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8 Sep 2013, 2:58 pm by Benjamin Wittes
The New York Times/CBS News poll showed that though just 1 in 4 Americans believe that the United States has a responsibility to intervene in the Syrian conflict, more than 90 percent of the public is convinced that putting all 535 representatives of the United States Congress on the ground in Syria—including Senate pro tempore Patrick Leahy, House Speaker John Boehner, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, and, in fact, all current… [read post]
3 Sep 2013, 4:20 am by Jon Gelman
Consider, for example, how Eric Cantor, the House majority leader, marked Labor Day last year: with a Twitter post declaring “Today, we celebrate those who have taken a risk, worked hard, built a business and earned their own success. [read post]
2 Aug 2013, 11:58 am by Kelly Phillips Erb
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, Majority Leader (R-VA) had previously indicated that the bill would be considered today as part of #StopGovtAbuse Week (the hashtag is for twitter), an initiative by House Republicans to “restrain runaway government and re-empower citizens. [read post]
31 Jul 2013, 8:16 pm by Kelly Phillips Erb
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, Majority Leader (R-VA) indicated last Friday that this bill would be considered this week as part of #StopGovtAbuse Week (the hashtag is for twitter), an initiative by House Republicans to “restrain runaway government and re-empower citizens. [read post]
30 Jul 2013, 2:42 pm by Cicely Wilson
House Speaker John Boehner  and Majority Leader Eric Cantor have announced via press release that the United States Code (the “Code”) will now be available for download in XML format.Users will be able to download individual sections of the Code or, if desired, the entire corpus. [read post]
17 Jul 2013, 9:34 am by Ruby Powers
” Goodlatte and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, both Virginia Republicans, are working on a bill to address the status of those immigrants, although the timing is uncertain. [read post]
12 Jul 2013, 2:29 pm by David S. Jones
 Following a closed-door session by House of Representatives Republicans on July 10, House Leader John Boehner (R-OH) released a statement (joined by Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA), Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), Conference Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Homeland Security Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX), and Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA)), sounding  a distinct note of caution and wariness. [read post]
12 Jul 2013, 12:04 am by Helena Bottemiller
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor said leadership is in discussions about bringing the nutrition title, which deals with the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program, to the floor “sometime in the near feature,” but the path forward for SNAP is not clear. [read post]
2 Jul 2013, 1:41 pm
The other day, I was blogging about tags, and somebody asked what are all the tags. [read post]
22 Jun 2013, 11:00 pm by Dan Flynn
Republican Leader Eric Cantor blamed Nancy Pelosi and other Democratic leaders for turning their backs on a bipartisan legislative product just because they suffered a couple of setbacks. [read post]
11 Jun 2013, 8:27 am by Ruby Powers
After months of coy talk from Boehner, Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) and Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), any sign of planning for legislation is a positive development for reform proponents. [read post]
14 May 2013, 10:56 am
Eric Cantor: too twitchy (manly men do not visibly vibrate with nervous energy). [read post]
10 May 2013, 11:07 am by James Hamilton
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) has  indicated that H.R. 1062 is currently scheduled for full consideration sometime in May. [read post]
1 May 2013, 4:36 pm by Michael Froomkin
First, there’s a group of firebrand conservatives headed by Eric Cantor, which, as near as I can tell, is mostly dedicated to finding slightly more slippery language to sell its usual right-wing agenda of school vouchers, block granting Medicaid, increased tax credits, and gutting labor laws. [read post]
17 Apr 2013, 2:41 pm by Jacob Sapochnick
Since the last vote on the Dream Act in 2010, even Republicans who voted against it then, such as House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.), have endorsed the idea. [read post]
15 Apr 2013, 4:46 am by Stuart Shapiro
  Many Republicans in Congress agree with Eric Cantor’s characterization of President Obama’s regulatory agenda as a “barrage” and “riptide of red tape. [read post]
11 Apr 2013, 9:01 pm by Neil H. Buchanan
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor recently sent a memo to his membership that says that a group of House Republicans has “introduced legislation that in the event the statutory debt ceiling is reached, the Secretary of the Treasury would be required to pay principle [sic] and interest due on debt held by the public before paying anything else. [read post]
6 Apr 2013, 5:57 am by Ruby Powers
Eric Cantor, the number two in the Republican hierarchy in the House of Representatives, has dropped his opposition to a scheme to give green cards to certain illegal immigrants brought to America as children. [read post]