Republicans
Prospect for auto bailout dims
(Reuters)
20 Nov 2008 at 6:07am
Reuters - Chances dimmed that a last-minute plan being crafted by Republican senators, with White House support, to provide $25 billion to bail out U.S. automakers would receive enough backing from Democrats to pass before the end of this week.
Pa. Senate GOP has bragging rights in Northeast
(AP)
20 Nov 2008 at 4:55am
AP - Republicans have controlled the Pennsylvania Senate for most of the last three decades, and now they have new bragging rights: The Senate is the last state legislative chamber in the Northeast in GOP hands.
Senate Blocks Proposals To Aid U.S. Auto Industry
(CQPolitics.com)
19 Nov 2008 at 6:16pm
CQPolitics.com - Senate Republicans on Wednesday blocked Democratic efforts to tap the $700 billion financial bailout package to provide emergency aid to the U.S. auto industry, and Democrats refused to permit a GOP compromise to advance.
Boehner re-elected House GOP leader
(AP)
19 Nov 2008 at 5:44pm
AP - House Republicans on Wednesday re-elected John Boehner as leader of their depleted ranks while putting together a more conservative team to represent them in the next, Democratic-controlled, Congress.
Stevens Concedes Defeat in Alaska, but GOP Campaign Chief Hopeful About Georg…
19 Nov 2008 at 3:53pm
CQPolitics.com - The 2008 campaign chief for Senate Republicans said Wednesday that he is resigned to having lost Alaska but is optimistic about hanging on to Senate seats in Minnesota and Georgia.
Boehner re-elected House Republican leader
(Reuters)
19 Nov 2008 at 3:15pm
Reuters - Ohio Republican Rep. John Boehner survived a challenge on Wednesday to remain leader of his party’s shrinking minority in the U.S. House of Representatives, party aides said.
Ga. Democrat gets campaign help from Bill Clinton
(AP)
19 Nov 2008 at 6:28pm
AP - Former President Bill Clinton on Wednesday appealed to Georgians to send Democrat Jim Martin to Washington arguing the state’s hotly contested Senate runoff must provide a “bridge not a firewall” to the progress promised by President-elect Barack Obama.
Boehner Wins Second Term as House GOP Leader
(CQPolitics.com)
19 Nov 2008 at 1:07pm
CQPolitics.com - Minority Leader John A. Boehner, R-Ohio, won a second term Wednesday as the top House Republican by defeating Dan Lungren of California.
Could Iowa conservatives undermine GOP in 2012?
(AP)
19 Nov 2008 at 3:12am
AP - Possible Republican presidential candidates already are making Iowa a winter destination four years before the leadoff caucuses, but some wonder if the state Republican Party’s drift to the right could hurt its influence in choosing a nominee capable of winning back the White House.
McCain backer Lieberman keeps committee chair
(AP)
18 Nov 2008 at 3:23pm
AP - Sen. Joe Lieberman will keep his chairmanship of the Senate Homeland Security Committee despite hard feelings over his support for GOP nominee John McCain during the presidential campaign.
Cold realities await Gov. Sarah Palin in Alaska
(AP)
18 Nov 2008 at 2:19pm
AP - Gov. Sarah Palin, heralded by some conservatives as the future of the Republican Party, faces some cold political realities in present-day Alaska.
Dems give Lieberman wrist slap over backing McCain
(AP)
18 Nov 2008 at 6:26pm
AP - Taking their cue from President-elect Barack Obama, Democrats in the Senate decided not to take revenge on Joe Lieberman despite lingering anger over the Connecticut independent’s forceful support of John McCain over Obama in the presidential campaign.
PACs Put House Democrats on Top for First Time Since 1994
(CQPolitics.com)
18 Nov 2008 at 1:20pm
CQPolitics.com - Democratic candidates for the U.S. House raised more money in the 2007-08 election cycle than their Republican counterparts. It is the first time that has occurred since the 1993-94 cycle — the one in which an upsurge at the polls boosted the Republican Party to a House majority it would hold for a dozen years.
U.S. Automaker Executives Plead for Aid as Hopes Fade for Speedy Action
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18 Nov 2008 at 11:18am
CQPolitics.com - Executives of the Big Three domestic automakers pleaded with Congress Tuesday for emergency assistance, even as chances for action this week faded.
Stevens Is Spared Rebuke, but Loses Re-Election
(CQPolitics.com)
18 Nov 2008 at 10:07am
CQPolitics.com - The Senate’s longest-serving Republican, Ted Stevens of Alaska, escaped a rebuke from his colleagues Tuesday, but not, apparently, from the voters he has represented for 40 years.
Critic won’t try to expel Stevens from GOP group
(AP)
18 Nov 2008 at 11:25am
AP - Convicted Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens will remain a member of the GOP conference in the Senate pending the outcome of his re-election bid.
GOP Senators Uneasy With Ejecting Stevens from Caucus
(CQPolitics.com)
17 Nov 2008 at 5:32pm
CQPolitics.com - Unease among GOP lawmakers over the prospect of ejecting convicted felon Alaska Senator Ted Stevens from their caucus may forestall any action against him Tuesday.
Competing Democratic, GOP auto bailout plans
(AP)
17 Nov 2008 at 3:29pm
AP - Leading Republicans and Democrats say they agree: Detroit’s Big Three auto companies are in desperate straits and should get about $25 billion in government money to keep them from going under. But the two parties are deeply divided about where those funds should come from. Here are their dueling proposals:
Meeting of the Minds? Why Obama and McCain Need Each Other
(Time.com)
17 Nov 2008 at 2:40pm
Time.com - The Republican nominee wants to recultivate his reformist, maverick image, and the President-elect needs McCain’s help to get his agenda passed through Congress
Clinton as top US diplomat? OK by top GOP senator
(AP)
16 Nov 2008 at 11:26pm
AP - The Senate’s second-ranking Republican says it wouldn’t be a bad idea if President-elect Barack Obama named Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretary of state.
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