Republicans retain 2 vacant House seats
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Republicans maintained control of both congressional seats that were up for grabs in special elections Tuesday in Ohio and Virginia, disappointing Democrats who had hoped to extend their gains in the House.
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Georgia and Wyoming began choosing replacements Tuesday for two longtime Republican congressmen who lost their battles with cancer earlier this year.
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A look at today's whereabouts of some of the Republicans who helped craft the 1994 House GOP campaign document, the Contract with America:
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Republicans have been able to slow and sometimes halt the agenda of Nancy Pelosi and the House Democrats.
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The 2004 U.S. elections ended on Saturday with Republicans and Democrats swapping one U.S. House of Representatives seat each in runoff elections in Louisiana.
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A half dozen federal investigations into the activities of Republican lawmakers are raising new worries for GOP leaders who hope to regain the House majority they lost last fall.
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They lost their House and Senate seats, in some cases after keeping them warm for three decades. Others up and left on their own. But do not feel too sorry for some of these soon-to-be former lawmakers.
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An embattled Senate incumbent in Rhode Island and an open House seat in Arizona gave Republican primary voters a choice Tuesday between moderates and conservatives, as both parties watched the races with eyes on the larger fight for control of Congress.
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The Republican base has felt left out lately. Tom Coburn and Jim DeMint are two senators trying to do something about that
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After fierce criticism, House Republicans reversed a rule change that would have allowed a party leader to retain his position even if indicted.
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Republican lawmakers are hanging with their leadership for now, but social conservatives needed for the election are raising an outcry
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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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Republicans in the US House of Representatives changed their rules so that Majority Leader Tom DeLay could stay in power if he&#39;s indicted by a Texas grand jury.
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Just two weeks before America&#39;s voters are expected to leave Republicans in control of the US House of Representatives, the Supreme Court yesterday revived a
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Two U.S. House incumbents, eight-term Democrat Al Wynn and nine-term Republican Wayne T. Gilchrest, were defeated in primary elections Tuesday in Maryland, as voters in their districts sent mixed messages that at once reflected and contradicted two of the main themes that have set the tone for the 2008 presidential campaign.
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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 and impress unhappy voters as   they try to retain control of Congress in November 7 elections.
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The US congressional elections, which took place simultaneously with the presidential vote, saw gains for the Republican Party of four seats in the Senate and three or possibly four in the House of Representatives.