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Eric Cantor

News

Breaking: House Passes Senate’s Violence Against Women Act, Sends To Obama

by David Badash ● 12:43 PM February 28, 2013
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After months of stalling and obstruction, the House minutes ago finally declared defeat and voted to accept the Senate’s broader version of the Violence Against Women Act, passing it 286 – 138.

Analysis

India to USA: “I Am Somebody and I Don’t Deserve to be Raped”

by Tanya Domi ● 11:53 AM January 6, 2013
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From New Delhi, India to Steubenville, Ohio, the planet is experiencing an epidemic of violence against women and girls that is intolerable and must be confronted

DOMA

House GOP: No Time For Sandy Relief Or Women’s Violence Bill, But Time To Fund DOMA Defense

by David Badash ● 1:30 PM January 3, 2013
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The House Republican leadership did have time — for the first time ever — to write funding for their anti-gay war, defending DOMA, into the official House Rules.

Marriage

Boehner, Demanding Spending Cuts, Increases Budget To Protect Gay Marriage Ban

by David Badash ● 6:25 PM December 13, 2012
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John Boehner secretly allowed the raising of the budget to pay his hand-picked outside counsel who is fighting attempts to overturn DOMA.

News

MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough: Uninformed, Ignorant, Or Just A Big Cantor Fan?

by David Badash ● 4:15 PM November 26, 2012
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Eric Cantor was on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” and told host Joe Scarborough several falsehoods — which Scarborough, as a journalist, has a duty to know are falsehoods.

News

Eric Cantor: Only ‘Traditional Marriage’ Allows For ‘Pursuit Of Happiness’

by David Badash ● 7:42 PM September 14, 2012
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Congressman Eric Cantor, the House Majority Leader, told the Values Voters Summit today that only “traditional marriage” allows for the “pursuit of happiness.”

News

GOP Majority Leader Eric Cantor Uses Labor Day To Celebrate Corporations

by David Badash ● 5:25 PM September 3, 2012
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In a moment of tone-deafness and hostility to unions and the working class, GOP Majority Leader Eric Cantor sent a Labor Day message in support of corporations.

Civil Rights

Anti-Gay Top Republican Eric Cantor: GOP Needs To Be ‘Party Of Inclusion’

by David Badash ● 9:47 AM July 20, 2012
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House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, a top Republican who has repeatedly voted anti-gay, yesterday said the GOP needs “to be a party of inclusion not exclusion.”

Economics

Jobs And Debt Ceiling: Hey, Eric Cantor, That’s Not A Laser, It’s A Fly Swatter

by David Badash ● 4:24 PM August 2, 2011
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The Republicans haven’t done a single thing to create jobs — or a jobs climate — in America.

DOMA

Breaking: DOMA Will “Not Be Inexpensive” To Defend In Court

by David Badash ● 7:04 PM March 9, 2011

House Counsel Kerry Kirchner today said DOMA, the Defense of Marriage Act already found to be unconstitutional, would “not be inexpensive” to defend.

News

Watch: Olbermann: Eric Cantor Blames Democrats For Violence Against Democrats

by David Badash ● 11:14 PM March 25, 2010
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Cantor Is Dangerously Fanning The Flames, Using Incidents Of Threats And Violence As Political Weapon


Oh, and about that “shot” at Cantor’s office?
Via AP:
“Richmond police say the bullet that hit a window of Republican Virginia Congressman Eric Cantor’s office had been randomly fired skyward.”

Proof, Eric Cantor, It Was The GOP That Fanned The Flames

by David Badash ● 7:04 PM March 25, 2010
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Today, in a much-publicized address to the nation regarding the recent death threats and violence perpetrated on Democratic members of the House and Senate, Republican Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-VA) accused Democratic Leaders of “dangerously fanning the flames.” “It is reckless to use these incidents as media vehicles for political gain. That is why I [...]

Civil Rights

Obama: II GOP: 0

by David Badash ● 6:28 PM January 29, 2010
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I fell back in like with my President this week. Not back in love — there’s way too much for Obama to do, way too much he needs to change — about Obama — for that to happen. Yet. Go ahead, laugh, make jokes, tell me I’m a fool. Ridicule me. But here’s what I’ll [...]