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WASHINGTON -- Republican Sen. James Jeffords of Vermont decided to abandon his party and become an independent, officials said Wednesday, a momentous switch that would end...
WASHINGTON -- Sen. James Jeffords' departure from the Republican Party raises questions about whether other moderates will try to strengthen their hand during negotiations...
The following editorial appeared in today's Washington Post: Sen. James Jeffords delivered a short but powerful farewell lecture to the Republican Party Thursday, which party leaders -- the president and Senate...
WASHINGTON -- Shedding light on his momentous decision to bolt the Republican Party, Sen. James Jeffords said he told President Bush that the administration's proposal for school spending would make Bush a "one-term president...
...seismic shift of power, Democrats will gain control of the Senate for the first time since 1994 after Vermont Sen. James Jeffords abandoned the Republican Party and declared himself an independent Thursday. Jeffords said he found himself increasingly...
...converged -- two governors on the radio and a U.S. senator across town at an education forum. While U.S. Sen. James Jeffords talked about school funding in Burnsville, Gov. Jesse Ventura and Gov. Angus King of Maine shared frustrations...
...politics loomed large back in Washington. He summoned a bipartisan group of senators, including newly independent James Jeffords of Vermont, to the White House for an afternoon meeting on the administration's education package. Bush also arranged...
...America," he said. Bush praised a bill sponsored by Sens. John Breaux, D-La., Bill Frist, R-Tenn., and James Jeffords, an independent from Vermont, that is an alternative to a Democratic health care proposal. The Democratic plan...
...administration efforts to weaken EPA's enforcement operations. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chairman James Jeffords ordered an extensive reexamination of Schregardus' record following this month's release of a preliminary EPA report...
...Tuesday's election that will decide control of a Senate that now has 49 Democrats, 49 Republicans and independent James Jeffords of Vermont, who usually sides with the Democrats. There is, however, the national suspense of dead-heat contests...