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Maine's moderate Republican senators thriving...Press in her office on Capitol Hill in Washington. Moderate Republicans may be a vanishing breed elsewhere, but fellow Maine Republican Sen. Olympia Snowe and Collins are thriving. In a narrowly divided Senate, the two women enjoy... In this article: Republican Party, Olympia Snowe, Susan Collins, Maine, and Washington |
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San Francisco Chronicle | 2 days ago
Texas gov leads GOP fight against climate bill
...gov leads GOP fight against climate bill:/n/a/2009/11/27/financial/f062345S84. DTL Texas gov leads GOP fight against climate bill By JOHN McFARLAND, Associated Press Writer While the U.S. Senate considers a climate bill...
In this article: Texas, Rick Perry, GOP, Global warming, Carbon, U.S. Senate, Coal, and Natural gas
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San Diego Union-Tribune | 6 days ago
SPIN METER: Legislation inflation grips GOP
SPIN METER: Legislation inflation grips GOP By CALVIN WOODWARD and DOUGLASS K. DANIEL, Associated Press Writers Tuesday, November 24, 2009 at 12:12 a.m. WASHINGTON Republicans love to get their hands on the Democrats' health care...
In this article: War and Peace, GOP, Hernia, Leo Tolstoy, George W. Bush, Inflation, No Child Left Behind Act, Roy Blunt, and Orrin Hatch
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Houston Chronicle | 6 days ago
Hutchison: GOP has delivered alternatives on health care
Hutchison: GOP has delivered alternatives on health care By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER WASHINGTON - A leading Senate Democrat said Monday his party is determined to push through a health care overhaul bill with or...
In this article: Kay Bailey Hutchison, Harry Reid, Tax, Charles Schumer, Medicare, GOP, and Recession
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L.A. Times - National News | 5 days ago
2012 Republican campaign underway in nation's bookstores
...GOP establishment. The former Arkansas governor and possible GOP presidential contender in 2012, left, thanks a supporter for his military service before signing a copy of "A Simple Christmas" in Grand Rapids, Mich. (Rex Larsen /...
In this article: Sarah Palin, Mike Huckabee, GOP, Facebook, Mitt Romney, Grand Rapids, Mich., Arkansas, God, and Nascar
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GOP senator backs off threat to read health bill
GOP senator backs off threat to read health bill By LAURIE KELLMAN, Associated Press Writer Thursday, November 19, 2009 at 1:03 p.m. WASHINGTON Republican Sen. Tom Coburn is backing off his threat to require that the Senate read the...
In this article: Tom Coburn, GOP, Washington, Oklahoma, and Associated Press
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Medical News Today | 7 days ago
GOP And Industry Groups Quick To Decry Senate Health Bill
...little to like," The Associated Press reports. GOP senators characterized the package Thursday "as a collection of tax increases, Medicare cuts and heavy new burdens for deficit-ridden states." Meanwhile, Republican governors fretted that the...
In this article: GOP, Medicaid, Tax, Medicare, Paul Starr, Medical advice, and America's Health Insurance Plans
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US Magazine | November 13, 2009
Sarah Palin Slams Katie Couric as Badgering, Biased in New Memoir
...in New Memoir In her new 413-page memoir Going Rogue (out Tuesday), former GOP vice-presidential contender Sarah Palin lashes out at CBS Evening News anchor Katie Couric over their infamously awkward 2008 interview. According to the...
In this article: Sarah Palin, Katie Couric, Nicolle Wallace, Joe Biden, Peter Pan, GOP, John McCain, Barack Obama, CBS Evening News, and Alaska
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boston.com - Latest Campaign '08 news | November 17, 2009
Conservative 'unconcedes' in NY US House race
The latest results show him ahead by about 3,000 votes. The race exposed a schism in the Republican Party with national figures backing Hoffman over the GOP nominee. © Copyright 2009 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This...
In this article: Bill Owens, New York, All rights reserved, U.S. House, and Glenn Beck
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Democrats poised to end GOP court filibuster
Democrats poised to end GOP court filibuster By LARRY MARGASAK, Associated Press Writer Tuesday, November 17, 2009 at 1:12 p.m. WASHINGTON Democrats were poised Tuesday to end a Senate filibuster against a controversial appeals court...
In this article: Barack Obama, George W. Bush, GOP, Supreme Court, Andre Davis, and Chicago
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The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. It is often referred to as the Grand Old Party or the GOP. Founded in 1854 by anti-slavery expansion activists and modernizers, the Republican Party quickly surpassed the Whig Party as the principal opposition to the Democratic Party. It first came to power in 1860 with the election of Abraham Lincoln to the presidency and presided over the American Civil War and Reconstruction. Today, the party supports a conservative platform (from an American political perspective), with further foundations in supply-side fiscal policies, and social conservatism.
The Republican Party is currently the second largest party with 55 million registered voters as of 2004, encompassing roughly one-third of the electorate. The current U.S. President, George W. Bush, is the 19th Republican to hold that office. Republicans currently fill a minority of seats in both the United States Senate and the House of Representatives, hold a minority of state governorships, and control a minority of state legislatures.
The party's nominee for President in the upcoming 2008 election is Senator John McCain of Arizona, and the party's nominee for Vice-President is Governor Sarah Palin of Alaska.
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