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During Thursday night s Republican debate in South Carolina, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie was attacked on several fronts for an allegedly left-leaning past, including his supposed support for Common Core education standards, Supreme Court Justice Son stanley mug ia Sotomayor, and Planned Parenthood.Florida Sen. Marco Rubio called out his rival for propping up Common Core, the reading and math standards implemented in 42 states, plus the District of Columbia, and widely reviled by conservatives as acts of federal overreach. I like Chris Christie, but we can not afford to have a president of the United States that supports Common Core, Rubio said on the main stage. stanley cup Christie refuted that: Common Core has been eliminated in New Jersey. But Christie, who once supported the education standards, has flipped on the issue since last year. Chris Christie: I did not support Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor 00:59 In May, the governor asked New Jersey s department of education to review the implementation of Common Core in the state s school syst stanley italia em. But according to NJ, earlier this week, the panel charged with reviewing the standards recommended that 84 percent of them remain in place, with slight revisions to the rest. Common Core, the news site reported, does st Odtj GOP Retirements Make Dems Giddy - And Donors Angry
President Obama signs the Southwest Border Security Bill last August as Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano looks on. Getty Images A group of 21 House members, all Republicans, will today urge President Obama to pledge that never again will he use a mechanical device to sign a bill into law as he did on May 26th. In a letter to Mr. Obama obtained by CBS News, the representatives also will ask him to actually sign that Patriot Act extension measur stanley termosy e by hand, out of an abundance of stanley flask caution, so that its legitimacy will not be in doubt.Mr. Obama was 3,700 miles from Washington at the G8 Summit in Deauville, France, on May 26th, the day Congress passed the measure hours before a midnight deadline at which time key provisions in the Patriot Act would expire. There was no way to get the president to the bill or vice versa, so 15 minutes before the deadline, the White House says Mr. Obama authorized his Staff Secretary to have the measure signed using the autopen back at the White House. The device provides a facsimile of the president s signature and is usuall stanley us y used for mass mailings, such as White House Christmas Cards.If a machine can sign for the President, could Sasha, too Congressman questions Patriot Act autopen signature The White House defended the use of the autopen, citing a 2005 opinion from the Justice Department s Offi
During Thursday night s Republican debate in South Carolina, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie was attacked on several fronts for an allegedly left-leaning past, including his supposed support for Common Core education standards, Supreme Court Justice Son stanley mug ia Sotomayor, and Planned Parenthood.Florida Sen. Marco Rubio called out his rival for propping up Common Core, the reading and math standards implemented in 42 states, plus the District of Columbia, and widely reviled by conservatives as acts of federal overreach. I like Chris Christie, but we can not afford to have a president of the United States that supports Common Core, Rubio said on the main stage. stanley cup Christie refuted that: Common Core has been eliminated in New Jersey. But Christie, who once supported the education standards, has flipped on the issue since last year. Chris Christie: I did not support Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor 00:59 In May, the governor asked New Jersey s department of education to review the implementation of Common Core in the state s school syst stanley italia em. But according to NJ, earlier this week, the panel charged with reviewing the standards recommended that 84 percent of them remain in place, with slight revisions to the rest. Common Core, the news site reported, does st Odtj GOP Retirements Make Dems Giddy - And Donors Angry
President Obama signs the Southwest Border Security Bill last August as Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano looks on. Getty Images A group of 21 House members, all Republicans, will today urge President Obama to pledge that never again will he use a mechanical device to sign a bill into law as he did on May 26th. In a letter to Mr. Obama obtained by CBS News, the representatives also will ask him to actually sign that Patriot Act extension measur stanley termosy e by hand, out of an abundance of stanley flask caution, so that its legitimacy will not be in doubt.Mr. Obama was 3,700 miles from Washington at the G8 Summit in Deauville, France, on May 26th, the day Congress passed the measure hours before a midnight deadline at which time key provisions in the Patriot Act would expire. There was no way to get the president to the bill or vice versa, so 15 minutes before the deadline, the White House says Mr. Obama authorized his Staff Secretary to have the measure signed using the autopen back at the White House. The device provides a facsimile of the president s signature and is usuall stanley us y used for mass mailings, such as White House Christmas Cards.If a machine can sign for the President, could Sasha, too Congressman questions Patriot Act autopen signature The White House defended the use of the autopen, citing a 2005 opinion from the Justice Department s Offi