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    U.S. Senator Roger Wicker Delivers Weekly Republican Address ‘The stakes are unmistakably high. Crippling defense cuts are just around the corner, and we have an obligation to make tough decisions on how to avoid sequestration and balance the budget long-term.’   WASHINGTON, DC – This week President Obama signed the Sequestration Transparency Act and by [...]

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Once again, President Obama took time today to press for a tax hike, his “Buffett Tax,” instead of addressing unemployment, high gas prices, or even this country’s debt crisis. Of course, the Buffett Tax would do basically nothing to help solve any of these serious problems.   Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell blasted Obama’s focus [...]

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Time has what is yet another funeral announcement for the euro: Investors aren’t convinced Europe’s politicians have the will, ability or political clout to push through such excruciating fiscal adjustments, at least not in any reasonable period of time. Research firm Capital Economics figures that even with reform, Italy will still need two decades to [...]

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Some of my readers might be upset at me but remember, if I blog, I blog for God.  But it came to me this morning in prayer.  There is only one solution to the debt crisis.  It is return to God.  The goodness and willingness of God is manifest in Solomon’s prayer in II Chronicles [...]

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Henrico, VA– George Allen issued the following statement on Washington’s debt ceiling deal:   “After months of pushing our economy to the brink, Washington has yet again failed to deliver a long-term solution to our debt crisis.  This 11th hour deal fails to address the country’s serious fiscal problems, has no concrete Balanced Budget Amendment, [...]

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Some of my readers might be upset at me but remember, if I blog, I blog for God.  But it came to me this morning in prayer.  There is only one solution to the debt crisis.  It is return to God.  The goodness and willingness of God is manifest in Solomon’s prayer in II Chronicles [...]

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`The reason we’ve got a $14 trillion debt is because no matter how much money Washington has, it always spends more — and the only way to cure the problem is to stop enabling it.’ Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell made the following statement on the Senate floor Friday regarding a [...]

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I asked US Senate Candidate Tim Donner his opinion on the debt ceiling plan proposed by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. As we pointed out the other day, this is exactly the kind of question Virginians want answered. For far too long Republicans have spent too much money and the Democrats have spent even more. [...]

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Full transcript of Senator Hatch’s Address:   “Good morning. I’m Senator Orrin Hatch of Utah.   “Our nation is in the midst of one of the most critical debates in generations. It is a debate about the size, scope, and shape of our national government. It’s a debate over whether we act responsibly so our [...]

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With our nation facing a serious debt crisis, it seems that Democrats in Congress have come together on a strategy to address it: do nothing. The Washington Post wrote Saturday, “Senate Democrats have adopted a minimalist agenda. They have blocked bills from the GOP-led House but proposed few broad ideas of their own — hoping [...]

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Der Spiegel is reporting that Greece is preparing to leave the euro zone: The debt crisis in Greece has taken on a dramatic new twist. Sources with information about the government’s actions have informed SPIEGEL ONLINE that Athens is considering withdrawing from the euro zone. The common currency area’s finance ministers and representatives of the [...]

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