Open Congress : News Articles for Steven C. LaTourette

Death of Tea Party appears exaggerated, members in House appear to hold key fiscal vote

2012-12-29T01:00:00Z

...Tea Party caucus. "It's the same 40 to 50 chuckleheads that have screwed this place up all year," complained retiring Rep. Steven LaTourette, R-Ohio. Boehner has “done everything to make nice to them. Bring them along. It hasn't mattered. I don't faul

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The eleventh hour: President puts pressure on Senate to broker a fiscal cliff deal

2012-12-28T01:00:00Z

...hour and five minutes. CNN's Chief White House Correspondent Jessica Yellin is OutFront tonight with the latest information. CLICK TO SEE ACCOMPANYING INTERVIEW WITH REPUBLICAN REP. STEVEN LATOURETTE OF OHIO, A MEMBER OF THE HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITT

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Anti-tax conservatives say no to tax-increase deal

2012-12-26T01:00:00Z

...for most Americans and cut the nation’s deficit. ‘‘It weakens the entire Republican Party, the Republican majority,’’ Rep. Steven LaTourette, R-Ohio, said Thursday night shortly after rank-and-file Republicans rejected Boehner’s ‘‘Plan B

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Anti-tax conservatives say no to tax-increase deal

2012-12-24T01:00:00Z

Time Is Short for Cliff Deal, Lawmakers Say

2012-12-24T01:00:00Z

...cliff then, we are going to go over the cliff now. You cannot negotiate with someone who does not want to negotiate." Rep. Steven LaTourette, a nine-term Ohio Republican who is retiring after this session, said on CNN today that Boehner dropped his prop

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Tea Party's stand on tax increases divides GOP

2012-12-24T01:00:00Z

...South Carolina highlights divisions within the GOP. "It weakens the entire Republican Party, the Republican majority," said Rep. Steven LaTourette, R-Ohio. BOSTON -- In the city where a protest over tax policy sparked a revolution, modern-day Tea Party

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Some conservatives welcome fiscal cliff over tax-rate increase

2012-12-24T01:00:00Z

...implications should the GOP block a compromise. "It weakens the entire Republican Party, the Republican majority," Rep. Steven LaTourette, R-Ohio, said after rank-and-file Republicans rejected Boehner's "Plan B" — a measure that would have prevented t

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Anti-tax conservatives say no to tax-increase deal

2012-12-23T01:00:00Z

...for most Americans and cut the nation's deficit. "It weakens the entire Republican Party, the Republican majority," Rep. Steven LaTourette, R-Ohio, said Thursday night shortly after rank-and-file Republicans rejected Boehner's "Plan B" - a measure that

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Anti-tax Conservatives Say No to Tax-increase Deal

2012-12-23T01:00:00Z

State of the Union Crib Sheet for Sunday December 23rd 2012

2012-12-23T01:00:00Z

...Lieberman: More than 50 percent chance we'll go over the cliff http://on.cnn.com/ZsZrBa Rep. Mick Mulvaney & Steven LaTourette – The GOP’s “civil war” http://on.cnn.com/ZsZsoS Panel: Susan Page, Mike Duffy, & Ron Brownstein http://on.cnn.com/ZsZ

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Frosty on the Friday OPEN thread

2012-12-21T01:00:00Z

...Saunders: For some people, faith in God is a bedrock fundamental core value, that they hold sacred, take... Ron May: Rep. Steven LaTourette of Ohio said…”“It’s the continuing dumbing down of the Republican Party,... Cold n P: This is ridiculous.

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How Boehner's Plan B vote imploded

2012-12-21T01:00:00Z

...until after Christmas and maybe we don't come back at all this year, and I hope you all have a merry Christmas," said Rep. Steven LaTourette of Ohio. Boehner did not indicate how many votes he fell short of passing the bill, nor was there any attempt to

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Video: Another fiscal cliff scenario, as predicted by 'Saturday Night Live'

2012-12-21T01:00:00Z

...Committee ranking member Chris Van Hollen said last night that it was "very embarrasing" for the speaker. But Republican Rep. Steven LaTourette, who is close to Boehner, said that last night's failure hurting Boehner’s speakership is, “like saying t

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LaTourette: Blame Tea Party “chuckleheads,” not Boehner’s leadership

2012-12-21T01:00:00Z

...from all sides — and in fact, it started almost immediately last night. Fox and Friends plays this reaction from Rep. Steven LaTourette (R-OH), who says not to blame John Boehner for last night’s failure of his Plan B strategy. Instead, LaTourette b

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How Boehner's Plan B Vote Imploded

2012-12-21T01:00:00Z

Rep. Charlie Bass, R-N.H., overcoat in hand, was the canary in the coal mine. He jetted out of the Capitol basement room where the House Republican Conference holed up Thursday night, walked by a handful of journalists and delivered in a flash the news t

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GOP cool to letting Obama raise the debt ceiling alone

2012-12-14T01:00:00Z

Even as Republicans and Democrats fight over how to avoid looming tax hikes and budget cuts, Congress is weighing another crucial and potentially contentious financial matter: whether to increase the nation's sky-high borrowing limit, perhaps permanently

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They may not be home for holidays

2012-12-12T01:00:00Z

...sure,” the Midwest-based lawmaker said. The matter isn’t quite so tough for local-based lawmakers, including outgoing Rep. Steven LaTourette (R-Ohio), whose family lives in Northern Virginia. “I went to the … hardware parking lot and paid, like,

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GOP to Boehner: Stop fighting tax hikes

2012-12-06T01:00:00Z

...and Medicare, The Washington Post reported Thursday. "I and some others are advocating giving the president what he wants," Rep. Steven LaTourette, R-Ohio, told the newspaper. He stressed this concession must be part of a package that slows federal borr

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Fiscal Cliff: On The Wall, The Writing

2012-12-06T01:00:00Z

...worried about the fiscal cliff than about the rates going up a couple points. That has bigger risk for them,” said [Rep. Steven] LaTourette, a close Boehner ally who is retiring in January. Like I was saying earlier this week, Republicans are slowly b

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Lake County Republicans plan roast for outgoing U.S. Rep. Steven LaTourette

2012-12-04T01:00:00Z

...wasn’t unusual when Lake County Republican Party Chairman Dale Fellows got a call in July asking him to meet with U.S. Rep. Steven C. LaTourette. Fellows brought with him a list of topics to discuss with the congressman, just like he always did. But m

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