House GOP Big Winner On Bill To Avert Government Shutdown

Mar. 1, 2011
The House's GOP leaders appear to be the big winners following passage Tuesday of legislation to temporarily fund the federal government for two weeks and cut $4 billion from current federal spending to boot.That more than 100 Democrats joined Republicans in a whopping 335-91 vote for the stopgap s

Health Law Fight Gives Both Sides 2012 Campaign Fodder

Jan. 20, 2011
With the House GOP's passage Wednesday evening of their legislation to repeal the health care law, that chamber's Republican majority has come about as close as it's likely to for the next two years to overturning the new law, at least comprehensively.Sen.

GOP Baltimore Retreat: More Low-Key Than Last Year

Jan. 14, 2011
House Republicans on Friday were amid their three-day legislative retreat at Baltimore's Inner Harbor and observers couldn't help but take note of how relatively low-key this year's affair is by comparison with last year's.Politico described some of the main differences:Last year, they opened the do

Black GOP Lawmakers Face Tricky Relations With Democrats

Jan. 4, 2011
New Republican congressmen Allen West of Florida and Tim Scott of South Carolina have drawn plenty of attention as the first two GOP African Americans to fill House seats since Julius Caesar Watts Jr.