The Romney Administration

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Breaking News: Romney to hold a Press Conference announcing that the US will impose Sanctions on the Russian Government following their annexation of Crimea. NATO will also hold an emergency press conference on this issue:




Romney: As you may all know , yesterday the Russian Government in a flagrant violation of international law decided to annex Crimea in an act of aggression. In response to this the United States of America will impose sanctions on the Russian Government, and these sanctions will range from freezing US assets of unnamed Russian Nationals, and a ban on business transactions with Russian state Oil Companies.

News Reporter 1 : Are the Oil Companies being sanctioned the ones being directly controlled by the Russian Government or will more be sanctioned as well.

Romney: For now , only Oil Companies which are directly controlled by the Russian Government  such as Rosneft will be sanctioned but that does not mean they will remain the only ones to be sanctioned in the future

News Reporter 2: What is the purpose of the NATO emergency meeting

Romney: Purpose of it is so NATO as a whole takes actions against Russia, and not just individual countries in NATO

News Reporter 3:Will troops be sent to Eastern Europe to deter future Russian aggression

Romney: I am not at Liberty to answer that question in certainty yet

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Breaking News: US and NATO to send troops to Eastern Europe  to deter further Russian Aggression





Romney's Statement :

Romney: After careful consideration, the United States and our NATO allies have decided to send troops to Eastern Europe to deter further aggression from Vladimir Putin and the Russian Government. Now while we may be sending troops to Eastern Europe they will strictly be on a defensive mission, and I hope Mr.Putin comes to his senses and withdraws troops from Crimea and stops his government's aggressive foreign policy in Eastern Europe as it is in all of our interests not to have the Cold War be restarted.

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President Romney releases plan to reform the budgetary process:


Budgetary Process Reform Proposal:

- Bans all earmark and pork barrel spending

- Requires 2/3 of both houses of Congress to approve any budget which results in Federal Net Outlays surpassing 20%

- Gives the President a Modified Line Item Veto Power

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President Romney releases plan to reform the budgetary process:


Budgetary Process Reform Proposal:

- Bans all earmark and pork barrel spending

- Requires 2/3 of both houses of Congress to approve any budget which results in Federal Net Outlays surpassing 20%

- Gives the President a Modified Line Item Veto Power

See ya at the Supreme Court, Mitt

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White House releases Statement Clarifying Proposal :


White House Statement :


We do understand that some sections of the President's Proposal would currently not be constitutional, and that's is why the President has asked Congress to pass a constitutional amendment that allows those needed budgetary reforms to be implemented. For the sections of the President's Proposal that are currently constitutional, the President has asked Congress to pass those reforms in a regular bill.

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Congress Passes an Modified Line Item Veto and the President signs it


Differences from the 1996 Line Item Veto Act:

- Unlike the 1996 Line Item Veto act, if the President decides to use their line-item veto power the modified expenditure bill goes back to Congress for approval

- If Congress rejects the modified bill, the original bill goes back to the President where the President must either sign the bill or veto the entire bill.

-If Congress approves the modified bill, the modified bill becomes law

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Romney uses Line Item Veto to cut 20 billion dollars from the budget. Modified Budget will be heading back to Congress for approval.

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Breaking News: Congress approves of Modified Budget

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Education Secretary Michelle Rhee announces what the White House will want to be achieved in any education reform bill



- Increasing School Choice especially in areas with struggling public schools

- Increasing accountability in Public Schools by rewarding good teachers while making it easier to get rid of bad ones.

- Increasing amount of Engineering and Technology classes in High Schools

- Giving Students who finish in the Top 20% in their graduating class a full ride scholarship to any university in their state

- Requiring all public universities to be fully transparent about career prospects of each of their degree programs

- Increasing funding to trade schools while reducing funding to degree programs that dont have good career prospects

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Representative John Kline(Chairman of Education Committee) Introduces Education Reform Bill:

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Romney signs two more executive orders relating to trade



Executive Order 13640: Directing the state department, to begin trade negotiations with India

Executive Order 13641: Directing the state department, to research new ways to expand trade with South Korea and Vietnam

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Romney Signs Bill that turns his executive orders on regulatory reform into law



Romney: Thank You , Thank You. Today we will be reforming our regulatory system on a long-term basis to make them more efficient and make sure that we dont impose regulations that do more harm then good in the future . Some of the reforms we will be making is that from now on any proposed regulation must do a cost-benefit analysis from a third party group before it can get implemented, and any proposed regulation which is deemed to have a larger cost than a benefit will not bebe implemented. Also, we will require regulations to have a periodic analysis of them be done to make sure those regulations that have been implemented continue to have the benefits outweigh the costs. Now while these reforms have already begun to take place over the past year, these reforms would only last for the duration of my presidency and now thanks to this bill they will last long past the date I will be leaving office.


Romney Signs Bill

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Breaking News: Mosul falls to ISIS. President Romney calls for an emergency UN meeting to deal with the situtation





Wolf Blitzer: We have some breaking news , and that is ISIS has captured Mosul , a major city in Iraq. This makes the situation in Iraq and the Middle East Worse and due to this the President has called for an emergency meeting at the UN to deal with this situation and hopefully create a worldwide coalition to defeat this terrorist group . The President has also called for Congress to pass a resolution that authorizes him to use the full power of the US military to totally destroy ISIS.

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Breaking News: UN and Congress approves of military action which doesnt involve ground troops to be used in the fight against ISIS .

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Breaking News: Iraqi Prime Minister Malaki to step down as Prime Minister



Anderson Cooper: After facing lots of pressure from the United States and the International Community to step down and allow Iraq to have fresh new leadership, Malaki has agreed to step down as Prime Minister as now not only did he face international pressure to do so , it was becoming more and more likely the Iraqi parliament would vote to elect a new prime minister .

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House Passes a Higher Education Reform Bill


Summary of Bill:

 Giving Students who finish in the Top 20% in their graduating class a full ride scholarship to any university in their state

- Requiring all public universities to be fully transparent about career prospects of each of their degree programs

- Waiving requirements to take certain classes in obtaining the degree if someone gained equivalent knowledge through internships or jobs

- Increasing funding to trade schools while reducing funding to degree programs that dont have good career prospects

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Senate also passes a Higher Education Reform Bill and House Agrees to pass Senate version of Bill


Summary of the Affordable Higher Education Act of 2014:

- Giving Students who finish in the Top 20% in their graduating class a choice between receiving a  full ride scholarship to any university in their state, or a Scholarship which covers half the student's total costs to attend a college which is outside their own state.

- Increases Tuition Deduction Tax Deduction to $7,500 a year

- Requiring all public universities to be fully transparent about career prospects of each of their degree programs

- Waiving requirements to take certain classes in obtaining the degree if someone gained equivalent knowledge through internships or jobs

- Increasing funding to trade schools while reducing funding to degree programs that don't have good career prospects

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Romney signs the Affordable Higher Education Act

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Romney's Approval and other polls:


Romney's Approval Rating:

Approve: 64%(+2%)
Disapprove: 31%(-2%)
No Opinion: 5%

House Generic Ballot:

Republicans: 54%(+1%)
Democrats: 42%

Do you Approve of the Education Bill that passed

Approve: 63%
Disapprove: 36%

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2014 Midterms: Potential Senate Pickups





John King: When we began this election cycle, we believed that 10 Senate Seats currently held by the Democrats and 4 seats held by the Republicans had potential to flip. Now after all the primaries and with less than 3 months to go till the election we believe that Kentucky and Kansas is no longer a vulnerable Republican seat and Iowa , Colorado and West Virginia. The reason West Virginia isnt no longer a tossup is due to Jay Rockefeller deciding to run for another term and most prominent Republicans in the state deciding not to run due to that. This leaves us with 9 potentially vulnerable Senate seats up this year and these are what we think about those races.


Alaska: Mark Begich (D) vs Dan Sullivan (R) - Tossup

Arkansas : Mark Pryor(D) vs Tom Cotton (R) - Lean Republican Pickup

Georgia : David Perdue(R) vs Michelle Nunn(D) - Tossup

Louisiana : Mary Landrieu(D) vs Bill Cassady(R) vs Rob Maness(R) - Lean Democratic Hold

Montana: Brian Schweitzer(D) vs Steve Daines(R) - Lean Democratic Hold

New Hampshire: Jeanne Shaheen(D) vs Chris Sannu(R) - Tossup

North Carolina: Kay Hagen(D) vs Thom Thills(R) - Tossup

Ohio Special  : Mary Taylor(R) vs P.G Sittenfeld(D) - Lean Republican Hold
 
South Dakota : Mike Rounds(R) vs  Rick Weiland(D) - Likely Republican Pickup


So Republicans can get to 60 senators by flipping in just one of these remaining tossups in states which have a democratic senator and hold Georgia , but even if they lose Georgia they can get to 60 Senate seats by flipping just two.


If your a democrat you sure wish the Senate seats up were the ones coming up in 2016 and not the ones in 2014 because that map is much easier for the Democrats to do well in then this one.

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2014 Midterms : Potential Gubernatorial Pickups



John King: Ok now lets move from the houses races to our Gubernatorial Battleground map . These are the races we believe are vulnerable to flipping

Alaska : Sean Parnell(R) vs Bill Walker(I) - Lean Independent Pickup

Arkansas: Mike Ross(D) vs Asa Hutchison(R) - Lean Republican Pickup

Colorado: John Hickenlooper(D) vs Bob Beauprez- Lean Democratic Hold

Connecticut: Dan Malloy(D) vs Tom Foley(R)- Tossup

Florida: Rick Scott(R) vs Bill Nelson(D) - Tossup

Georgia: Nathen Deal(R) vs Jason Carter(D)- Lean Republican Hold

Illinois : Pat Quinn(D) vs Bruce Rauner(R) - Tossup

Kansas: Sam Brownback(R) vs Paul Davis(D) - Tossup

Massachuttes: Martha Coakley(D) vs Charlie Baker(R) - Tossup

Michigan: Rick Synder(R) vs Gretchen Whitmer(D)- Tossup

New Hampshire: Maggie Hassan(D) vs Walt Havenstein(R)- Lean Republican Gain

Pennsylvania: Tom Corbett(R) vs Tom Wolf(D)- Likely Democratic Gain

Rhode Island: Gina Raimondo(D) vs Allan Fung(D)- Lean Democratic Hold

Wisconsin: Scott Walker(R) vs Tammy Baldwin(D) - Lean Republican Hold



Now Im sure everyone will be asking what about New York what about New York. Well our Polls show Governor Andrew Cuomo leading Donald Trump by 14 or more points in every poll

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Just to remind that in Louisiana's case there is a jungle primary in November 2014 and then a runoff in next month if no one gets at least 50 %. So now there should be more than 2 candidates.

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You have the party affiliation of candidates in Montana backwards.

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You have the party affiliation of candidates in Montana backwards.

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Romney Responds to Ferguson unrest



Romney: Nearly two weeks ago Michael Brown was tragically killed in an unfortunate encounter with the police , and my prayers are with his family. Currently, the state of Missouri is investigating the incident to see whether or not the actions what led to Mr.Brown death is warranted of being dealt with criminally or not. As we also know over the last two weeks their has been major unrest in the city of Furguson and I just want to tell the people that rioting or protesting violently will help the situation and only make your community a less safe place to be for your kids and everyone else who is living in that community. I hope everyone who wants to protest does so , but does so peacefully as while you have all the right in the world to protest you dont have a right to put someone else safety at risk while doing so .