Guess Who’s Funding the Republican Civil War

Labor unions. And they’re doing it through a pro-business Republican PAC.

Scott Bland National Journal 12/9/2013

The Republican Main Street Partnership has emerged as an outspoken, deep-pocketed player in pro-business GOP plans to beat back tea-party challengers next year. But the group’s new super PAC has an unexpected source for its seed money: labor unions.

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Sen. Grassley: GOP Has 'Leverage' Over Obama on Fiscal Cliff

Jim Meyers and Kathleen Walter Newsmax 26 Dec 2012

Longtime Sen. Chuck Grassley tells Newsmax that Republicans have a “great deal of leverage” on President Obama because they can refuse to raise the debt ceiling unless he agrees to spending cuts.

The Iowa Republican also says the president wants the nation to go over the […]

Tea party favorite topples Lugar, Indiana’s 6-term senator

The Washington Times 5/8/2012

Tea-party-backed candidate Richard Mourdock defeated longtime Sen. Richard G. Lugar in the Indiana GOP primary Tuesday, ending the career of one of the chamber’s two senior Republicans and giving Democrats a better chance at capturing the seat in November.

The race was widely seen as a key test of tea party […]

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