vote on landmark health care reform. There were still six minutes and fifty-two seconds on the clock and the chair made a move to gavel the vote closed. Democrats waived their opposition, keeping the vote open. Almost every eye...
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
One Republican lawmaker out of 177 crossed party lines to support the health care reform legislation offered by Democrats. Rep. Anh "Joseph" Cao, the Louisiana Republican who hails from a decidedly Democratic New Orleans district, voted yea on the final passage of legislation. He joined 219 Democrats to make the final margin 220 to 215 in favor of reform's passage. Cao was a major (and possibly...
SWAC Girl (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
One lone Republican voted for socialized health care ... Joseph Cao of Louisiana. Newsweek's The Gaggle wrote: House Minority Whip Eric Cantor promised Capitol Hill protesters on Friday that not one Republican would approve the Democrats' health care bill. But Cantor's promise of unanimity slipped Saturday night when the final vote tally -- 220 to 215 in support of the bill -- revealed Rep. Anh "Joseph"...
Amspecblog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Via Eric Cantor's office, here's a list of the 39 House Democrats who voted against the health care legislation: 1. Rep. John Adler (NJ) ...
Political Wire (Free subscription) | yesterday
House Democrats narrowly clinched a landmark victory on a sweeping health care overhaul Saturday night, voting 220-215 to deliver President Obama a key win on his top domestic priority, Roll Call reports. The measure, which passed with only one Republican vote, represented six months of hard-fought compromises and deal-making among Democratic lawmakers. Rep. Anh ''Joseph" Cao (R-LA) was the sole...
Swampland (Free subscription) | yesterday
After House GOP Whip Eric Cantor promised the Tea Partiers unified Republican opposition on Thursday, I assumed there wouldn't be any defections. After all, he succeeded in whipping total opposition to the stimulus and the budget. Word has it, though, that Republicans are worried about Rep. Joe Cao, a Louisiana Republican who took William "$90,000 in [...]
Letters in Bottles (Free subscription) | yesterday
Joseph Cao? UPDATE: Yes, yes it was . It makes sense...in a calculating sense - he didn't vote until after the Democrats had their requisite 218, and Eric Cantor was sitting next to him through the vote. I'm sure Cao's thinking about keeping his tenuous spot as a Republican here in New Orleans in the old William Jefferson seat. But as of tonight, a small crack has formed...I will no longer count myself...
Power Line (Free subscription) | yesterday
According to the Washington Post , the House is expected to vote on the Democrats' health care takeover bill at around 10:00 tonight, eastern time. The Post says that both parties are keeping their vote counts close to the vest, but an hour or so ago Republican Whip Eric Cantor tweeted that 34 Democrats have said they will vote against the bill. The count is up from 31 not long ago. Assuming that...
MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
This week's Sunday lineup will include Virginia Governor-elect Bob McDonnell , Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), DNC Chairman Tim Kaine , RNC Chairman Michael Steele , former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf , The Atlantic's Andrew Sullivan , House Minority Whip Eric Cantor , commentator and author Dr. Michael Eric Dyson , and MSNBC's Rachel Maddow . See the full list of who's on what show...
The Kevin and Patrick Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
House Weighs Health Bill ...the battle lines have hardened as Democratic leaders predicted passage of the House bill and GOP leaders vowed to derail it. "We will pass health care reform," House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said after Obama's visit to Capitol Hill. Meanwhile, House Minority Leader John Boehner vowed to do everything he can to "stop this from becoming law." "The American...
Zandar Versus The Stupid (Free subscription) | yesterday
GOP Rep. Eric Cantor is taking on El Rushbo and the Teabaggers . Cantor, in an interview today with Bloomberg , also offered some criticism of radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh's comparison of President Obama to Adolf Hitler. "Do I condone the mention of Hitler in any discussion about politics?" said Cantor, who is the only Jewish Republican in Congress. "No, I don't, because obviously...
In the Agora (Free subscription) | yesterday
And not just for Bob McDonnell’s double digit victory on Tuesday. For Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA), House Republican Whip, who criticized some Tea Partiers who were holding signs comparing health care reform with Dachau at a protest on Friday. In an interview with Bloomberg, he also took issue with Rush Limbaugh for comparing the health [...]
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richardpalace | 08/03/2008
Eric Cantor, House Chief Deputy Minority Whip, has been asked to provide “personal documents” to John McCain steps up his search for a running mate.
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