Hillbilly Report Glendale, Kentucky May 10, 2007 Go To Original At Politico President Bush made a personal appeal to a small group of wavering Republicans Tuesday at the White House as Democrats ready a two-step spending package to fund the war. Bush reached out to moderate Republicans to hear their frustrations over the war effort to this point and express his own concerns about legislation House Democrats are expected to bring to the floor on Thursday, members present said. Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice joined the president for the White House meeting with at least 11 rank-and-file Republicans in the House, as well as Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio). “He was very open to our comments,” Rep. Jim Gerlach (R-Pa.) said about the briefing. “We appreciated that very much.” The conversation was less about the package expected on the floor Thursday and more about the path forward after September, when Army Gen. David Petraeus reports back on the effectiveness of a troop surge in Baghdad. “It was about September,” said Rep. Tom Davis (R-Va.).
Reuters Washington - A disputed election result in a House of Representatives race in Florida will be one of the first items raised when the Democratic-controlled House convenes next week, injecting partisan politics into the start of the 110th Congress. Rep. Rush Holt, a New Jersey Democrat who has pushed for better safeguards on electronic voting machines, said on Friday that he will make a procedural point to establish that the swearing-in of Florida Republican Vern Buchanan does not prejudice ongoing challenges by his Democratic opponent, Christine Jennings. "This is a district, Sarasota area in Florida, where there's no way of knowing whether the result presented by Florida's secretary of state is valid. In fact, I think there is significant evidence that it is not," Holt told reporters. Buchanan was certified the winner of the November 7 election by a 369-vote margin. But oddly, about 18,000 ballots in Sarasota County had no votes recorded for the disputed House race, while other races on those same ballots were voted upon.
By KATE ZERNIKE Published: December 13, 2006 WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 — Senator Tim Johnson, a Democrat from South Dakota, was hospitalized today after what his office at first called a “possible stroke,” leading to concern among Democrats that their new one-vote majority in the Senate could be in danger.
by Chris Bowers, Thu Aug 17, 2006 at 04:05:51 PM EST By Chris Bowers, Rick Jacobs, Matt Stoller and Joel Wright To: Democratic Congressional Challengers Re: CA-50 Post-Special Election (Busby-Bilbray) Polling Memo Fall Election Environment Overview: This fall, you will face a grotesque political environment, one that requires strategic knowledge, great courage and fortitude to successfully navigate. Facing low approval ratings, Republicans will introduce you to the voters as a flip-flopping, gay-loving, liberal terrorist coddler who wants to cut and run from Iraq, all at the behest of self-absorbed Hollywood moguls and liberal elites. Read more.
Sorry Duke Cunningham (Jesus Talkin' Evil Walkin' Republican Hypocrite ) you can’t vote!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
May 18 (Bloomberg) -- A Senate panel approved adding a ban on gay marriage to the U.S. Constitution, as congressional Republicans seek issues to appeal to voters in the November election. Read More
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