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NAE President Leith Anderson

Cheers for the National Association of Evangelicals

by Marvin Olasky

Abortion |  The National Association of Evangelicals is doing today what it should be doing: rallying evangelicals to support pro-life positions. A note this morning from…

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Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., presents the GOP budget proposal at a press conference on Tuesday.

Budget battle

by Edward Lee Pitts

Congress |  House Republicans, led by Rep. Paul Ryan, lay out a balanced budget plan in anticipation of a Democratic alternative that emphasizes more taxes and spending

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Sen. Rand Paul during his filibuster Wednesday.

Two cheers for Rand Paul

by Janie B. Cheaney

Politics |  Last Wednesday evening I was checking up on some political blog sites when I kept noticing comments about Rand Paul’s filibuster on the Senate floor. Senate…

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NOT OUT OF SERVICE: Capitol worker Jermaine Washington cleans the floor outside of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s office.
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Cut and dried

by Edward Lee Pitts

Politics |  The March sequester created no crisis, but may yet shape budget politics for the rest of the Obama era

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Sowing confusion
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Sowing confusion

by Joel Belz

Politics |  When it comes to an Obama-led sequester and its aftermath, it’s not just fallout, it’s a strategy

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Sen. Rand Paul filibusters the nomination of John Brennan as CIA director.

Mr. Paul goes to Washington

by J.C. Derrick

Politics |  WASHINGTON—Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., has staged the first talking filibuster in two years on the Senate floor to block a vote on President Barack Obama’s…

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President Obama speaks to reporters on March 1 about sequestration.

White House hysteria

by Edward Lee Pitts

Politics |  Republicans continue to call the Obama administration’s bluff on the so-called ‘devastating list of horribles’ caused by sequestration

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Rep. Jeff Fortenberry of Nebraska

Second attempt

by Emily Belz

Healthcare Mandate |  A group of House Republicans makes another run at legislative conscience protections from the contraceptive mandate

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President Obama gestures while speaking about the sequester in Newport News, Va., Tuesday.

Doom, gloom, and … yawn

by Edward Lee Pitts

Congress |  As President Obama issues dire warnings about Friday’s sequester, lawmakers say their constituents are mostly unfazed

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Storm clouds gather over South Dakota's Badlands.

Who’s afraid of the big bad sequester?

by Marvin Olasky

Economy |  The sky is falling because the sky is not falling. That’s what The Washington Post is selling today. First sentence in its front-page story: “The U.S.

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/02/who_s_afraid_of_the_big_bad_sequester]

OUTLIERS: Justin Amash, Jim Bridenstine, Paul Broun, Louie Gohmert, Tim Huelskamp, Walter Jones, Raul Labrador, Tom Massie, Mick Mulvaney, Steve Pearce, Steve Stockman, and Ted Yoho (from top left to bottom right)
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Twelve worried men

by Edward Lee Pitts

Congress |  A small group of House conservatives view the nation’s debt as a threat worth risking a political career to fight. Their decision may be bearing fruit

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A building on Central Park West in Manhattan.

Can Democrats and Republicans agree to tax little-used space?

by Marvin Olasky

Housing |  I’m not a protectionist when it comes to international trade, because a trade—where each side gets something it would otherwise cost more to…

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