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February 4, 2009
The Democrats are using the crisis in the economy to steamroll their long-term agenda through Congress under the guise of a stimulus package. It is unconscionable for the majority party to do this at a time when we, the people, are at their mercy ("Stimulus package will touch nearly everyone," Feb. 1). Not a single Republican member of the House supported the stimulus bill, and for good reason. They know when they are being steamrolled. If Mr. Obama is truly committed to bipartisan politics and solving the economic crisis at hand, he needs to tell his fellow Democrats to back off. Dudley Thompson, Waynesboro The fact that the entire Republican delegation voted against the bailout bill in the House is clear evidence nothing has changed in Washington.
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By Matt Patterson | March 31, 2009
What happened to Michael S. Steele? Like many Republicans, I was heartened by the January election of the former Maryland lieutenant governor as chairman of the Republican National Committee. I had been impressed with his Senate run in 2006. Though falling short, 44 percent to 54 percent, to Democrat Benjamin L. Cardin (still a fine showing in deep-blue Maryland), Mr. Steele had garnered impressive margins among African-Americans and women, two constituencies stubbornly resistant to Republican candidates.
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By Peter Wallsten | August 15, 2007
WASHINGTON -- Not to be "ungenerous or self-centered," said White House counselor Ed Gillespie, but he thinks some people overestimate Karl Rove's importance. After all, Gillespie pointed out, in the 2004 presidential campaign he himself headed the Republican National Committee, the heart of the party's operations. And he only talked to Rove "from time to time" Another White House official, asked what it would mean to lose the legendary strategist, whose departure was announced Monday, recalled that Rove had started the staff's "ice cream Fridays."
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By Jennifer Skalka | October 4, 2007
Senate Republican leaders said yesterday that they would not vote for the governor's slots proposal during a special session of the General Assembly, potentially jeopardizing the critical cross-party partnership that has been necessary in the past to get a divisive gambling bill through the chamber. Sen. David Brinkley, the minority leader, chided Gov. Martin O'Malley for not releasing details of his proposal to legalize slot machine gambling in Maryland before his expected call for a special session.
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By Richard A. Serrano | January 29, 2007
Washington -- Mike Huckabee, a former conservative governor from the largely Democratic state of Arkansas, will launch his bid today for the 2008 Republican presidential nomination, opening an exploratory committee to raise money. Acknowledging that he will be a tough sell against better-known conservative candidates for the White House, Huckabee said yesterday that "America loves an underdog." He also pointed to his ability as a two-term governor to please liberals, noting that he raised taxes for education and poverty programs.
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By McClatchy-Tribune | March 19, 2007
WASHINGTON -- A top Democrat predicted yesterday that Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales would be forced from his job within a week for the Justice Department's mishandling of the firing of eight U.S. attorneys. Sen. Charles E. Schumer of New York also proposed a shortlist of three Republican replacements that he said could win Senate confirmation. "The White House has a real chance to clear the air, to restore faith that the rule of law will come first and politics second in the Justice Department, not the other way around," Schumer, who is leading the Senate's inquiry into the firings, said on NBC's Meet the Press.
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By Paul West | September 23, 2007
WASHINGTON-- --No matter who shows up at this week's Republican presidential debate in Baltimore, it's a good bet the biggest applause will go to the most conservative man onstage. He's Rep. Ron Paul, a perfect protest candidate for 2008. Trained as a physician, he's "Dr. Paul" to a small but growing base of fervent admirers - more than a few of whom could fairly be called zealots. Around the Capitol, the Texas congressman is "Dr. No," for his frequent, and often lonely, insistence on opposing any legislation that, in his view, exceeds the authority explicitly given to Congress by the framers of the Constitution.
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By Frank Luntz | July 22, 2007
All the big questions for 2008 are on the Democratic side: Can Hillary Rodham Clinton show her humanity? Does Barack Obama have enough experience? Will John Edwards find a cheaper barber? But there is one big question that has hardly been asked at all, mostly because it threatens to upset the narrative of the best election in decades: Do Republicans have any chance whatsoever of winning the White House in 2008? Given the extraordinary unpopularity of the Bush administration, isn't the Democratic candidate, whoever he or she ultimately is, going to be a shoo-in?
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By Karen Hosler | August 6, 1999
WASHINGTON -- The Republican-led Congress narrowly approved last night the first major tax cut in two decades, then went home to try to sell the sweeping $792 billion measure to their wary constituents before President Clinton can veto it.Acting within hours of each other, the House and Senate passed the bill with only a handful of votes to spare before leaving for a monthlong summer recess."
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By Karen Hosler | March 12, 1999
WASHINGTON -- Even as Republican members expressed misgivings, the House voted narrowly last night to back the use of U.S. troops in Kosovo to enforce any peace agreement.Ignoring Clinton administration fears about the impact that a debate or vote might have on peace talks, opponents mustered 191 votes against a nonbinding resolution to support the use of American peacekeepers.Although the resolution passed with 219 mostly Democratic votes in favor, the strong Republican opposition signaled GOP reservations about the mission amid complaints that the military already is stretched too thin.