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...the Senate's scaled down bonding bill that would help keep the Capitol restoration project going.She said the Republican senators set a record 17-hour filibuster in their unsuccessful effort to kill the bill that would permit day care employees...
...Obama White House has suddenly emerged: Charm is hard.The offensive began last week, when Obama took a dozen Republican senators to the Jefferson Hotel for a meal of blue crab risotto, lobster Thermidor, sea bass and the like. Next, he...
...one-term president," Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., famously said in October 2010.Last week Republican senators blocked confirmation of a well-qualified judicial nominee, extending a debilitating backlog of vacancies. Obama's...
...president personally picked up the tab for the private dinner at the Jefferson Hotel, and the guests were all Republican senators, including John McCain (Ariz.), Lindsey Graham (S.C.), Tom Coburn (Okla.), Bob Corker (Tenn...
...begin next year focusing on those things that ensure America's greatest days still lie ahead.The writer, a Republican senator from Tennessee, is a member of the Senate Banking Committee.
...final transition from divisive partisan politics to governing," Passas said to smirks or eye-rolls from some Republican senators. As Senate president, Pappas's chief role is to preside over floor debates. In the House, a minor skirmish...
...disappointed in Petersen but doubted any other Republican senators would join him. "I think same-sex marriage...Petersen is considerably younger than the average Republican senator - personifying a growing generational split in...
...down, Lindsey Graham. The Republican senator dared to say he might consider...before him, Tom Coburn. Also a Republican senator, Coburn too had toyed with...On Thursday, a day after Republican senators hosted Norquist on their side...
...July 9, 2008, senators on both sides erupted in cheers, and some wept. The Medicare bill passed - with nine Republican senators switching their previous votes to be on Kennedy's side. Among those cheering the loudest that day was Utah Republican...