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poll shows dead heat


 Far-Right 
 Challenger 
 a Threat 
 to McCain 

Talk show host JD Hayworth gets close in new poll

Nov 20, 09 10:09 AM CST
(Newser) - Everyone’s favorite maverick could be unseated in 2010 by a hard-line conservative talk show host who's mulling a bid, a new Rasmussen poll suggests. John McCain leads potential primary opponent JD Hayworth, a local radio host and former House member, by a razor-thin 2%, which is within the poll’... More »

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John McCain • Arizona • primary • conservative • Senate Republicans • conservative base • poll numbers • US Senate • tea parties • JD Hayworth • McCain Hayworth • McCain Senate primary

OPINION


 GOP Traffic-Jam Ploy 
 Is Snarling Senate 

Stalling tactics are making Democrats turn on each other

Nov 19, 09 9:43 AM CST
(Newser) - Senate Democrats are starting to turn on each other like angry drivers stuck in rush-hour traffic thanks to Republican obstructionism, writes EJ Dionne. Republican senators are eating every word they once said against filibusterism and are stalling even legislation that they support in a Machiavellian effort to keep the Democrats... More »

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Congress • Senate • Senate Democrats • Senate Republicans • legislation • filibuster • health care reform

 GOP Wants to Resurrect 
 That Town Hall Feeling 

Party hopes to drum up anger over health bills

Nov 11, 09 12:23 PM CST
(Newser) - Republicans are hoping to re-create the late-summer town hall meetings at which angry voters lashed out over proposed health care legislation. Sen. Lamar Alexander tells Politico the party is planning 50 phone and in-person gatherings over the next few weeks. "If every American has a chance to read the... More »

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health care • Democrats • health insurance • Senate Republicans • Republican Party • town hall meeting • House Republicans • Gallup poll

 Obama Honors Senate 
 Trailblazer Brooke 

Republican senator wins Congress' highest honor

Oct 29, 09 3:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hundreds of people packed into the Capitol Rotunda yesterday to honor Edward Brooke, the Massachusetts politician who in 1967 became the first black senator since Reconstruction. Now 90, Brooke was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal, the legislature's highest honor. Sitting to his right was another trailblazer—President Obama, who had... More »

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Barack Obama • Senate • Senate Republicans • Congressional Gold Medal • African-Americans • Edward Brooke • Congressional Republicans

Doug Kendall

Republicans Stonewall Obama's Judges

Procedural maneuvers help Senate GOP stall confirmation process

Oct 26, 09 2:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - Despite the 95 yawning vacancies on the federal bench, Senate Republicans are blocking virtually all of President Obama’s nominees. Only three of Obama’s 22 nominees have been confirmed, as Republicans take the “partisan war over the courts into uncharted territory,” writes Doug Kendall for Slate. Both... More »

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Barack Obama • federal courts • Senate Republicans • judge • federal judges • judicial nominations • Obama administration • President Obama

 GOP Plans 
 Stall Tactics for 
 Health Bill Fight 

Opponents hope long debate will force voters to 'understand this thing'

Oct 19, 09 1:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - Lacking the votes for a filibuster and increasingly resigned to the fact that Democrats will stand united, GOP senators have a novel strategy to stall the health care reform bill: They’re going to stall it however they can. The Democratic plan “is inconsistent with the American people,”... More »

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Congress • GOP • Senate Republicans • legislation • filibuster • health care reform • John Thune • Obama administration • floor debate • Richard Burr

ANALYSIS

 Snowe, Not Palin, Is 
 GOP's Real Maverick 

Maine senator's yes on health reform isn't first time breaking with the party

Oct 13, 09 7:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Today’s committee vote for a key health-reform measure isn’t the first time Sen. Olympia Snowe has broken with fellow Republicans—and leads Laurie Kellman to call her, and not former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, the GOP’s real maverick. Snowe also voted for President Obama’s stimulus package,... More »

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Senate Republicans • Maine • Olympia Snowe • Republican Party • Senate Finance Committee • maverick • health care reform • George W. Bush • Sarah Palin • President Obama • Angus King

(Newser) - After 11 months licking his wounds, John McCain is getting back out there, appearing on TV more often and acting little like the man who gave a gracious, conciliatory concession speech last November. He's finding support within the GOP, where his combative approach hasn't always resonated, because his target is... More »

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John McCain • Arizona • GOP • Senate Republicans • Republican Party • Election 2008 • US Senate • Obama administration • McCain-Palin

THE Internets

 GOP Legislators 
 Dominate Twitter 
 —but Does It Matter? 

Republicans have more followers, but benefits are unclear

Sep 23, 09 9:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - If you think Twitter is the preserve of skinny-jeaned urbanites, think again; in the corridors of power, Republican microbloggers are leading the way. Politico reports that 101 GOP members of Congress have Twitter accounts to only 57 Democrats, and Republican legislators posted 932 messages over two weeks this summer—nearly... More »

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John McCain • Republican • Senate Republicans • Joe Barton • House Republicans • Twitter • Congressional Republicans

ANALYSIS

Wilson Wasn't Only Republican Behaving Badly

Boorish foes steal
show during
president's speech

Sep 10, 09 3:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - Rep. Joe Wilson was far from the only rude Republican at last night's joint session of Congress, Dana Milbank writes in the Washington Post. Shouts of "Shame!" and "Not true!" could be heard at various points, along with plenty of boos, hisses, and grumbles. Other... More »

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health care • Congress • Senate Republicans • health care reform • speech • House Republicans • President Obama • heckling • Congressional Republicans • Joe Wilson

OPINION

Daschle: Leave Whiny GOP
in the Dust if Necessary

Democrats may need to use reconciliation

Sep 3, 09 9:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - It’s essential that Congress act on health care, and if that means working without bipartisan support, so be it, writes Tom Daschle in the Wall Street Journal. If we fail, 60 million people will be uninsured in 10 years, and typical families will have to pay $25,000 a... More »

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health insurance • Senate • Senate Democrats • Senate Republicans • health care reform • reconciliation • Tom Daschle

ANALYSIS

Obama May Need the GOP on Afghan War

Republicans line up behind troop increases, while Democrats balk

Sep 3, 09 6:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - If President Obama decides to send more troops to Afghanistan, based on Gen. Stanley McChrystal's grim review, he may have to rely on Republicans and not Democrats for support, writes the New York Times. The original narrative of the "good war" has faded over eight years, and August's... More »

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Barack Obama • Senate Republicans • Russ Feingold • House Republicans • troop levels • Afghanistan war • Congressional Republicans

(Newser) - If you ask leading Democrats who can replace Ted Kennedy as the Senate’s liberal standard-bearer, the most frequent answer is “nobody,” writes Doyle McManus of the Los Angeles Times. No one has a record to match Kennedy’s, and in today’s Senate, building one would... More »

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Senate • Senate Democrats • Ted Kennedy • Senate Republicans • liberal • bipartisanship • US Senate

analysis

Republicans Gain Ground in Senate Races

Latest trends show even Reid, Spector, Dodd in trouble: Silver

Aug 24, 09 11:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - Things are looking brighter for Republicans in the Senate, writes Nate Silver of FiveThirtyEight.com. In his monthly ranking of which seats are most likely to switch parties in 2010, Republicans have made a big move. Of the 10 seats that look more likely to switch hands, seven favor Republicans.... More »

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Senate • New Hampshire • Harry Reid • Senate Democrats • Senate Republicans • Connecticut • Chris Dodd • Nevada • Roy Blunt • US Senate • 2010 election • Nate Silver • Republicans • Kelly Ayotte

analysis

 GOP Backed 
 'Death Panels' 
 ...in 2003 

End-of-life counseling provided in Medicare bill

Aug 14, 09 2:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - They’re up in arms against it now, but Republicans voted for a measure providing end-of-life counseling in 2003, Amy Sullivan writes for Time. That year’s Medicare prescription drug bill, which boasted support from 204 GOP representatives and 42 senators, offered funding for “counseling the beneficiary with respect... More »

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health care • Congress • Senate Republicans • Charles Grassley • health care reform • medical care • House Republicans • Congressional Republicans • death panel • end-of-life care

OPINION

 GOP 'Flat-Out' Lying 
 About Health Care 

Republicans trying to scare US out of discussion

Aug 7, 09 9:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - When it comes to health care reform, Republicans have become “political terrorists,” trying to scare Americans in an effort to block consensus, writes Steven Pearlstein for the Washington Post. “There is no credible way to look at what has been proposed and conclude that these will... More »

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health care • health care costs • Senate Republicans • Republican Party • health care reform • House Republicans • Obama administration • Congressional Republicans

UPDATED

Voinovich Makes 9 GOP Yeas for Sotomayor


Aug 6, 09 1:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - As she coasts toward confirmation, Sonia Sotomayor picked up the support of a 9th Republican today, reports MSNBC. Ohio Sen. George Voinovich’s promised yea joins yesterday's announcement by Kit Bond of Missouri and on-again-off-again Obama cabinet nominee Judd Gregg of New Hampshire. Voinovich is among four of six retiring... More »

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New Hampshire • Senate Republicans • Missouri • George Voinovich • US Supreme Court • US Senate • opinion polls • Obama administration • Judd Gregg • Obama Cabinet • Christopher Bond • Kit Bond • Sonia Sotomayor • public opinion • confirmation vote

Senate Set to OK $2B More
for Clunkers

Reid engineers deal for vote tomorrow, beating recess deadline

Aug 5, 09 9:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Senate has reached a deal to extend the "cash for clunkers" program through Labor Day, the Detroit News reports. Majority leader Harry Reid capped days of arm-twisting with an announcement tonight that the chamber will vote tomorrow on a measure adding $2 billion to the unexpectedly popular... More »

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Harry Reid • Senate Democrats • Detroit • Senate Republicans • Nevada • auto industry • car dealers • US Senate • Cash for Clunkers

interview

McCain: Obama Governing
From 'Far Left'

He blasts policies in interview, praises Palin for energizing party

Aug 1, 09 8:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - John McCain is busier, and angrier, than ever, writes Stephen Moore in the Wall Street Journal. The senator has become one of the fiercest critics of Obamanomics, with free-flowing stimulus and bailout dollars re-energizing his career-long fight against pork-barrel spending. President Obama was elected to govern from the center, McCain... More »

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John McCain • Senate Republicans • US economy • pork barrel spending • Sarah Palin • Election 2012

No. 3 Republican Throws Support to Sotomayor

Says they may disagree, but she's 'well-qualified'

Jul 30, 09 11:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - Lamar Alexander today became the first Republican leader to support Sonia Sotomayor's nomination to the Supreme Court, Politico reports. Her “political and judicial philosophy may be different than mine, especially regarding Second Amendment rights,” the third-ranking GOP senator said, but “I will vote to confirm her because... More »

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Senate • Senate Republicans • Lamar Alexander • US Supreme Court • Sonia Sotomayor • Supreme Court justice • political leader

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