AP - President Barack Obama is thanking lawmakers — and Republicans especially — for their help sending him a jobs bill. -- read full article
Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:48:10 GMT - Yahoo! News: Politics - Republican Party
Time.com - Rand Paul has taken a lead in the Kentucky GOP primary race to succeed Senator Jim Bunning, but he's done it by attacking Republicans as often as Democrats -- read full article
Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:10:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Politics - Republican Party
AP - With time and tempers short, everyone's playing hardball in the drive to pass — or stop — President Barack Obama's massive health care legislation by the weekend.
AP - The Senate on Tuesday easily killed a move by conservative Republicans to temporarily ban senators from earmarking spending bills with back-home projects like roads, water projects and grants to local governments. -- read full article
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 23:42:15 GMT - Yahoo! News: Politics - Republican Party
McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — The Senate on Tuesday overwhelmingly defeated a bid to freeze spending earmarks for a year. -- read full article
Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:43:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Politics - Republican Party
CQPolitics.com - If Blue Dog Democrats represent the type of districts Republicans must win to get closer to the majority in 2010, then New Democrats personify the seats the GOP needs to win to actually regain the majority. -- read full article
Wed, 17 Mar 2010 04:04:15 GMT - Yahoo! News: Politics - Republican Party
AP - Democrats defended plans to push massive health care legislation through the House without a direct vote and Republicans assailed the strategy Tuesday, as both parties fenced ferociously over the health overhaul end game.
CQPolitics.com - A leading Republican senator on Tuesday asked Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki to explain why so many veterans' benefit claims are wrongly denied, resulting in a high rate of reversal on appeal. -- read full article
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:53:18 GMT - Yahoo! News: Politics - Republican Party
AP - A bipartisan bill that would provide tax cuts for businesses that hire unemployed workers cleared a GOP filibuster in the Senate Monday, opening the way for final congressional approval. -- read full article
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 22:23:40 GMT - Yahoo! News: Politics - Republican Party
Rasmussen Reports - Both Republican and Tea Party candidates have gained a little ground in a potential three-way congressional contest, but Democrats remain on top. -- read full article
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:50:04 GMT - Yahoo! News: Politics - Republican Party
Time.com - Virginia's Fifth Congressional District seems ripe for a Republican victory -- unless the conservative passion of the Tea Party movement trumps political pragmatism
Time.com - Virginia's Fifth Congressional District seems ripe for a Republican victory -- unless the conservative passion of the Tea Party movement trumps political pragmatism -- read full article
Sun, 14 Mar 2010 23:05:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Politics - Republican Party
CQPolitics.com - The reverberations on K Street are still being felt nearly a year after Sen. Arlen Specter (D-Pa.) switched political parties, with Specter loyalists maintaining their support while some big business interests and longtime Republican donors are distancing themselves. -- read full article
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:04:23 GMT - Yahoo! News: Politics - Republican Party
