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Ron Bonjean

Type: Person

Name: Ron Bonjean

Title: Spokesperson for Dennis Hastert

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

John Boehner

Battle over immigration bill starts in Congress

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Congress this week opens its first debate in six years on a comprehensive immigration reform bill, testing whether business and labor groups can hold together on a delicately crafted deal that already is under attack.For 11 ... [Published GlobalPost - May 15 2013]

Entities: Immigration, John Boehner, Gay Rights, Workers

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

Republican Party (US)

GOP Could Gain in 2014 Thanks to White House Scandals

It's been a bad week for the presidentMay 15, 2013 RSS Feed PrintWhite House Press Secretary Jay Carney during his daily news briefing Tuesday, May, 14, 201, which was mostly devoted to dealing with the aftermath of recent scandals regarding the Justice ... [Published US News & World Report - May 15 2013]

Entities: Republican Party (US), IRS Internal Revenue Service, White House, Ron Bonjean

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

Scandals drown out Obama's message on economy

Remember what President Obama said about the economy last Thursday on his ballyhooed trip to Austin, Texas? Don?t worry. Hardly anybody else remembers, either. SEE RELATED: Besieged White House rejects Obama-Nixon parallels In hindsight, the most remarkable ... [Published Washington Times - May 14 2013]

Entities: Jay Carney, White House, Benghazi, Barack Obama, Republican Party (US)

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 2 reports

Barack Obama

Obama slams IRS for targeting groups

US President Barack Obama on Monday called the targeting of conservative groups by US tax officials “outrageous” and said that any Internal Revenue Service (IRS) employees involved would be held accountable.Obama’s comments, during a news conference with ... [Published Taipei Times Online - May 14 2013]

Entities: IRS Internal Revenue Service, Barack Obama, Tea Party Movement

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 1 reports

Amnesty/ Immigration Surge May Not Even Pass Senate!...

I've reported before that immigration patriots Inside the Beltway are surprisingly confident about stopping the Amnesty/ Immigration Surge bill despite the deafening MSM cheerleading. Here's a sign they may be right:The Senate will spend this week reshaping ... [Published VDare - May 14 2013]

Entities: Immigration, Immigration Reform, Jennifer Duffy, Ron Bonjean

First reported May 13 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 1 reports

IRS Internal Revenue Service

Obama slams IRS actions, calls Benghazi probe a 'sideshow'

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Monday called the targeting of conservative groups by U.S. tax officials "outrageous" and said that any Internal Revenue Service employees involved would be held accountable. Obama's comments, during a ... [Published WDBJ7.com - May 13 2013]

Entities: IRS Internal Revenue Service, Barack Obama, Benghazi

First reported May 10 2013 - Updated May 10 2013 - 1 reports

Hillary Clinton

Too Early to Tell How Benghazi Will Impact Hillary in 2016, Experts Say

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton pounds her fist as she testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2013, before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on the deadly September attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in ... [Published US News & World Report - May 10 2013]

Entities: Benghazi, Hillary Clinton, Ron Bonjean

First reported May 08 2013 - Updated May 08 2013 - 2 reports

GOP prepares to welcome back Sanford

Mark Sanford?s plea for forgiveness succeeded with South Carolina voters on Tuesday, and now his Republican colleagues will have to decide whether they, too, can forgive him. Early indications suggest he will be able to win them over, after his 9 percentage-point ... [Published Washington Times - May 08 2013]

Entities: Mark Sanford, Republican Party (US), Elections, Ron Bonjean

First reported May 07 2013 - Updated May 07 2013 - 1 reports

Senate immigration-reform bill draws fire, lobbyists

If you want to learn the amount of rent paid by the variety of vendors at Columbus’ North Market, you’re apparently out of luck....Reuters Tuesday May 7, 2013 6:59 AMWASHINGTON — Congress this week opens its first debate in six years on a comprehensive ... [Published Columbus Dispatch - May 07 2013]

Entities: Immigration Reform, Patrick Leahy, Republican Party (US), Gay Rights, John Boehner

First reported May 06 2013 - Updated May 07 2013 - 1 reports

Chaffetz still on case of Benghazi attack

Washington • Last year’s deadly attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya became a rallying cry for Republicans to criticize President Barack Obama during the contentious election.Eight months later, Rep. Jason Chaffetz says the Obama administration ... [Published Salt Lake Tribune - May 06 2013]

Entities: Jason Chaffetz, Benghazi, Ron Bonjean, White House

First reported May 06 2013 - Updated May 06 2013 - 1 reports

DeMint's Departure: One-Time Ally Spurns Rubio

A composite image of Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) (left) makes remarks at CPAC 2013 on March 14, and Jim DeMint (right), president of the Heritage Foundation, gestures during a news conference on immigration reform on May 6, in Washington, D.C.There was ... [Published KCLU - May 06 2013]

Entities: Jim DeMint, Marco Rubio, Immigration, Republican Party (US)

First reported Apr 24 2013 - Updated Apr 24 2013 - 1 reports

Another Way the Government Is Wasting Billions

So many federal agencies are duplicating one another's efforts in so many different areas that the billions lost to such is impossible to calculate.A recent report from the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office uncovered 162 areas of duplicate ... [Published Money Morning - Apr 24 2013]

Entities: Tom Coburn, WASTING, Reproducibility, Ron Bonjean, Obama Administration

Quotes

...home that the White House is ineffective and is showing poor leadership," says Ron Bonjean, a Republican consultant in Washington D C , who adds, "there's not really any downside to them doing that."

GOP Could Gain in 2014 Thanks to White House Scandals [Published US News & World Report - May 15 2013]

...from themselves by allowing immigration reform to pass," said Ron Bonjean, a former House Republican leadership aide turned political strategist. "and it could cost him the speakership" he added

Battle over immigration bill starts in Congress [Published GlobalPost - May 15 2013]

"the political fallout will be very damaging for the administration" said Bonjean

Controversies give Obama new governing headaches [Published NDTV - May 14 2013]

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GOP Could Gain in 2014 Thanks to White House Sc... [Published US News & World Report - May 15 2013]
Battle over immigration bill starts in Congress [Published GlobalPost - May 15 2013]
Scandals drown out Obama's message on economy [Published Washington Times - May 14 2013]
Obama slams IRS for targeting groups [Published Taipei Times Online - May 14 2013]
Controversies give Obama new governing headaches [Published NDTV - May 14 2013]
Amnesty/ Immigration Surge May Not Even Pass Se... [Published VDare - May 14 2013]
Obama slams IRS actions, calls Benghazi probe a... [Published WDBJ7.com - May 13 2013]
UPDATE 1-Obama calls IRS actions outrageous, se... [Published Reuters - May 13 2013]
Too Early to Tell How Benghazi Will Impact Hill... [Published US News & World Report - May 10 2013]
GOP Leans on Lieberman in Boston Probe [Published National Journal - May 10 2013]
Poll: Which Senator Is Most Likely to Change Hi... [Published National Journal - May 10 2013]
GOP prepares to welcome back Sanford [Published Washington Times - May 08 2013]
Will Mark Sanford play nice with House Republic... [Published MSN News - May 08 2013]
Sanford victory could spell trouble for House G... [Published The Hill - May 08 2013]
Senate immigration-reform bill draws fire, lobb... [Published Columbus Dispatch - May 07 2013]
DeMint's Departure: One-Time Ally Spurns Rubio [Published KCLU - May 06 2013]
Chaffetz still on case of Benghazi attack [Published Salt Lake Tribune - May 06 2013]
Marco Rubio: A Successful Salesman for Immigrat... [Published Yahoo! News - May 06 2013]
Republican rising stars don't do much to lift s... [Published Examiner.com - May 05 2013]
For trio of rising Republican stars, a race to ... [Published The Hill - May 05 2013]
Emily’s List believes U.S. ready for a woman in... [Published Washington Times - May 03 2013]
Sequester opponents now losing hope [Published The Hill - Apr 27 2013]
GOP Applauds George Bush Legacy on Immigration,... [Published US News & World Report - Apr 25 2013]
Another Way the Government Is Wasting Billions [Published Money Morning - Apr 24 2013]
Marco Rubio Poised for 2016 Success Against Dem... [Published US News & World Report - Apr 24 2013]
Poll: Will the Gang of Eight’s Immigration-Refo... [Published National Journal - Apr 19 2013]
Poll: Should John Boehner Allow Immigration Leg... [Published National Journal - Apr 19 2013]
House Dems ignore history of troubled candidate... [Published FOXNews.com - Apr 18 2013]
Immigration Proves A 'Rubik's Cube' For Many Re... [Published KPBS - Apr 17 2013]
House Hurdles Loom on Guns-to-Immigration Plans... [Published Bloomberg - Apr 15 2013]

Blogs

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Obama’s Second Term Honeymoon Looks To Be Over [Published Outside The Beltway \| OTB - Mar 20 2013] In the wake of his victory in the 2012 elections, the President saw a significant uptick in his job approval numbers to points higher than they had been since his first year in office. Indeed, the numbers seemed to be heading in such a clear upward ...
What Benghazi hearing could say about 2016 Whit... [Published CNN Political Ticker - Jan 23 2013] Washington (CNN) - It was a sideshow, but a compelling sideshow nonetheless. The main act was Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's at times angry, at times emotional testimony on Wednesday at the Senate Foreign Relations Committee's hearing on the ...
Top Republican: Half of GOP 'no' votes on tax c... [Published Daily Kos - Jan 17 2013] It's not every day that GOP defends itself by claiming to be two-facedSo far in 2013, House Speaker John Boehner has relied on Democratic votes to overcome overwhelming Republican opposition on back-to-back pieces of legislation: the Hurricane Sandy ...
Gold and Silver Outperform After Weak Holiday S... [Published Wall St. Cheat Sheet - Dec 26 2012] On Wednesday, gold ( NYSEARCA:GLD ) futures for February delivery, the most active contract, increased $1.20 to settle at $1,660.70 per ounce, while silver ( NYSEARCA:SLV ) futures for March edged 14 cents higher to close at $30.04. Both precious ...
The Greatest Political Embarrassment [Published The Moderate Voice - Dec 22 2012] Daryl Cagle, CagleCartoons.com It was only a few months ago that we still saw the Republican party as a well-oiled machine, a machine that had delivered over and over against from 1980 on. Now it’s back to Nixon. Worse. Because the whole party ...