Conservatives’ Last-Ditch Chance To Destroy Obamacare — And How The IRS Scandal Helps Them
Republicans haven’t been able to resist the temptation to link the IRS scandal to the Affordable Care Act, and use…
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Brian Beutler
Brian Beutler is TPM's senior congressional reporter. Since 2009, he's led coverage of health care reform, Wall Street reform, taxes, the GOP budget, the government shutdown fight and the debt limit fight. He can be reached at brian(at)talkingpointsmemo.com.
Articles by Brian Beutler
Democrats’ Best Friends In The IRS Scandal
After a pretty crappy few days, Democrats awoke to the nice surprise that Mitch McConnell would join Michele Bachmann at…
Reid To Pentagon: No Special Sequestration Treatment For You
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) has bad news for Pentagon officials, defense contractors, national park vacationers and other powerful…
Administration Officials Downplay CIA-State Department Squabbling In Benghazi Emails
At a briefing for reporters at the White House Wednesday, senior administration officials — including a senior intelligence official —…
Harry Reid: The Nomination Is Hillary’s If She Wants It
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) has bad news for ambitious Democratic governors with their eyes on the White House…
Reid: No ‘Precipitous’ Nuclear Option, But Consumer Watchdog Will Get Vote Next Week
If Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid wants to change the Senate filibuster rules — either broadly, or more narrowly to…
Republicans Use IRS Scandal To Undermine Obamacare
It was inevitable once the IRS admitted it had inappropriately targeted conservative non-profits for excessive scrutiny that Republicans would blend…
What Purpose The Benghazi Emails Really Serve
For today’s purposes, the Benghazi story, and the extent to which it constitutes a scandal, boil down to the subjective…
Boehner On Obamacare, Debt Limit Strategies: Take It Up With My Members!
If you feel like the inmates have taken over the asylum in the House of Representatives, Speaker John Boehner (R-OH)…
Boehner And McConnell: Our Way Or We Break Medicare
Your big Obamacare story of the day is that John Boehner and Mitch McConnell won’t recommend commissioners to the Independent…
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