Posts Tagged ‘purge’

The Coming GOP Purge

The Cloakroom: 5 Republicans who should be scared of Karl Rove. Taegan Goddard’s Political Wire Tweet This Post

House committee purge may continue as Boehner tightens grip

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner's purge of some dissident Republican congressmen from key committees may continue as he seeks to tighten control over his unruly caucus ahead of difficult votes on "fiscal cliff" issues. House Republican lawmakers said on Wednesday that in addition to the four conservatives who were stripped [...]

The Romney Purge Begins

Ben Smith: “There appears to be no Romney Republicanism to propagate. No Romney strategy to emulate. No Romney technology to ape. No generation shaped by his failed effort. And no Romney infrastructure to inherit, though he may still be asked to write and bundle quite a few checks…” Tweet This Post

Bogus voter purge letters showing up in Florida

Official-looking but bogus letters telling voters their citizenship is in question are turning up in Florida, which has led efforts to purge noncitizens from its voter registration rolls. Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet This Post

Judge blocks part of Texas effort to purge dead from voter roll

AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – A Texas judge on Thursday temporarily blocked part of a state effort to remove dead people from the voter rolls after the purge led to thousands of people receiving letters asking them to prove they are alive. The ruling by State District Judge Tim Sulak in Austin came after four Texas [...]

Judge temporarily blocks possible Iowa voter purge

(Reuters) – An Iowa judge issued a temporary injunction on Friday blocking the state’s plans to verify the citizenship status of voters before the November 6 election in the Midwestern swing state. The injunction was a setback for Iowa’s Republican Governor Terry Branstad, whose government had hoped to check on the citizenship of more than [...]