Scott Walker

National Republicans Rally Around Scott Walker

Brian Beutler | March 16, 2011, 3:18PM

Ahead of yesterday's House vote to fund the federal government, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) painted the Republicans rebelling against Speaker John Boehner from the right as Scott Walker Republicans -- uninterested in compromise, single-minded in pursuit of a right-wing policy agenda.

The statement quickly diffused through the Capitol, and Rep. Mike Pence (R-IN) -- an influential conservative and former Republican leader, who voted against the spending measure -- took kindly to it. On Twitter, Pence joked, "Sen. Schumer called us 'Scott Walker Republicans?' That's the nicest thing anybody has said about me in a long time!"

Turns out this is a view shared by both the so-called "Scott Walker Republicans" themselves, and Republicans who voted to pass the compromise plan.

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Topics: Chuck Schumer, Jack Kingston, Labor, Mike Pence, Scott Walker, Steve King, Thaddeus McCotter, Wisconsin , Wisconsin Protests, collective bargaining , unions

Evolution

Republican Jack Kingston On Evolution: I'm Not From A Monkey! (VIDEO)

Ryan J. Reilly | January 29, 2011, 7:05PM

Rep. Jack Kingston (R-GA) said on Bill Maher's show on Friday that he doesn't believe in evolution because he doesn't believe that he came from a monkey or that a "creature crawled out of the sea and became a human being one day."

"I believe I came from God not from a monkey so the answer is no," Kingston said when Maher asked him whether he believed in evolution.

"Where's the missing link?"

"I know there is a difference between adaption and evolution," Kingston said.

Video embedded below.

[Daily Kos via Gawker]

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Topics: Bill Maher, Evolution, Jack Kingston

Bush Tax Cuts

GOP Presses Pelosi For Extension Of Even More Bush Tax Cuts

Brian Beutler | September 22, 2010, 9:41AM

It's no secret that Republicans are pressing for a full extension of President Bush's 2001 tax cuts -- including income tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans. But they are now also including a push for a different set of Bush tax cuts -- passed in 2003 -- on capital gains and dividends.

The office of Rep. Jack Kingston (R-GA) is seeking signatures on a letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi -- obtained by TPM -- asking for a full extension of both sets of tax cuts.

"We are writing to request the House consider legislation providing an up-or-down vote to extend the expiring provisions in The Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 (P.L.#107-16) and The Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003 (P.L.#108-27)," the letter reads.

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Topics: Bush Tax Cuts, Jack Kingston, John Adler, Nancy Pelosi, Tax Cuts

GOP Shadow Budget

Rep. Kingston: Let's Take Social Security 'Off Budget'

Rachel Slajda | February 11, 2010, 1:28PM

TPMDC has been busy tracking down which Congressmen support Rep. Paul Ryan's (R-WI) budget proposal, which would privatize Social Security for the younger generations.

Add Rep. Jack Kingston (R-GA) to the "yes" column. As Think Progress points out, Kingston appeared on Fox Business this week and called for moving from Social Security to "personalized accounts" and replacing Medicare with vouchers.

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Topics: GOP Shadow Budget, Jack Kingston, Paul Ryan, Social Security