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Hoyer: GOP must lead on spending bill

The No. 2 House Democrat says it's time for House GOP leaders to take a stand and draft a long-term spending bill to keep the federal government running for the rest of the fiscal year, saying that short-term stopgaps are undermining the country's stability.

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House Speaker blog: House will vote to eliminate ObamaCare slush funds

House Speaker John Boehner's office sent out the following blog from their website: Red County.com is reporting that “billions of dollars in taxpayer-funded Obamacare slush money will be among the programs targeted” soon as part of the new House majority’s “broad assault on wasteful mandatory spending,,.” That effort “began last week with passage of two bills saving taxpayers as much as $9 billion,” including one beginning the process of shutting down the TARP bailout program

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House GOP leadership denies accusations of supporting ObamaCare approp

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, Virginia Republican, and House majority Whip Kevin McCarthy, California Republican, sat with reporters on Monday afternoon to discuss the stop gap measure that would fund the federal government for three more weeks. Both Congressmen expressed frustration at the Senate and White House for either not communicating their intentions to see the issue resolved or find 60 votes in the Senate to pass a Continuing resolution.

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Wright's return and other notes

Almost three weeks have passed since Chris Wright broke a bone in his left hand. His phone hasn't stopped ringing. So many calls and texts came that Wright posted a message on Twitter last week asking people to leave him alone.