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Jackie Calmes Tosses Cold Water on 'Deep' Spending Cuts

Washington-based reporter Jackie Calmes says the "deep" spending reductions proposed by conservatives could threaten the economy's recovery while "carrying substantial political and economic risks."

CBS's Plante: GOP 'Ready to Pounce' On Obama, 'Slammed' Him With ObamaCare Repeal Vote

On Tuesday's CBS Early Show, senior White House correspondent Bill Plante warned that as President Obama returns from vacation, " the new Republican majority in the House is ready to pounce." ...

CBS Early Show Frets Republicans Want to 'Wipe Out' Dem 'Signature Achievement' of ObamaCare

Reporting on Monday's CBS Early Show, congressional correspondent Nancy Cordes decried House Republicans attempting to repeal ObamaCare: "...they made it clear they'll try to use their 49-vote ...

CBS's Smith: GOP On 'Fool's Errand' of 'Dismantling Health Care'

Filling in for Bob Schieffer on Sunday's Face the Nation, CBS's Harry Smith grilled Minnesota Congresswoman Michelle Bachmann on Republican efforts to repeal ObamaCare: "One of the things the Tea ...

ABC Marks End of Kennedys Holding Elected Office in Washington

On ABC's World News Saturday, correspondent John Hendren filed a report marking this year as the first time since 1947 that no members of the Kennedy family will hold public office in Washington, D.C.

CBS's Orr Warns Tea Party 'Hard Line' to End 'Collaborative Spirit' and Cause 'Partisan Bickering'

On Saturday's CBS Evening News, correspondent Bob Orr filed a report on the incoming Republican congressional freshmen, and, after noting that Rep.-elect Allen West was taking a "hard line" on ...

Ex-NYT's Steve Roberts: Tea Party 'Didn't Win, You Only Won a Couple of Seats,' No Liberal Media Bias

Appearing as a guest on Sunday's Reliable Sources on CNN, Steve Roberts - who has worked for both the New York Times and U.S. News and World Report - after conceding that the Tea Party movement is ...

Jon Stewart Gets Ultimate Liberal Praise: 'Modern-Day Equivalent of Edward R. Murrow'

"Did the bill pledging federal funds for the health care of 9/11 responders become law in the waning hours of the 111th Congress only because a comedian took it up as a personal cause? And does ...

ABC Finds a Republican to Advance Notion That GOP was 'Shellacked'

On Wednesday's GMA, ABC's Jake Tapper spun President Obama's victories during the lame duck Congress as a post-midterm "shellacking" of Republicans: "The President and Democrats...have passed a ...

MSNBC's Mitchell Mourns 'Painful' End of Nancy Pelosi's 'Historic' Speakership

During her 1PM ET hour show on MSNBC on Tuesday, host Andrea Mitchell sympathized with exiting Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, remarking that the California Democrat having to hand over the ...
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