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About U.S. Republican Party
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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 called the Grand Old Party or the GOP. Full Article
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Republican state Sen. Scott Brown, foreground, reacts as he hears from a campaign staff member that The Associated Press called the primary in his favor while working on his speech in a hotel room, in Newton, Mass. , Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2009.
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Republican state Sen. Scott Brown, foreground, reacts as he hears from a campaign staff member that The Associated Press called the primary in his favor while working on his speech in a hotel room, in Newton, Mass. , Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2009.
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WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 08: Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming ranking member Rep. James Sensenbrenner (R-WI) (C) attends a news conference on 'energy, climate-gate and President Obama's trip to Copenhagen' with members of the House Republican American Energy Solu...
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WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 08: Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming ranking member Rep. James Sensenbrenner (R-WI) speaks during a news conference on 'energy, climate-gate and President Obama's trip to Copenhagen' with members of the House Republican American Energy So...
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WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 08: Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming ranking member Rep. James Sensenbrenner (R-WI) attends a news conference on 'energy, climate-gate and President Obama's trip to Copenhagen' with members of the House Republican American Energy Solution...
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WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 08: Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming ranking member Rep. James Sensenbrenner (R-WI) attends a news conference on 'energy, climate-gate and President Obama's trip to Copenhagen' with members of the House Republican American Energy Solution...
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WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 08: Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming ranking member Rep. James Sensenbrenner (R-WI) (C) speaks during a news conference on 'energy, climate-gate and President Obama's trip to Copenhagen' with members of the House Republican American Energ...
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WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 08: House Republican Conference Chairman Mike Pence (R-IN) speaks during a news conference on 'energy, climate-gate and President Obama's trip to Copenhagen' with members of the House Republican American Energy Solutions Group at the U.S. Captiol December 8, 2009...
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WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 08: Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming ranking member Rep. James Sensenbrenner (R-WI) (C) speaks during a news conference on 'energy, climate-gate and President Obama's trip to Copenhagen' with members of the House Republican American Energ...
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WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 08: Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming ranking member Rep. James Sensenbrenner (R-WI) (C) attends a news conference on 'energy, climate-gate and President Obama's trip to Copenhagen' with members of the House Republican American Energy Solu...
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WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 08: Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) (C) speaks during a news conference on 'energy, climate-gate and President Obama's trip to Copenhagen' with members of the House Republican American Energy Solutions Group at the U.S. Captiol December 8, 2009 in Washington, DC.
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WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 08: House Republican Conference Chairman Mike Pence (R-IN) (R) speaks during a news conference on 'energy, climate-gate and President Obama's trip to Copenhagen' with members of the House Republican American Energy Solutions Group at the U.S. Captiol December 8, 2...
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U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) (L-R), SenatorLamar Alexander (R-TN) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) talk to reporters about healthcare legislation outside of the senate Republicans' weekly policy lunch at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, December 8, 2009.
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Republican state Sen. Scott Brown carries his ballot from the voting booth to the ballot box after casting his vote in the primary election for the U.S. Senate seat vacated by the death of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass. , earlier this year, at the Delaney School polling place in Wrenth...
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Republican senatorial hopeful Scott Brown talks to members of the media after casting his vote in the primary election for the U.S. Senate seat vacated by the death of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass. , earlier this year, at the Delaney School polling place in Wrentham, Mass. , Tuesday m...
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Republican senatorial hopeful Scott Brown casts his ballot in the primary election for the U.S. Senate seat vacated by the death of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass. , at the Delaney School polling place in Wrentham, Mass. , Tuesday morning, Dec. 8, 2009.
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Republican state Sen. Scott Brown picks up his ballot before casting his vote in the primary election for the U.S. Senate seat vacated by the death of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass. , at the Delaney School polling place in Wrentham, Mass. , Tuesday morning, Dec. 8, 2009.
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U.S. Rep. Michael Capuano, D-Mass. receives an unmarked ballot at a polling station in Somerville, Mass. , Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2009. For the first time in half a century, the state's voters are going to the polls without a Kennedy to choose on the ballot to fill a storied Senate seat.
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Republican hopeful in the race for the U.S. Senate, Mass. State Rep. Scott Brown, R-Wrentham, faces reporters moments after a debate recorded for broadcast on the show Greater Boston at the WGBH television studios in Boston, Monday, Dec. 7, 2009.
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Republican hopefuls in the race for the U.S. Senate, Mass.
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Republican hopefuls in the race for the U.S. Senate, Mass.
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Republican hopeful in the race for the U.S. Senate businessman Jack E. Robinson waits for the start of a debate recorded for broadcast on the show Greater Boston at the WGBH television studios in Boston, Monday, Dec. 7, 2009. Robinson debated Mass.
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Former New York Senate Republican leader Joseph Bruno, left, leaves federal court in Albany, N.Y. ,, Monday, Dec. 7, 2009.
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Former New York Senate Republican leader Joseph Bruno, center, leaves federal court in Albany, N.Y. , Monday, Dec. 7, 2009. Also pictured are Bruno's son Kenneth Bruno, left, and Kris Thompson.
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Former New York Senate Republican leader Joseph Bruno, right, leaves federal court in Albany, N.Y. , Monday, Dec. 7, 2009 with his son, Kenneth, at left.
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Republican state Sen. Scott Brown, foreground, reacts as he hears from a campaign staff member that The Associated Press called the primary in his favor while working on his speech in a hotel room, in Newton, Mass. , Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2009.
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For the next few weeks, the Senate floor will morph into a sort of legislative cage match, as Democrats and Republicans lock horns over a series of amendments to the health care bill that will give voters another glimpse of the philosophical and policy differences that divide the parties and a rare peek...
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The American people think of little else. Common sense tells us this is the worst possible moment for Congress to risk spending another trillion dollars we don't have. This is not the time to gamble a trillion dollars on a 2,000 page health care experiment Congress is stitching together by the seat of i...
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Whether you are a Democrat or Republican, all of us can agree on this: In this uncertain economy, growth and jobs have to be our priorities
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From GOP rank-and-file to Democratic leaders, senators say they regret but recognize the need to put public duty ahead of their families and follow a schedule tentatively laid out by Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.). Reid has said he may call the chamber back into session in between the Christmas and...
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Senate Republicans and Democrats are digging in for a long December, vowing they have no objection to the possibility of a working Christmas to debate healthcare reform
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I would just respectfully remind them (Republicans) that for nearly 16 years they controlled the entire apparatus of state government -- the governor's office, the Senate and the House -- and they chose not to deal with construction reform
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Every time out-of-touch Washington Democrats have chosen to go it alone on some liberal scheme this year, Republicans have offered a better solution, rooted in our principles. Democrats need to stop whining about us and actually get something done to help the American people.
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It’s long past time for the House Republican leadership to speak out against this disturbing pattern of increasingly extreme rhetoric from their ranks and engage in the constructive search for solutions that America’s many challenges demand
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it is unlikely that a true third-party option would perform as well as the polling data indicates. The rules of the election process — written by Republicans and Democrats — provide substantial advantages for the two established major parties. The more conventional route in the United States is for a po...
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With Proposition 8 revisited, it could be a blowout for the GOP.
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I believe a judge should be a judge and not a legislator ... I think that there have been some mistakes made by the Supreme Court of the United States, and to the extent possible we should limit the application of those decisions so that our state can enjoy the Republican form of government that the Con...
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While Testerman and the N.H. GOP continue to talk about discrimination and hate, Democrats in New Hampshire are working hard to fix the economy, create jobs, and improve the lives of working families in Granite State
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A lot of us on the Republican side will support that ... The question is whether or not you can get 60, which I think is very much in doubt.
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I don't consider him my opponent, my opponent is David Williams, Jimmy Higdon cannot help us ... He's a fine person, but if we send another Republican to a deadlocked Kentucky Senate what have we gained? Nothing.
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I said in 2006, and believe today, that Senator Bruno was not qualified to lead our Senate Republican conference given that he was the subject of an FBI investigation
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House Republicans continue to believe that…jobs are the number one priority of the American people, and should be the number one priority of this Congress
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Joe Sestak is a true Democrat who cares about the working families that have been hit hardest by the failed economic policies of the Bush Administration ... He'll be a reliable vote for Pennsylvania's next generation instead of having the same loyal Bush Republican we've seen over the past generation. I...
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A lot of us on the Republican side will support that. The question is whether or not you can get 60, which I think is very much in doubt ... I certainly hope that it passes. I’m enough of a realist, talking to both Democrats and Republicans, to believe that that’s going to be a very heavy lift.
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Senate Republicans forced Democrats to vote in favor of cutting billions from providers of home care for older people as partisan debate flared Saturday during a rare weekend session on President Barack Obama's health care overhaul
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He is not likely to get a profiles and courage award when any political issue makes him uncomfortable. You cannot curse Bubba and Cooter, Big Man, and June Bug in the daytime and beg them at night. Davis is not going to be able to hoodwink the voters of Alabama in voting for him for governor when at the...
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Iraq and Afghanistan will once again remind us of the limits of American power and cause Republicans to be more skeptical of future wars, both in terms of intervening to begin with and in setting realistic war aims.
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I'm 99 years old, and I might be wrong, but I think that the United Statesâour Republican form of governmentâwill prevail ... I won't be around when it happens, unless it happens next month.
SOURCE: The Weekly Standard
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