Oct 9, 2009 – Palin for the GOP's Soul:The top and bottom of last year's Republican ticket represent the recent failed past and future potential … John McCain is, as Politico noted last week, "working behind-the-scenes to reshape the Republican Party in his own center-right image … Bush's National Security Council.…

Oct 9, 2009 – At the Democratic National Convention in Denver last summer, then-Sen. … Buck McKeon, R-Santa Clarita (Los Angeles County), and the ranking Republican on the House Armed Services Committee, observed in a…

Oct 9, 2009 – Therefore, it was with a heavy heart yesterday that I joined 130 of my House Republican colleagues in breaking that personal tradition … and opposed the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010.   … A defense authorization bill ought to be about the national defense.   Let us remember why they put on the uniform.…

Oct 9, 2009 – The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) is urging folks to sign a petition to "fire Nancy Pelosi." ...…

Oct 9, 2009 – "A big part of our political attitude has been to address just about every Republican in the state...local Republican groups, different … The popular fomer governor has criticized the National Republican Campaign Committee for taking a stance in Florida's primary business…

Oct 9, 2009 – But let's stay focused on the present, because Republican opposition isn't about paybacks or getting even. … House leaders are also threatening a national value-added tax. … Senate Finance Committee votes, with nary a protest from Mr.…

Oct 25, 2009 – Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele has taken the same tack.…

Oct 23, 2009 – The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC), the Republicans' House campaign arm, has come out with some interesting language … commenting on Conservative candidate Doug Hoffman and the NY-23 race:Via National Journal:That financial picture has contributed to … a hard-charging Hoffman, with the Republican nominee flagging. …

Oct 23, 2009 – it as a key litmus test for a Republican Party on the rebound. … The National Republican Campaign Committee (NRCC) and the Republican National Committee have given cash to Scozzafava and both organizations … "I would say to every Republican: you have a chance to elect somebody who has signed the no tax pledge; she's endorsed by the National…

Oct 22, 2009 – It's my honor to endorse Doug and to do what I can to help him win, including having my political action committee, SarahPAC, donate … Doug Hoffman stands for the principles that all Republicans should share: smaller government, lower taxes, strong national defense, … between the Democrat and the Republican in this race.…

Oct 22, 2009 – Here's an excerpt: Doug Hoffman didn’t have a chance to make his case to Republican voters in a primary in New York’s 23rd Congressional … The Republican grass roots never had a chance to choose among qualified candidates. … And the National Republican Congressional Committee compounded this error by jumping into the contest with both left feet.…

Oct 21, 2009 – When the Senate Finance Committee was debating its version of health care reform legislation this month, Republican Sen. … Hatch's amendment, he ruled, involved an issue under the jurisdiction of the Judiciary Committee. … The Finance Committee must not touch it.…

Oct 20, 2009 – is at it again.According to the House Ways and Means Committee, "the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) initiated an … Congressman Dave Camp, ranking Republican member of the Committee has taken CMS to task for this gag order. … In fact, the Committee notes, "AARP, which boasts the largest MA plan, for example, has directly communicated with its members via…

Nov 6, 2009 – After all, Maine is one of the country's most liberal, least religious states, and hasn't voted for a Republican for president in more … and an executive committee member of Stand for Marriage Maine, told BP. … Brown said it is difficult to overstate the significance of Question 1's passage to the national debate.…

Nov 6, 2009 – The House Rules Committee is expected to agree to a rule Friday that would prevent consideration of a pro-life amendment championed … Instead, the committee may include a so-called pro-life compromise amendment from Rep. Brad Ellsworth, D. … Douglas Johnson, legislative director of the National Right to Life Committee, called Ellsworth's language "a political fig leaf made…

Nov 5, 2009 – Maine Republican Senator Olympia Snowe, following her Senate Finance Committee vote with Democrats on ObamaCare: "When history calls … London's Sunday Times: "The National Health Service has spent (about $2.5 million) paying for hundreds of its staff to have private … We're going to pass a health care plan written by a committee whose head says he doesn't understand it, passed by a Congress that hasn't…

Nov 4, 2009 – Bill Hennessey over at BigGovernment reports that a small band of conservative House Republicans met Tuesday to form a steering committee … brass swooped in to “help” organizers by providing speaker lists and talking points, a band of conservatives formed a steering committee … Republican Congressional Committee was pumping hundreds of thousands of dollars to boost Scozzafava.…

Nov 4, 2009 – "It's rather telling," Jarrett sniffed, "when the Republican Party forces out a moderate Republican, and it says, I think, a great … deal about where the Republican Party leadership is right now." … The Republican National Committee and National Republican Congressional Committee threw upward of $900,000 down the toilet for a candidate…

Nov 3, 2009 – Telehealth Advisory Committee (Section 1191 (b), p. 589) 18. … Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee (Section 2562, p. 1494) 82. … National Women’s Health Information Center (Section 2588, p. 1611) 88.…

Oct 29, 2009 – This split also resulted in the severe fracturing within the larger GOP, with the National Republican Campaign Committee shoveling … “When you dissect the [Republican] politics, it has a progressive look to it,” said Ruddy. … “For the Republican candidate to be threatened at all is just extraordinary.…

Oct 28, 2009 – Liberals in the media found even better news to declare: a new low for the Republican Party, since only 20 percent of those surveyed … And the Republican Party got whomped, thumped, among those new emerging constituencies, among young voters." … Republican minority.…

Nov 13, 2009 – result was that voters were spooked by the attempted federalization of health care and expressed their displeasure by voting Republican … Bloomberg poll found that fully 62 percent would be willing to risk lengthening the recession rather than to further increase the national … Dan Rostenkowski, chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, had to literally flee an angry crowd of unhappy constituents wielding placards…

Nov 12, 2009 – It was April of 2008, at the meeting of the Republican National Committee in Albuquerque. … It would've been a massive PR blunder for the national Republican convention, and Lowden was the one responsible for preventing it … I wasn’t on that committee who chose the delegates.…

Nov 11, 2009 – Joe Barton of Texas, ranking Republican on the Energy and Commerce Committee, set out a startling scenario in floor debate Saturday … The bill that passed the House sets up a national "health insurance exchange" run by the government.…

Nov 10, 2009 – Bart Stupak (Mich.) and Republican Rep. Joe Pitts (Pa.). … Right to Life Committee, said in a statement. … In reality, the White House and top Democratic congressional leaders have been working hard to create a national federal government…