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President Barack Obama and the Website of “NO”

Posted by Nick Schaper on March 18th, 2009

Yesterday in his statement on the budget, President Obama once again called for bipartisan solutions to the problems our economy faces, saying:

The answers don’t have to be partisan, and I welcome and encourage proposals and improvements from both Democrats and Republicans in the coming days.

Responding to President’s call, yesterday Leader Boehner outlined the principles of the Republican budget in brief video:

With both the President’s and the Leader’s statements now featured on YouTube, what better way to offer the American people an opportunity to compare and contrast the two visions for the country than seeing them side by side? Unfortunately, when we attempted to post the Leader’s statement as a response on the White House YouTube channel, we received this message:

The promise of social media lies in its ability to connect people and start a conversation. While the Obama administration has received much praise for its use of the web, it’s becoming clear that they intend to have a very one-sided conversation: no YouTube responses, no comments on the White House “blog”, and no Twitter. Let us know what you think of the White House’s web-policy of “No” in the comments below, by replying to @GOPLeader on Twitter, or in a video response on our YouTube channel.

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Introducing the New GOP.gov

Posted by Nick on February 12th, 2009

Conference Vice Chairman Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) introduces the new and improved website of House Republicans:

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Earmark Reform Website

Posted by Nick on February 12th, 2008

House Republican Leaders today unveiled http://earmarkreform.house.gov:

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Podcast Update

Posted by GOP Leader Press Office on January 29th, 2008

Audio from today’s Republican Leadership stakeout can now be found on the House Republican Leader Podcast. If iTunes is installed on your computer, you can click here to subscribe.

For more information and past Republican Leader Podcast episodes, click here.

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Year in Review 2007

Posted by Nick on January 29th, 2008

Year in Review 2007. Produced by the House Republican Conference:

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Working for America

Posted by Nick on January 24th, 2008

Click to view a video presentation from the office of the Chief Deputy Whip Rep. Eric Cantor:

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Links for January 22, 2008

Posted by GOP Leader Press Office on January 22nd, 2008

Fed Cuts Key Interest Rate as Global Markets Drop for Second Day (Washington Post)
More Lawmakers Give Up Earmarks (AP)
Antiabortion cause stirs new generation (LA Times)
Google learning to play Washington lobbying game (Chicago Tribune)

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CMF Mouse Awards

Posted by Nick on January 12th, 2008

The Congressional Management Foundation (CMF) released their annual evaluation of member websites yesterday. According to CMF, the majority of House and Senate websites are still behind the technology curve. There were however, a number of bright spots in the report including a Gold Mouse for Republican Conference Chairman Adam Putnam’s GOP.gov.