Republicans Expected to Maintain Control of Congress
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President Bush&#39;s Republican Party is expected to maintain control of the US House of Representatives and the Senate following Tuesday&#39;s elections.
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The Rhode Island senator's win in Tuesday's primary over his conservative challenger may boost the GOP's chances for maintaining control of Congress
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Lawmakers pushed to finish work Friday on legislation focused on national defense, Iraq, terrorism and illegal immigration as Republicans pinned their hopes for keeping control of Congress on making national security the theme of the Nov. 7 election.
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The 17 months remaining before Election Day 2008 can bring plenty of political developments and surprises. But as things stand now, the Republicans Ã¢ÂÂ who face the challenge of defending 22 seats to the DemocratsÃ¢ÂÂ 12 Ã¢ÂÂ can count on holds in seven of those contests.
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Lawmakers return this week for a  pre-election push to overhaul U.S. intelligence services as  Republicans strive to strengthen their hold on a closely  divided Congress and Democrats battle to retake control.
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The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) is trying to fend off the DemocratsÃ¢ÂÂ determined campaign to score a net gain of at least 15 House seats in the Nov. 7 elections Ã¢ÂÂ which they need to take control of the House. And Republican leaders have been pressing their politically Ã¢ÂÂsafeÃ¢ÂÂ members who have surplus campaign funds to ante up ever more money for the GOPÃ¢ÂÂs effort to extinguish the Democratic threat.
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WASHINGTON - Republicans will be much stronger on Capitol Hill next year, almost in a position to give President Bush whatever he wants on taxes, limits on legal damages, drilling in the Arctic and nominations to the US Supreme Court.
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U.S. lawmakers return to work on  Tuesday from a month-long recess with time running out for  Republicans to pass legislation, impress unhappy voters and  retain control of Congress in the November 7 elections.
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Many of the new chairmen of the House and Senate appropriations subcommittees have a lot in common with the Republicans they will succeed.
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Rasmussen Reports - Sixty-five percent (65%) of Americans believe that Democrats are likely to retain their newly won control of Congress in Election 2008. Thirty-two percent (32%) consider ongoing Democratic control &quot;very&quot; likely. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that just 23% believe such an outcome is &quot;not very&quot; or &quot;not at all&quot; likely.
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Republican House of Representatives  leaders struggled to contain a mushrooming sex scandal on  Monday just five weeks before a close November 7 election to  decide control of the U.S. Congress.
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The Republicans' election triumph behind them, members of Congress return Tuesday for a lame-duck session amid hope they can finish a huge pile of spending bills stalemated all year.
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Republicans enter the fall campaign with their control of the House in jeopardy and the possibility of major Senate losses.
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Republicans are in jeopardy of losing their grip on Congress in November. With less than four months to the midterm elections, the latest Associated Press-Ipsos poll found that Americans by an almost 3-to-1 margin hold the GOP-controlled Congress in low regard and profess a desire to see Democrats wrest control after a dozen years of Republican rule.
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Every seat in the House of Representatives was up for grabs yesterday, but Republicans were expected to handily maintain their majority.
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As President Bush enters a tight two-month battle to win another term in the White House, fellow Republicans seem headed toward retaining control of a sharply divided U.S. Congress.
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With their grip on power strengthened, congressional Republicans promised Wednesday to pass legislation that will change much about