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“I can make a firm pledge. Under my plan, no family making less than $250,000 a year will see any form of tax increase. Not your income tax, not your payroll tax, not your capital gains taxes, not any of your taxes.”

– Barack Obama

The newly-released budget deal between Democratic Sen. Patty Murray and Republican Rep. Paul Ryan will hike the aviation security fee paid by air travelers by 124 percent, if passed.  Murray and Ryan settled on an agreement that would hit air travelers with a fee of $5.60 per one-way flight — or $11.20 for a round-trip excursion.

Ryan-Murray budget deal hikes air travel security tax 124 percent | The Daily Caller

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In the 12 months since the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., almost every state has enacted at least one new gun law. Nearly two-thirds of the new laws ease restrictions and expand the rights of gun owners.

State Gun Laws Enacted in the Year Since Newtown – Interactive Graphic – NYTimes.com

House Speaker John Boehner went off on outside conservative groups Wednesday morning for pushing against the new budget deal.

“They’re using our members and they’re using the American people for their own goals,” he said. “This is ridiculous.”  Several key conservative groups are against the sequester relief within the new budget deal.

John Boehner: Conservative Groups’ Reaction to Budget Deal Is ‘Ridiculous’ – NationalJournal.com

Like the NRA, the Tea Party has a strange, magical hold over the voters who put Republicans in control of the House.

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37 percent give him high marks for being honest and straightforward

NBC/WSJ poll: Obama ends year on low note – First Read

Progressives believe that the NRA holds some sort of magical and evil power, which forces citizens to purchase 300 million legal firearms and vote in support of the Bill of Rights.

In the 1984 movie “Red Dawn” – communists invaded Colorado, and the first thing they did was disarm the citizenry. Then a gang of patriots “the Wolverines” fought back against the communists – and ran them out.

State Sen. Evie Hudak resigned her seat Wednesday, ending a recall effort being waged against her days before gun-rights activists were to turn in petitions to try to oust the Democrat from office.

Evie Hudak resigns: Colorado state senator avoids recall election – The Denver Post

Two Colorado Democrats who provided crucial support for a package of state gun laws were voted out of office on Tuesday in special elections

Colorado Lawmakers Ousted in Recall Vote Over Gun Law – NYTimes.com

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