Dec 23, 2010 – With the new Republican power in Washington, it is doubly important to keep a close eye on the doings of GOP senators … Johnny Isakson of Georgia, who also voted for START, sits alongside him on the Republican minority on the committee. … In a previous column, we called attention to the defections of Republican Sens.…

Dec 21, 2010 – Bush years the national economy was booming, but so was federal spending. … Finally, the Republican Study Committee in the House also has a plan that would balance the budget.…

Dec 20, 2010 – Next month the Republican National Committee will elect a chairman to lead their party into the 2012 presidential election. … new love affair between voters and the Republican Party. … Similarly, although Florida elected an Hispanic Republican Senator, and New Mexico and Nevada Hispanic Republican governors, Hispanic…

Dec 20, 2010 – Grassroots conservatives across the country gleefully regarded her campaign as reflective of the national mood and expected it to represent … On the other was a small handful of professional Republican operatives who were hired to help run the general election effort. … A GOP strategist close to the National Republican Senatorial Committee and a number of prominent 2010 candidates, concurred with Steinhauser…

Dec 17, 2010 – to reclaim his old job in January: After careful deliberation, I have concluded that I will not seek the chairmanship of the Republican … National Committee. … Senate, retain Republican control of the U.S. House, and conduct a successful decennial redistricting.…

Dec 17, 2010 – If no action is taken, the Republican Party will soon be unable, even in wave elections, to win the presidency, as it won nothing and … Though the nation has awakened to the threat to social cohesion and national solvency, Harry Reid is still attempting to ram through … According to Alabama's Jeff Sessions, ranking Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee:"Aliens granted amnesty by the DREAM Act…

Jan 5, 2011 – In 2003, Republicans on the Senate Banking Committee wrote a bill to tighten the lending regulation of Fannie and Freddie. … Every single Democrat on the committee voted against it. … He accused Republican opponents of his suicidal bill of being against affordable housing.…

Jan 5, 2011 – Cantor’s comments represented a departure from previous Republican claims that their efforts to return the federal budget to fiscal … He did emphasize that the Republican majority, “as you would expect, is going to be a majority focused on national security as far … on what are the things that are a priority to ensure our national security,” Cantor said.…

Jan 4, 2011 – Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele defended his track record and fended off attacks from four challengers vying … for his position in a debate held at the National Press Club on Monday afternoon. … Members of the Republicans National Committee are expected to elect the next chairman by January 14th.…

Jan 3, 2011 – Two pieces of unwelcome news have emerged just hours before the six candidates take the stage at the National Press Club, and each … Steele's Budget Committee. … It seems committee members are taking notice, which brings us to blow #2:Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele faces…

Dec 31, 2010 – WASHINGTON -- The new Republican-leaning Congress will get down to business in a few days to deal with the concerns of voters who were … "Republican-leaning" may be an insufficient term for the incoming Congress. … The incoming Republican-leaning Congress is already at work on these and other issues.…

Dec 28, 2010 – census figures showed that close to a dozen seats will be shifting mostly from the heavily Democratic Northern states to the more Republican-leaning … so, the population shifts open up a number of opportunities to add some new "safe" seats to the GOP's forces, and a number of Republican … Jean Lemire Dahlman, the state's Democratic national committee chair, says, "He's alienated his base in the progressive Democratic…

Aug 8, 2011 – consumed by the debt ceiling and credit downgrade, Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Cali) of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee … Ever-vigilant, Representative Issa has subpoenaed the National Labor Relations Board over their ridiculous farce of a lawsuit against … Last week, the Democrats on the House Oversight Committee acknowledged that Rep.…

Aug 7, 2011 – million of funding from a pork-rich rural-airport subsidy program.The news conference was meant to prompt the media to blame Republican … much of an appetite for more "savings" when Congress reconvenes.The irony here is that House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee … (After President Barack Obama named two former union officials to the three-member National Mediation Board, the labor panel changed…

Aug 5, 2011 – Right to Life Committee (NRLC) considers a potential loophole. … Passage of some of the new laws was based not just on the size of a Republican majority, however, she said. … The override required Republican and Democratic votes.…

Aug 5, 2011 – nonexistent job creation, and an economy that all but stopped breathing in the first half of this year now constitute a full-blown national … John Cornyn of Texas, who chairs the National Republican Senatorial Committee, said that "instead of new jobs and renewed economic…

Aug 5, 2011 – The Republican Party is a stool that stands on three legs: social conservatives, economic conservatives and foreign policy conservatives … Some in Washington are saying the super-committee was set up to fail. Sen. … Mitch McConnell has already said no Republican open to higher taxes will be named to the GOP's six-member slate.…

Aug 5, 2011 – We don't know for sure that they lost the tax issue, because if the economy keeps going south, the bipartisan super-committee could … It's not likely they'd pass, given the Republican majority in the House, but possible. … those defense cuts are triggered upon a committee deadlock.…

Aug 1, 2011 – Some worry this committee could fast-track tax increases.  … I think these concerns are exaggerated for three reasons: (1) At least one of the six Republican members would have to sign off on …   (3) There's an in-the-weeds budget baseline explanation for why the committee would probably leave taxes alone. …

Aug 1, 2011 – One thing is clear, unfortunately: The national security of the United States is going to suffer greatly. … Put simply, these initiatives will treat national and homeland security as a bill-payer for deficit reduction. … For example, last week the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, Rep.…

Aug 1, 2011 – In addition to the $1 trillion, the framework sets up a “special” congressional committee that would seek $1.4 trillion in “deficit … Republican presidential frontrunner Mitt Romney has announced he "cannot support" the product of negotiations about which he's been … On the other hand, “I appreciate the extraordinarily difficult situation President Obama’s lack of leadership has placed Republican…

Aug 1, 2011 – Representative John Mica (R-FL), chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, has criticized the federal Department … The National Surface Transportation Infrastructure Financing Commission claims that the states have a long-term national shortfall … The most realistic solution lies in either electing a Republican president and Senate, or undergoing another “Big Dig” on a national…

Aug 14, 2011 – Committee (DNC) asserted on Sunday. … -- the Republican recession that he inherited. … If anyone is in trouble, it's the Republican Party," she said.…

Aug 14, 2011 – Pete Sessions, the Texas congressman charged with retaining today’s Republican majority, says he will not repeat that mistake. … As chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee, Sessions plans to hold the seats that Republicans won in 2010 and to … The next election could produce a Democrat House, a Republican Senate and, possibly, a second Obama term, according to Purdue University…

Aug 12, 2011 – New Roman"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; } Aside from every imaginable form of deep-fried food product on a stick, Republican … Ever since her elevation to her new perch atop the Democratic National Committee, DWS has generated a great deal of attention for her … GOP of seeking to "literally drag" the country back to the Jim Crow era, to labeling the Tea Party "tyrants," to conjuring a Republican…