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NEWS ABOUT: Congressional Republicans

Congressional Republicans stories: 17 news summaries

 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

Even Dems Say Grayson's Nuts

'One fry short of a Happy Meal' after he calls Fed adviser 'a
K Street whore'

Oct 26, 09 9:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Rep. Alan Grayson has irked Republicans over the past month or so with his sharp tongue—saying the GOP health plan was for Americans to “die quickly,” then, last week, comparing Dick Cheney to a vampire—but even fellow Dems are up in arms after an interview surfaced... More »

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Iraq • Dick Cheney • Federal Reserve • health care reform • congressional Democrats • vampire • K Street • Alan Grayson • Congressional Republicans

No Afghanistan Withdrawal, Obama Tells Lawmakers

But still undecided
on proposed buildup

Oct 6, 09 8:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama won’t commit to sending more troops to Afghanistan, but neither will he withdraw any, he told congressional leaders in a White House meeting today that included a sharp exchange between the president and Republican Sen. John McCain. Obama wanted to “dispense with the straw man argument... More »

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John McCain • troop surge • White House • troop withdrawal • congressional Democrats • Afghanistan war • President Obama • meeting • Congressional Republicans

Congressman Defiant Over
'Die Quickly' Jab

Apologizes to the dead, not GOP, cites US health care 'holocaust'

Sep 30, 09 6:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Democratic congressman who belittled Republicans for promoting a health care plan that wants the ill to "die quickly" ratcheted up his rhetoric even more today. Noting that some Republicans had demanded he apologize, Florida's Alan Grayson took to the House floor with an apology of a different sort:... More »

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Congress • Democrat • health care reform • Harvard • congressional Democrats • rhetoric • Alan Grayson • Congressional Republicans

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

OPINION

Obama Doesn't Lie—But He Does Mislead

President slides by on half-truths on health care: Krauthammer

Sep 18, 09 9:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - Joe Wilson wasn’t quite right. President Obama doesn’t lie, exactly, writes Charles Krauthammer of the Washington Post, but he still has an odd “relationship to the truth.” For example, Obama promised to veto any bill that grew the deficit, then with his very next sentence... More »

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Barack Obama • illegal immigrant • Bill Clinton • health care reform • congressional Democrats • Obama administration • President Obama • Charles Krauthammer • Congressional Republicans • Joe Wilson • You lie

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

(AP) - South Carolina Republican Rep. Joe Wilson, who shouted "You lie" at President Barack Obama during his speech to Congress tonight, called the White House within hours of the outburst, attempting to reach Obama. He ended up speaking instead to White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel, and "expressed... More »

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illegal immigrant • White House • Rahm Emanuel • apology • health care reform • speech • President Obama • Congressional Republicans • Joe Wilson • civility • You lie

UPDATED

 Obama on Health Reform: 
 Time for Bickering Is Over

President addresses Congress in final push

Sep 9, 09 8:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - Declaring that the US is at a “breaking point” and that “the time for bickering is over” on health-care reform, President Obama pressed his case before a joint session of Congress tonight. Obama shot down a number of charges from opponents, to applause from supporters, Politico notes—though... More »

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Congress • Ted Kennedy • House of Representatives • health care reform • speech • President Obama • Congressional Republicans • public option • Joe Wilson

Republican Rep. Joe Wilson
Heckles Obama: You Lie!

Congressman heckles president on claim about illegal immigrants

Sep 9, 09 8:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - The man who yelled “You lie!” in response to President Obama’s claim that his health-reform plan won’t include illegal immigrants was South Carolina Republican Rep. Joe Wilson, Politico reports. “There are also those who claim that our reform effort will insure illegal immigrants. This, too,... More »

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health care reform • speech • hecklers • President Obama • Republicans • Congressional Republicans • Joe Wilson

OPINION

 Learn From FDR, 
 Obama, and Show 
 Some Backbone 

Roosevelt biographer says president needs to block out GOP

Sep 3, 09 7:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - As President Obama prepares to pull away from a public health care option, it shows not just that he's giving in to his opponents, writes Jean Edward Smith; worse, it "suggests that the Democratic Party has forgotten how to govern." In an op-ed for the New York Times,... More »

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Barack Obama • Democratic Congress • New Deal • Franklin D. Roosevelt • health care reform • Congressional Republicans

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

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

(Newser) - President Obama’s failure to get health-care reform on a faster track, despite early legislative victories, is a personal one, Sam Youngman writes in the Hill. “While it is shocking to consider that Obama is anything less than one of the best communicators in modern political history,” Youngman... More »

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Congress • Senate • House of Representatives • communication • health care reform • Obama administration • President Obama • political capital • Congressional Republicans

ANALYSIS

GOP Unsure How Big of a Brawl It Wants

Sotomayor battle could be jolt the party needs —or invite backlash

Jul 12, 09 1:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - To fight, or not to fight—that is the question for the fractious GOP on the matter of Sonia Sotomayor's Supreme Court nomination, and one that may not be easy to answer. On the one hand, taking a united stand against the Democratic nominee could energize the Republican base and... More »

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Barack Obama • women • GOP • US Supreme Court • Hispanics • Sonia Sotomayor • Congressional Republicans

(Newser) - With the Obama administration stepping up its push for health-care reform, Mark Halperin, in Time, lists five reasons why it will, and won't, get done. The pros:
  • The industry is "still on board."
  • "Barack Obama doesn't fail too often."
  • It's a must-win for
... More »

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Congress • legislation • health care reform • congressional Democrats • Mark Halperin • Obama administration • President Obama • Congressional Republicans

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