http://www.mail.com/people/50936-grover-norquist.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/people/50936-grover-norquist.html http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2067842-internet-sales-tax-bill-faces-tough-sell-house.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Traditional retailers and cash-strapped states face a tough sell in the House as they lobby Congress to limit tax-free shopping on the Internet. The Senate voted 69 to 27 Monday to pass a bill that empowers states to collect sales taxes from Internet purchases. Under the bill, states could require out-of-state retailers to collect sales ... Tue, 07 May 2013 23:56:53 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2067842-internet-sales-tax-bill-faces-tough-sell-house.html 2013-05-07T23:56:53Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2065546-senate-passes-bill-letting-tax-online-sales.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate sided with traditional retailers and financially strapped state and local governments Monday by passing a bill that would widely subject online shopping — for many a largely tax-free frontier — to state sales taxes. The Senate passed the bill by a vote of 69 to 27, getting support from Republicans and Democrats alike. But oppo... Mon, 06 May 2013 23:36:34 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2065546-senate-passes-bill-letting-tax-online-sales.html 2013-05-06T23:36:34Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2065556-study-sets-immigration-bill-squabble.html WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan Senate immigration bill would cost the government a net $6.3 trillion over the next 50 years to provide benefits for millions of people now living in the U.S. illegally, the Heritage Foundation said in a report Monday, setting off a fierce dispute with fellow conservatives who attacked the study as flawed and political. The ... Mon, 06 May 2013 22:45:27 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2065556-study-sets-immigration-bill-squabble.html 2013-05-06T22:45:27Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2029318-senators-unveil-sweeping-immigration-bill.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Four Democratic and four Republican senators formally unveiled a sweeping immigration bill Thursday at a news conference attended by traditional opponents from big business and labor, conservative groups and liberal ones. The lawmakers argued that this time, thanks to that broad-based support, immigration overhaul legislation can succeed in Congress. ... Thu, 18 Apr 2013 21:52:37 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2029318-senators-unveil-sweeping-immigration-bill.html 2013-04-18T21:52:37Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1922734-big-spending-cuts-mark-tea-party-success-risk.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The pending $85 billion in federal spending cuts would seem like a tea partyer's dream. Why, then, are tea party activists and other conservatives so wary on the eve of the big reductions, which Congress and the White House seem unable or unwilling to stop? It's because even ardent cost-cutters see the so-called "sequester" as a ham-hand... Thu, 28 Feb 2013 19:42:33 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1922734-big-spending-cuts-mark-tea-party-success-risk.html 2013-02-28T19:42:33Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1920874-republican-losses-obscure-us-drift-to.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican angst over presidential election losses obscures the fact that many conservative ideals have prospered for decades. Conservative efforts have pushed the government rightward on taxes, spending and other policies, despite losses on some social fronts. One might say Republicans keep losing battles but winning wars. This rightwar... Thu, 28 Feb 2013 06:54:34 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1920874-republican-losses-obscure-us-drift-to.html 2013-02-28T06:54:34Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1916770-calif-gop-pins-turnaround-hopes-chairman.html SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — As Republicans nationwide reconsider the party's direction, nowhere is their challenge more daunting than in California. The state that produced Ronald Reagan, Richard Nixon and the "Orange County conservative" has banished the GOP to the margins, with the party now accounting for less than 30 percent of all registered voters. ... Tue, 26 Feb 2013 21:52:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1916770-calif-gop-pins-turnaround-hopes-chairman.html 2013-02-26T21:52:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1904154-kansas-homeowners-fight-brownback-plan-to-tax.html TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Brian Jones has been an admirer of Republican Sam Brownback's fiscal conservatism going back to Brownback's days as an anti-tax congressman in the 1990s. But now the real estate company owner from southeast Kansas finds himself in the odd position of fighting hard against the governor's plan for phasing out the state income tax. Brownb... Wed, 20 Feb 2013 21:07:05 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1904154-kansas-homeowners-fight-brownback-plan-to-tax.html 2013-02-20T21:07:05Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1882870-nras-lapierre-wonk-with-million-dollar-megaphone.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Wayne LaPierre would just as soon read a book as fire a gun. That's right, the National Rifle Association's fire-breathing defender of gun rights is more academic than marksman. "A policy wonk," says Joseph Tartaro, president of the pro-gun Second Amendment Foundation. "He is more professorial than you would think." ... Mon, 11 Feb 2013 08:35:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1882870-nras-lapierre-wonk-with-million-dollar-megaphone.html 2013-02-11T08:35:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1801202-talk-gop-primaries-fiscal-cliff-vote.html DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Republicans in Congress who took the politically risky step of voting to raise taxes now find themselves trying to fend off potential primary challenges next year from angry conservatives. These lawmakers wasted little time in attempting to deliver an explanation that would be acceptable to the tea party and the GOP's right flank, ... Sat, 05 Jan 2013 16:29:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1801202-talk-gop-primaries-fiscal-cliff-vote.html 2013-01-05T16:29:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1796994-2016-politics-display-congress-ends-term.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Paul Ryan, the GOP's 2012 vice presidential candidate, voted for the "fiscal cliff" compromise that raised taxes on the wealthiest Americans. Republican Sens. Marco Rubio and Rand Paul voted against it. And Vice President Joe Biden helped broker the deal with GOP leaders in the Senate. As Congress closed out its term this week, New ... Thu, 03 Jan 2013 06:55:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1796994-2016-politics-display-congress-ends-term.html 2013-01-03T06:55:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1796540-cliff-averted-its-to-fiscal-crisis.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Onward to the next fiscal crisis. Actually, several of them, potentially. The New Year's Day deal averting the "fiscal cliff" lays the groundwork for more combustible struggles in Washington over taxes, spending and debt in the next few months. President Barack Obama's victory on taxes this week was the second, grudging round of piecemea... Thu, 03 Jan 2013 04:35:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1796540-cliff-averted-its-to-fiscal-crisis.html 2013-01-03T04:35:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1782686-analysis-gop-policies-led-to-fiscal-cliff-blowup.html WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans seem shocked by their party's meltdown on the so-called fiscal cliff. They shouldn't be. The uncompromising conservatives who blocked Speaker John Boehner's tax bill were merely sticking to policies that Boehner and nearly all other GOP leaders have pushed, without reservation, for years: It's always wrong to raise tax ... Sat, 22 Dec 2012 07:11:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1782686-analysis-gop-policies-led-to-fiscal-cliff-blowup.html 2012-12-22T07:11:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1775772-obama-boehner-clash-cliff-edge-approaches.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Fiscal cliff talks at a partisan standoff, President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner swapped barbed political charges on Wednesday yet carefully left room for further negotiations on an elusive deal to head off year-end tax increases and spending cuts that threaten the national economy. Republicans should "peel off the war pa... Thu, 20 Dec 2012 00:04:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1775772-obama-boehner-clash-cliff-edge-approaches.html 2012-12-20T00:04:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1772542-conservatives-rebel-fiscal-cliff-talks.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Some conservative House Republicans are making life difficult for Speaker John Boehner as he reaches for a "fiscal cliff" pact with President Barack Obama, insisting they will oppose a deal that increases taxes. Others, however, are giving him room to negotiate, hoping he produces something they can support. With the clock ticking down o... Mon, 17 Dec 2012 20:24:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1772542-conservatives-rebel-fiscal-cliff-talks.html 2012-12-17T20:24:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1756720-oregon-lawmakers-to-vote-nike-expansion-plan.html SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Athletic footwear and apparel giant Nike Inc. plans to expand its operations in Oregon and hire hundreds of workers but wants the government to promise that tax rules won't change, prompting a special session of the Legislature. Gov. John Kitzhaber said he'll call lawmakers together Friday in Salem to create a new law authorizing him to... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 00:10:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1756720-oregon-lawmakers-to-vote-nike-expansion-plan.html 2012-12-11T00:10:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1750394-analysis-demint-move-defies-gop-shift-to-center.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The surprise job change by the Senate's most prominent tea partyer will complicate Republican moderates' bid to nudge their party toward the center after another stinging campaign loss. Sen. Jim DeMint of South Carolina is giving up his high profile in the Senate, where he annoyed establishment Republicans and delighted conservative puri... Fri, 07 Dec 2012 08:00:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1750394-analysis-demint-move-defies-gop-shift-to-center.html 2012-12-07T08:00:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1749116-reset-voices-fiscal-cliff-debate.html They don't have a seat at the talks to defuse a year-end fiscal bomb, yet wield considerable influence. They are wise-cracking debt-reduction duo Alan Simpson and Erskine Bowles; anti-tax activist Grover Norquist and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke. Bernanke, one of the first to use the term "fiscal cliff," warns repeatedly of the dire consequences ... Thu, 06 Dec 2012 19:03:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1749116-reset-voices-fiscal-cliff-debate.html 2012-12-06T19:03:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1739056-romneys-big-loss-leaves-gop-with-clear-leader.html BOSTON (AP) — Mitt Romney's shadow looms over a Republican Party in disarray. The face of the GOP for much of the last year, the failed presidential candidate has been a virtual ghost since his defeat Nov. 6. He has quietly weathered the fallout of the campaign from the seclusion of his Southern California home, emerging only momentarily for a private lun... Mon, 03 Dec 2012 08:04:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1739056-romneys-big-loss-leaves-gop-with-clear-leader.html 2012-12-03T08:04:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1736342-mitt-romneys-loss-creates-gop-leadership-vacuum.html BOSTON (AP) — Mitt Romney's shadow looms over a Republican Party in disarray. The face of the GOP for much of the last year, the failed presidential candidate has been a virtual ghost since his defeat Nov. 6. He has quietly weathered the fallout of the campaign from the seclusion of his Southern California home, emerging only momentarily for a private lun... Sat, 01 Dec 2012 14:44:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1736342-mitt-romneys-loss-creates-gop-leadership-vacuum.html 2012-12-01T14:44:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1731066-sd-gov-rounds-announces-us-senate.html PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Former Republican Gov. Mike Rounds announced plans Thursday to seek South Dakota's U.S. Senate seat, setting up a 2014 battle between two men who have never lost an election — a campaign that figures to draw widespread national attention as Republicans and Democrats jockey for control of the chamber. A few minutes after Rounds announce... Fri, 30 Nov 2012 00:07:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1731066-sd-gov-rounds-announces-us-senate.html 2012-11-30T00:07:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1730606-greater-email-privacy-wont-hinder-law-enforcement.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Over objections from law enforcement officials, the Senate Judiciary Committee has approved legislation that would require police to obtain a search warrant from a judge before they can review a person's emails or other electronic communications. The bill passed Thursday makes it slightly more difficult for the government to access the c... Thu, 29 Nov 2012 21:12:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1730606-greater-email-privacy-wont-hinder-law-enforcement.html 2012-11-29T21:12:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1724786-gop-lawmakers-flout-anti-tax-man-norquist.html WASHINGTON (AP) — For decades, conservative lobbyist Grover Norquist vowed to drive Republicans out of office if they didn't pledge to oppose tax increases. Many lawmakers signed on. But now, several senior Republicans are breaking ranks, willing to consider raising more money through taxes as part of a deal with Democrats to avoid a catastrophic budget m... Tue, 27 Nov 2012 06:53:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1724786-gop-lawmakers-flout-anti-tax-man-norquist.html 2012-11-27T06:53:00Z