Veto Threat Angers Republicans
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Republicans reacted angrily yesterday to President Bush's promise to veto a bill that would renew and expand the popular State Children's Health Insurance Program, raising the likelihood of significant GOP defections when the package comes to a vote next week.
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With his poll numbers in the tank, the President seems to be gearing up for a veto fight with Congress over a long forgotten issue  -  controlling spending
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Republican leaders in the House and Senate were blocked Wednesday by a senior GOP senator in their efforts to add immigration, handgun and Internet gambling measures to a defense bill.
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Conservative opponents of Sen. Arlen Specter's bid to become Senate Judiciary Committee chairman are flooding Republican committee members with calls demanding he be passed over.
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The congressional Republicans, in changing rules to protect Tom DeLay, were criticized as hypocritical. Such criticism was not founded on all the facts and ignores the reason for the change.
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The congressional spending season began with a blowup over earmarks in the House yesterday, as the first bill to reach a vote prompted a White House veto threat and scores of amendments from Republicans furious with Democrats' handling of pet-project spending in the measures.
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Presidential candidate Mitt Romney on Wednesday made a direct appeal to Republican fiscal conservatives, arguing that the president should veto any spending bill that exceeds its targets.
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Partisan sniping over Congress' targeted spending escalated Monday as a House committee chairman threatened to kill all pet projects if Republican leaders "demagogue" the issue.
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The head of the nation&#39;s largest gay and lesbian Republican group slammed fellow Republicans Friday for &quot;feigning outrage&quot; over comments by Sen. John Kerry, and called on President Bush
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Opposed by a popular former governor and beset by nepotism charges, freshman Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska is the Republican most in danger of losing her seat in the U.S. Senate, one she inherited from her father.
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Two Republican senators said Thursday the Bush administration should pull back from talk about vetoing legislation that would renew a health insurance program for children.
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House Republicans held up debate for a second day on the budget for the Department of Homeland Security as the GOP protested Democrats' handling of lawmakers' pet projects.
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Sept. 11 commission members are unhappy with the way House Republicans are handling legislation needed to implement some of the commission's terror-fighting recommendations.
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A record low primary turnout and voter disgust for politics could spell trouble for Republicans trying to keep control of the House and Senate.
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Republicans are using scare tactics to garner votes in two key battleground states, Democrats charged, alleging that GOP campaign literature warns of a &quot;ban on the Bible&quot; if John Kerry is elected president.
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President George W. Bush vowed on Thursday to veto a plan to expand health insurance for children in low-income families, drawing criticism from Democrats and some fellow Republicans and setting the stage for a major battle with Congress.
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Senate Republicans sharply challenged President Bush's top military general and ambassador in Iraq on Tuesday in a sign that some within the GOP retain serious misgivings about the protracted war.