October 19, 2014
Beltway Confidential
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White House: Ron Klain's work handing out stimulus money good experience for Ebola czar
By Byron York | 10/17/14 09:51 PM
President Obama's choice of veteran Democratic politico Ron Klain to serve as Ebola czar stunned many Republicans.
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Early ballot requests, returns in Iowa look good for the GOP
By Becket Adams | 10/17/14 06:17 PM
The polls show State Sen. Joni Ernst, the Republican U.S. Senate candidate in Iowa, with the slightest of leads against her Democratic opponent, Rep. Bruce Braley. But she can take some additional...
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Lockheed official says ending the Export-Import Bank could boost South Carolina jobs
By Timothy P. Carney | 10/17/14 05:32 PM
Don Erickson, a Lockheed Martin official in South Carolina, repeated the justifications for Ex-Im, but also suggested that killing the agency might increase South Carolina's employment --...
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Nigerian military says Boko Haram to release kidnapped schoolgirls
By Ashe Schow | 10/17/14 04:19 PM
Nigeria’s military has announced that Boko Haram has agreed to a ceasefire and the release of the schoolgirls that were kidnapped back in April.
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Federal Election Commission can't post data on its website in a timely manner
By Michael Barone | 10/17/14 02:36 PM
In the Internet age, when all sorts of information is being made available instantly, the FEC is incapable of posting very important data on its website within 24 hours of a well-known deadline.
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Ebola czar Ron Klain was a Fannie Mae and Cigna lobbyist
By Timothy P. Carney | 10/17/14 02:34 PM
Klain served as chief of staff to Janet Reno and then Al Gore in the 1990s, and as Joe Biden's chief of staff recently. In between, of course, he was a corporate lobbyist.
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New Republican ad: Law and order or Willie Horton reprise?
By Becket Adams | 10/17/14 12:13 PM
Republicans released an ad Friday blasting Nebraska State Sen. Brad Ashford, a Democrat, for supporting a law that allowed convicted felon Nikko Jenkins to serve only half of his prison sentence...
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GOP reaction: Obama Ebola czar pick 'incredibly disappointing'
By Byron York | 10/17/14 11:33 AM
Republican Rep. Marsha Blackburn the president's appointment of longtime Democratic political operative Ron Klain as the nation's Ebola czar is "incredibly disappointing."
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Natalie Tennant won't explicitly say she voted for Obama
By Ashe Schow | 10/17/14 08:00 AM
In what appears to be yet another Democrat trying to avoid giving their opponent a soundbite, U.S. Senate candidate Natalie Tennant wouldn't explicitly say she voted for President Obama.
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Watch what happens when a Republican congressman asks the CDC director about Ebola safety protocols and travel bans
By Becket Adams | 10/17/14 05:00 AM
The CDC director, for his part, said that he is fairly certain that safety protocols have been followed by health care professionals who have been treating the deadly virus at a hospital in Dallas.
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Democrats want to blame the spread of Ebola on budget cuts
By Becket Adams | 10/16/14 06:04 PM
Rep. Kathy Castor joined her Democratic colleagues on Thursday in warning that the type of budget cuts championed by Republican lawmakers increase the likelihood of the spread of the deadly Ebola...
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Where the Hispanic voters are --- and aren't
By Michael Barone | 10/16/14 05:30 PM
The Pew Research Center has come out with a report on Latino voters and the midterm elections, which includes the Hispanic percentage of eligible voters for each state and each congressional district.
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This top Obama official explains why the U.S. shouldn't ban travel from Ebola-infected countries
By Becket Adams | 10/16/14 05:23 PM
A top Obama official tried to explain at a House hearing Thursday that a ban on commercial air travel to and from Ebola-infected countries would actually increase the likelihood of the deadly...
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FCC, Labor Department announce partnership for telecom worker safety
By Paul Gonzalez | 10/16/14 04:12 PM
The Federal Communications Commission and Department of Labor are calling for worker safety guidelines in the broadband sector following the death of several telecommunication infrastructure workers.
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A Republican plan to combat the 'war on women' narrative that might actually work
By Ashe Schow | 10/16/14 03:07 PM
Carly Fiorina, the former CEO of Hewlett-Packard and a former Senate candidate, has a plan to combat the Left's "war on women" narrative she says is based on results instead of speeches and lectures.
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At Ebola hearing, Democratic congressman immediately blames spread of disease on U.S. budget cuts
By Becket Adams | 10/16/14 02:55 PM
Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., at a hearing on Thursday complained that budget cuts in the U.S. have increased the likelihood of the spread of the deadly Ebola virus.
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VIDEO: Michael Barone on 5 trends favoring Republicans
By Michael Barone | 10/16/14 02:32 PM
Washington Examiner Senior Political Analyst Michael Barone breaks down five favorable trends for Republicans heading into the November midterm elections.
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Poised to capture Colorado senate seat, Republican candidate fends off hit piece
By Becket Adams | 10/16/14 12:54 PM
Rep. Cory Gardner, R-Colo., has pulled ahead of embattled Sen. Mark Udall, D-Colo., in yet another poll.
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911 operators in New York instructed to not say the word 'Ebola'
By Becket Adams | 10/16/14 12:54 PM
Emergency dispatchers in New York have been instructed by the authorities not to say the word "Ebola" over the radio, fears over the public's reaction to the deadly virus reaching new highs.
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VIDEO: Vulnerable Democratic lawmakers scramble to avoid Obama
By Becket Adams | 10/16/14 10:00 AM
From Alaska, where Sen. Mark Begich is struggling to fend off Dan Sullivan, to North Carolina, where Sen. Kay Hagan is battling Thom Tillis, vulnerable Democrats are working hard to prove that they...
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President Lameduck's attorney general
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Watchdog: Obama to bring non-American Ebola victims to U.S. for treatment
By Paul Bedard | 10/17/14
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Despite opposing Obama's immigration reform, Cory Gardner leading among Colorado Hispanics
By Sean Higgins | 10/18/14
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White House: Ron Klain's work handing out stimulus money good experience for Ebola czar
By Byron York | 10/17/14
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Poll: Likely voters want GOP-led Congress
By Kelly Cohen | 10/19/14
From the Weekly Standard
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The Obamacare Debate Heats Up in Virginia
In the wake of their passage of Obamacare, the Democrats have repeatedly claimed two things: Republicans don’t have an alternative, and in any case the health care debate is over. But a...
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Six Reasons to Panic
As a rule, one should not panic at whatever crisis has momentarily fixed the attention of cable news producers. But the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, which has migrated to both Europe and...
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The Protocols of the Elders of Liberalism
"Protocols.” You can’t turn on your TV without hearing about them. The last time the word featured so prominently in American public discourse was when Henry Ford took it upon himself to pay for...
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