Archive for the ‘Republicans’ Category
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Senate standing ovation as ‘Uncle Ted’ bids farewell (AFP)
AFP - Aides wept Thursday as Ted Stevens, the longest-serving Republican senator ever, bade an emotional farewell, haunted by a criminal conviction which cost him his seat of 40 years. -
Democrats demand Big 3 offer survival plan (Reuters)
Reuters - Democratic congressional leaders seeking to salvage a bailout of the Big Three automakers demanded car executives provide a business survival plan on Thursday in exchange for their support for up to $25 billion in loans. -
House GOP Backs Away from Earmark Moratorium (CQPolitics.com)
CQPolitics.com - For the second year in a row, the House GOP caucus rejected an effort to limit its members’ requests for special projects, or earmarks, in this case a short-term moratorium.
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Georgia race key in Senate power struggle (Reuters)
Reuters - A contest for a U.S. Senate seat from Georgia has become a last stand for the Republican Party to block Democrats from gaining a majority big enough to push their legislation through the chamber almost at will.
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Pa. Senate GOP has bragging rights in Northeast (AP)
AP - Republicans have controlled the Pennsylvania Senate for most of the last three decades, and now they have new bragging rights: The Senate is the last state legislative chamber in the Northeast in GOP hands. -
Conservative Muscle on Display in House GOP Votes on Earmarks (CQPolitics.com)
CQPolitics.com - Conservatives are expected to be a stronger force among the shrunken ranks of House Republicans in the 111th Congress, and Thursday could provide a preview of that dynamic.
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Senate Blocks Proposals To Aid U.S. Auto Industry (CQPolitics.com)
CQPolitics.com - Senate Republicans on Wednesday blocked Democratic efforts to tap the $700 billion financial bailout package to provide emergency aid to the U.S. auto industry, and Democrats refused to permit a GOP compromise to advance.
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Boehner re-elected House GOP leader (AP)
AP - House Republicans on Wednesday re-elected John Boehner as leader of their depleted ranks while putting together a more conservative team to represent them in the next, Democratic-controlled, Congress.
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Stevens Concedes Defeat in Alaska, but GOP Campaign Chief Hopeful About Georgia, Maine (CQPolitics.com)
CQPolitics.com - The 2008 campaign chief for Senate Republicans said Wednesday that he is resigned to having lost Alaska but is optimistic about hanging on to Senate seats in Minnesota and Georgia.
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Boehner re-elected House Republican leader (Reuters)
Reuters - Ohio Republican Rep. John Boehner survived a challenge on Wednesday to remain leader of his party’s shrinking minority in the U.S. House of Representatives, party aides said.