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Eric Cantor Headlines

A list of the most recent stories about Eric Cantor.

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House revises abortion bill after rape controversy

House Republicans have modified a tough anti-abortion bill to include exceptions for rape and incest after the GOP sponsor of the legislation raised a firestorm by declaring that very few rapes result in pregnancies. The legislation, which challenges the 1973 Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision on a woman's right ...

Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., right, meets with, from left, Neil Heslin, father of victim Jesse Lewis, Francine Wheeler, mother of victim Ben Wheeler, and Nelba Mawquez-Greene, mother of victim Ana Marquez-Greene, as Sandy Hook, Conn. Elementary School, families and friends of victims on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 12, 2013. The group joined policymakers and advocates on Capitol Building for a day-long event to remember the 26 children and educators tragically murdered last December in Newtown, Conn.  (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Bloomberg pressures donors over gun control votes

Six months after the Newtown school shooting, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg is stepping up his gun control campaign by asking donors not to support Democratic senators who opposed a bill to expand background checks on gun buyers, while a mayors' group he co-founded is embarking on a national bus ...

GOP leader seeking answers regarding eavesdropping

The No. 2 Republican in the House says Congress is "perplexed" about government eavesdropping and wants more answers from the Obama administration. House Majority Leader Eric Cantor says Congress enacted legislation authorizing broader information-gathering powers in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks and it "was done in ...

Repeal?

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, who sets the floor schedule in the House, says the House will vote on the repeal the week of July 9. Senate Republicans may also look to repeal the full law through the budget reconciliation process. This is may be a mistake, and there are ...

Marginalizing the Tea Party .. Again

Just chronicling the latest efforts to marginalize the Tea Party. Remember that just last week, Schumer admitted that the liberal caucus has instructed him to always characterize the Tea Party as "extreme." Here are some of the latest examples .. Howard Fineman on MSNBC says that Eric Cantor has to ...

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