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Senate Republicans issued a blunt warning to their Democratic colleagues today: Don’t even think about using reconciliation to ram through a health care bill. Minority Leader Mitch McConnell told reporters that Democrats suffer a severe backlash if they...
Tags: Mitch McConnell, Barack Obama, health care, Congress, Senate Republican, leaders mitch, minority leaders, John Boehner, Washington
Republicans in the Iowa House on Tuesday elected Rep. Matt Windschitl, R-Missouri Valley, and Rep. Dave Deyoe, R-Nevada, to serve as assistant minority leaders...Windschitl is a gunsmith and works for the Union Pacific Railroad. Deyoe is a farmer. "They...
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Pelosi addressed the chamber for two minutes after Republican Leader John Boehner (Ohio) spent over an hour in the chamber in a filibuster-like speech designed to delay the vote. Democrats had objected to Boehner's lengthy speech but House tradition...
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State Senate Minority Leader Josh Penry ripped Democratic spending Wednesday but also let loose on fellow Republicans in a speech that signals what may come on the campaign trail. The Grand Junction Republican spoke to the Lincoln Club of Colorado at...
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Speaker Karen Bass and minority leader Michael Villines acknowledge that the raises for 136 were ill-advised, given the state's budget crisis. April 23, 2009 "I absolutely don't want the people who oppose public education to use this as some sort of...
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Democrats launched a Web site Wednesday that mocks GOP leaders for apologizing to radio host Rush Limbaugh for criticizing or publicly disagreeing with him. This entry was posted on Wednesday, March 4th, 2009 at 6:30 pm and is filed under Politics .
Tags: Rush Limbaugh, Barack Obama, Obama for America, White House press, GOP, John Boehner, Republican Party, minority leaders, stock market
Democrats eager to drive a multimillion-dollar road-funding bill through the state Senate today can expect a jarring ride from conservative lawmakers, Senate Minority Leader Josh Penry, R-Grand Junction, pledged ahead of the vote. Penry said Democratic...
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During a visit to the capital's Dhakeshwari Temple in the afternoon, Moriarty reiterated USA's commitment to religious freedom that has been enshrined in the Bangladesh constitution. He also held a meeting with the leaders of Hindu community and applauded...
Minority leader Franklin Sands of Weston said Monday that legislators will be working under a pall until Sansom answers questions about his new job at a college in the Panhandle. Sansom took a $110,000 job with Northwest Florida State College on the same...
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., says he's torn over how to handle rebellious former Democratic Sen. Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn. On one hand, Lieberman stumped on national television for Republican U.S. presidential nominee John McCain, R-Ariz.,...
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