Jun 14, 2009 – Last year, Democrats on the House Armed Services Committee, led by Strategic Forces subcommittee chairwoman Rep. … Yet with a $1.2 billion funding cut, they face trading national missile defense for more theater missile defense. … Supporting national defense is patriotic -- and should never be political.…

Jun 10, 2009 – Mike PenceDemocrats’ national energy tax wages economic war on America’s families, businesses and family farms and they deserve better.Today … House Republicans introduced the American Energy Act, an alternative to Speaker Pelosi’s National Energy Tax.  … group to develop Republican solutions to the energy challenges facing our nation. …

Jun 10, 2009 – their employees or that individuals must, under punishment of law, purchase health insurance on their own, and reliance upon a national … (GA-6), practiced orthopaedic surgery for over twenty years, and currently serves as the Chairman of the Republican Study Committee…

Jun 10, 2009 – A press release trumpeted: "It is long past time for the Congress to address the systemic Republican culture of corruption that has … "I am proud that some of the best minds in our Caucus will be leading the Democratic effort to clean up the corrupt Republican Congress … But Jefferson is a black Democrat who has been fiercely defended by both the Congressional Black Caucus and the National Association…

Jun 29, 2009 – This bill by House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Henry Waxman (D-Beverly Hills) and Representative Edward Markey (D-Mass.) … more damaging than the $787 billion stimulus, the proposed huge increases in federal spending and corresponding increases in the national … If that were true, why did Democrats on the Energy and Commerce Committee defeat Republican amendments to suspend Waxman-Markey if…

Jun 24, 2009 – Republican National Committee Chief of Staff Ken McKay sent a written request to ABC News, asking to participate, present opposing…

Jun 24, 2009 – These images were projected by the campaign to contrast (in the campaign's view) with the then-incumbent Republican president. … the president's proposed health policy changes, the CBO predicts that the administration's budget proposal would increase the national … debt by $9.3 trillion over 10 years -- almost twice the total national debt from George Washington to George W.…

Jun 23, 2009 – White House aide called him on June 10, Walpin thought the administration was calling him to enlist his support -- as a prominent Republican … In 2008, the Corporation for National and Community Service asked Walpin to check out St. … Darrell Issa of Vista (San Diego County), ranking Republican on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.…

Jun 21, 2009 – Walpin was asked by the board of the Corporation for National and Community Service to investigate the charity, St. … Twelve hours after her chiding, Obama responded in a letter to the Senate committee that oversees AmeriCorps that Walpin was so “confused … Chuck Grassley of Iowa, ranking Republican on the Senate Finance Committee, was not amused and is demanding answers from the White…

Jun 20, 2009 – health -- as evidenced by his spotty chamber attendance and his quiet relinquishment of the chairmanship of the Appropriations Committee … The state's lone Republican member of Congress is Rep. Shelley Moore Capito of Charleston, a potential candidate. … “Byrd’s legacy is one of enormous state and national power,” Sabato said.…

Jul 9, 2009 – House Republican Leader John Boehner lamented that the cap and trade bill, the most significant legislation in a hundred years, was … Even if one does have the chance to testify at a committee hearing, it may be an unpleasant experience. … The Democrat chairman of the committee simply acted as though her peer had said nothing and continued with the hearing.…

Jul 8, 2009 – In March 2009, Senator Charles Grassley of Iowa (ranking Republican on the Finance Committee) noted that the American International … rest of us; during years of growth and prosperity they draw comparable hostility for their “disproportionate” or showy share of national … (The Department of Labor reported that the national average weekly income rose 2.5% from $598 in 2007 to $613 in 2008).…

Jul 2, 2009 – WASHINGTON -- Republican prospects in next year's Senate races are not good, with most analysts forecasting deeper GOP losses, … Chris Dodd of Connecticut is running behind in the polls as a result of the role the Banking Committee chairman played in the housing-bubble … John Cornyn of Texas, the National Republican Senatorial Committee's chairman who recruited Crist.…

Jul 2, 2009 – But if that makes Americans more dependent on foreign oil, our national security is weakened. … Republican on that panel, and has over 200 co-sponsors. … Instead, as former National Security Advisor Robert "Bud" McFarlane recently - and perhaps hopefully - wrote, it would be: "a doctrine…

Jul 19, 2009 – Add the seat left by Republican U.S. Rep. … members and party chairs to the long-time Republican Specter. … And he has a national profile – having served as a national security adviser in Clinton's administration – which will help him raise…

Jul 17, 2009 – During the Sotomayor committee hearings, Sen. … Four years ago, Specter, 79, was Chairman of the Judiciary Committee, leading the trials of Roberts and Alito. … Specter also attacked Republican criticism of empathy in the judicial process.…

Jul 16, 2009 – As chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, the job of Sen. … questions before the first Hispanic Supreme Court nominee, Sonia Sotomayor, were a bit more tempered than those posed by his Republican … Yesterday, Graham asked Sotomayor recite the controversial "wise Latina" remark in front of the Judiciary Committee and press.…

Jul 12, 2009 – The Gallup report concludes that, “for those seeking to understand why the Republican Party suffered such major election losses, they … On the opposite side, the Republican Party has been distracted by media fashioned internal fighting, (Conservative Radio Host Rush … Limbaugh, Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele, and former Speaker Newt Gingrich), made-for-TV soap-opera personal…

Jul 28, 2009 – Moreover, during the open hearings on the nomination the Republican members on the Judiciary Committee largely concentrated on the … Michael Steele is an earnest and well-meaning fellow who might be the worst Republican National Committee chairman since the 1930s. … Today, the Republican Party stands at a crossroads.…

Jul 24, 2009 – make the GOP's case for them that the health care bill is too extreme) or walk the plank, again, as they did on cap 'n tax.The National … Republican Congressional Committee should be licking its chops. …

Jul 24, 2009 – Don't underestimate that transformation," then-senator Barack Obama told the National Urban League two years ago. … Wade," according to the National Right to Life Committee. … Jeff Fortenberry, a Republican from Nebraska, subsequently pressed Clinton on her expressed "awe" of Sanger, Clinton compared the unapologetic…

Jul 23, 2009 – Signers included two committee chairmen. … Obama noted that Republican Sen. Jim DeMint and Weekly Standard Editor William Kristol want to "kill" the Democratic bills. … National Convention that if you subsidize something, you get more of it and that if you tax something, you get less of it.…

Jul 22, 2009 – The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) has released the names of 25 members of their Patriots Program. …

Jul 22, 2009 – No one questions that healthcare reform is an urgent, national priority -- as are efforts to contain the risks of climate change. … Committee running television ads against members of its party to pressure them into supporting Obama's plans. … And that's when the Republican lobbying machine will be running full throttle.…

Aug 7, 2009 – He resigned as chairman of the Republican National Committee after 10 months in 2007.UPDATE: Politico says that Martinez was rumored…