Word: cantor
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Representative Eric Cantor has a giant mounted photo propped like a canvas on a chair in the corner of his office in the Capitol. The image seems like an innocently iconic one - a shot of the National Mall from Congress - until a staffer explains that it's the view from the Virginia Republican's old office when the GOP controlled the House, and it's there to serve as a daily reminder of what he's working toward: regaining the majority...
...that that the $50 billion for the arts has been the most contentious of the $759 billion the bill will apportion out, but it sure seems that way. [SEE CORRECTION BELOW] The Boston Globe called the NEA support “a lightning rod” for criticism. Eric Cantor, a Republican from Virginia and the third-ranking GOP member of the house, has been (as one could expect) virulently opposed to the plan. His office released a statement condemning the plan, as it “uses taxpayer dollars on NEA programs instead of common-sense tax relief targeted...
...Cantor is right. The funding for the arts is not going to create as many jobs as if the money had been shifted, as Cantor desired, to road infrastructure. In the arts, a lot more money is going to be spent per individual, a lot more money is going to be spent on imported materials, and ultimately, the product born of this expense will be accessible to a few, rather than accessible to many, as the infrastructure would have been...
...group of 15 centrist Senate Democrats had demanded in exchange for their support. Even so, House Republicans complained bitterly about being left out of the process. "Some have said that we don't want to see anything done. Nothing could be further from the truth," said Representative Eric Cantor, the No. 2 House Republican. "I don't think you're going to find a Republican in the House who says he or she doesn't think we need to act on a stimulus now. We're just concerned that the actions being talked and discussed about in this conference committee...
...Instead, they are now actively pushing an alternative proposal floated by Congressman Eric Cantor of Virginia that would force Wall Street to pony up some cash at the outset. Rather than buying all those troubled mortgage assets from ailing banks and investment firms, Republicans say, the government should instead insure them, much as the Government National Mortgage Association does. This approach, they argue, would not cost as much, and would require Wall Street to pay the cost of its mistakes, through insurance premiums. "The main thing is to protect the taxpayer," said Georgia Republican Phil Gingrey. "We don't really...