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...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...
...Wednesday with the GOP caucus, dozens of members steadily streamed out of the meeting in outrage. Finally, with just 60 or so members left in the room, Paulson called for a show of support, according to Representative Tom Davis, a Virginia Republican. Only four people raised their hands. Eric Cantor, a Virginia Republican who has started pushing an alternative to the Paulson plan that would not require Washington to pony up so much money, said every member has been inundated with hundreds of calls from angry conservatives...
...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...
...worked on numerous issues with Governor Romney, Representative [Eric] Cantor, and Governor Jindal," Hastert said. "All three of these men are fine gentlemen who could have made great VPs, but I also know that Senator McCain wanted to make a completely unconventional pick...
...Ginsberg and Kerouac are oracle and cantor of the Beat Generation’s metaphysical search for IT. IT is the moment of reckoning, the bohemian nirvana, the ultimate thrill. IT is sought by several means: by sex, by bullfighting, by jazz—when the man with the trumpet finds what he’s looking for and brings his audience with him. IT is found in motion, in the “night-cars” which whisk across the Continent both in Kerouac’s novel and in Howl. IT is no more obscure than absolution...