Republicans fight to extend decade of House control
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Republicans battled Tuesday to retain control of the House as Democrats pinned their longshot takeover hopes on sweeping the lion&#39;s share of the few truly competitive races.
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House Democratic leaders, consigned by the election to a minority role for another two years, said Tuesday they want to hold Republicans more accountable, starting with a vote on raising the &#36;7.4 trillion debt ceiling.
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WASHINGTON -- House Republican leaders, unveiling their proposal to revamp the government&#39;s intelligence operations, placed much more emphasis Friday on beefing up border control and law-enforcement powers than has the Senate.
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As they plot to win back the House in the 2008 election, Republicans have vowed to wage an aggressive challenge next year against freshman Democratic Rep. Ron Klein, who last year unseated veteran Republican Rep. E. Clay Shaw Jr. in southern FloridaÃ¢ÂÂs highly competitive 22nd District.
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SAN ANTONIO, Dec. 10 -- Almost everywhere nationwide, the midterm elections are but a distant memory, supplanted by Christmas shopping and holiday parties. But here, candidates are still battling to determine the makeup of the House and the fate of Texas's first Hispanic Republican elected to...
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Republicans expand their margin of control, even as bitter fights over judiciary and spending remain. By Gail Russell Chaddock | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor.
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President Bush's choice to head the Republican Party said Monday he hopes to extend the GOP's grip on power in Washington.
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There are plenty of signs that Republicans are hunkering down against an aggressive and well-financed Democratic effort to reclaim the House majority it lost in 1994 Ã¢ÂÂ including the $12.5 million in Ã¢ÂÂindependent expendituresÃ¢ÂÂ that the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) reported making in September.
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House Republicans want to barnstorm the country to pick apart the  moderate Senate plan that Bush supports.
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House Republicans are grappling with political fallout from a lurid scandal and the way leaders dealt with Mark Foley and the now-former congressmanÃ¢ÂÂs salacious electronic messages to teen-age congressional pages.
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Democrats hope to win over more Republicans with revisions that would tighten eligibility for the State Childrenâs Health Insurance Program.
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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 bitter battle for seats in Congress headed into its final showdown last night, with Republicans struggling to hang onto their threadbare
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A Republican sweep of the White House and control of Congress hasn't stopped the Democratic National Committee's fund raising.
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WASHINGTON - House Republicans wrestled Wednesday with ways to keep Rep. Tom DeLay as majority leader in the event he is indicted by Texas grand jury that has brought charges against three of his political associates.
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House Republicans say they are willing to stop funding Â at least temporarily Â pet projects for their home districts if Democrats are willing to go along.
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House of Representatives Republican  leaders faced growing pressure over a congressional sex scandal  on Tuesday, with Speaker Dennis Hastert rejecting calls to step  down amid Republican fears about the potential fallout in  November's fight for control of Congress.