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Hiawatha lawmaker elected House GOP leader
Des Moines :: IA :: USA | about 1 year ago
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House Republicans on Monday elected Hiawatha lawyer Kraig Paulsen as minority leader, making a change after four straight election losses. Paulsen ousted Christopher Rants in a private meeting of House Republicans at the Statehouse. "I'm excited about...
Tags: House GOP, Iowa House, Christopher Rants, House Republican, Kraig Paulsen, Hiawatha
Richardson survives speaker challenge
Atlanta :: GA :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility Fiery Georgia House Speaker Glenn Richardson survived a challenge for his gavel on Monday as the chamber's Republican caucus voted to hand him two more years at the helm. State Rep. David Ralston had sought to unseat Richardson by suggesting it was time...
Tags: Glenn Richardson, House Republican, Fiery Georgia House, David Ralston, house speaker, speaker glenn, republican caucus
The Financial “Rescue” that Bankrupted America
Seattle :: WA :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility As the recession deepens, our jobs and savings are threatened, and our children and grandchildren will probably live in a country with lower living standards and fewer opportunities than what we have enjoyed. America may be reduced to the status of a...
Tags: John Boehner, House Republican, House GOP Leader’s Post, House Minority Leader
Carroll elected Colorado speaker of House
Denver :: CO :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility Colorado Democrats today elected Rep. Terrance Carroll of Denver as their speaker after a wild race for the top post in Colorado's House of Representatives. In addition, Senate Democrats re-elected Peter Groff of Denver as their Senate president. That...
Tags: Colorado House, House Republican, House of Representatives, Terrance Carroll, Senate Democrats
DeWeese keeps House seat
Philadelphia :: PA :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility William DeWeese survived a challenge from former Arena Football League player and owner Greg Hopkins to retain his seat in the state House's 50th District...He faced Mr. Hopkins, 36, a Republican, for the second time in two years. During the campaign,...
Tags: republican, democrat, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, House Republican, Bill DeWeese
Dems, GOP fight over voters in Legislature races
Seattle :: WA :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility With more than dozen open seats up for election and several vulnerable incumbents, Democrats and Republicans fought for a bigger share of the state Legislature in Tuesday's election. Democrats sought to add seats to their already dominating ranks in the...
Tags: democrat, republican, state, elect, House Republican, Sen. David Balmer
Reuters: Election blowout may cost House Republican leaders
Washington :: DC :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility That’s a question being asked amid Republican fears that they may lose as many as 30 seats. That would be on top of the 30 they dropped in the 2006 election that saw Democrats win control of the House, which they now hold, 235-199. If House Republicans...
Tags: republican, democrat, elect, House Republican
House Nears Second Vote On Financial Bailout
Washington :: DC :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility House edged closer toward a final vote Friday on the $700 billion financial rescue package it rejected on Monday. Congressional leaders were still counting votes, but expressed confidence that they would be able to muster the support they need to get...
Tags: U.S. House of Representatives, House Republican, Michigan House, US House, wall street, Congress, Barack Obama, billion financial, billion rescue, Joe Knollenberg
Lawmaker, back from district, now backs bailout
Washington :: DC :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility The television reporter walked into Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen's Capitol Hill office and said she wanted to interview her about the story dominating Washington, the bailout legislation. "Bailout is from when I was against the bill," the veteran Republican...
Tags: House of Representatives, House Republican, White House, U.S. Senate
Bailout bill slapped aside; record stock plunge
New York City :: NY :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility In the face of thousands of phone calls and e-mails fiercely opposing the measure, many lawmakers were not willing to take the political risk of voting for it just five weeks before the elections...The House Web site was overwhelmed as millions of people...
Tags: House Republican, House of Representatives, US Congress, George W. Bush, John McCain, wall street, Mr. McCain, Washington, Serrano
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