Copyright (c) 2010 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/politics/republican-party politics Politics - Republican Party en-us Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:02:30 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/politics/republican-party http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gop/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_el_ho/us_murtha_seat ap/20100210/us_murtha_seat AP Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:02:30 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gop/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_el_ho/us_murtha_seat"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100208/capt.58e0df013f0a442381b8c82ccfbd64d5.obit_murtha_px102.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=Yb8tj5J3YTUvKwlSS2Sqig--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="FILE - In this May 29, 2009 file photo, Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa., center, answers a reporter's question about Kuchera Defense Systems Inc., after attending a breakfast at the 'Showcase for Commerce' trade show in Johnstown, Pa. Murtha, an influential critic of the Iraq War whose congressional career was shadowed by questions about his ethics, died Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. He was 77. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Democrats have long dominated the late Rep. John Murtha's district in western Pennsylvania, but Republicans have made inroads in recent years that could help them win back the seat &mdash; and some longtime Murtha supporters say they're open to voting for a GOP candidate.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gop/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_el_ho/us_murtha_seat"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100208/capt.58e0df013f0a442381b8c82ccfbd64d5.obit_murtha_px102.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=Yb8tj5J3YTUvKwlSS2Sqig--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this May 29, 2009 file photo, Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa., center, answers a reporter's question about Kuchera Defense Systems Inc., after attending a breakfast at the 'Showcase for Commerce' trade show in Johnstown, Pa. Murtha, an influential critic of the Iraq War whose congressional career was shadowed by questions about his ethics, died Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. He was 77. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gop/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_bi_ge/us_obama_bipartisanship ap/20100210/us_obama_bipartisanship AP business Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:09:20 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gop/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_bi_ge/us_obama_bipartisanship"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.d9c5f1a995ea4a12b64337c259be81bb.obama_bipartisanship_dcpm112.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=vSsfLSOLHhDTihR54dGOmQ--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., right, looks on as House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio speaks to members of the media outside the West Wing of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, after a meeting between President Barack Obama and bipartisan leaders of the House and Senate to discuss the economy and jobs. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)" border="0" /></a>AP - Partisanship is reaching new heights in Washington, even as President Barack Obama makes almost daily pleas to get along. He's scheduled a bipartisan health care summit, and just Tuesday he hosted GOP leaders at the White House for the first time in two months.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gop/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_bi_ge/us_obama_bipartisanship"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.d9c5f1a995ea4a12b64337c259be81bb.obama_bipartisanship_dcpm112.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=vSsfLSOLHhDTihR54dGOmQ--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="photo" title="Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., right, looks on as House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio speaks to members of the media outside the West Wing of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, after a meeting between President Barack Obama and bipartisan leaders of the House and Senate to discuss the economy and jobs. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gop/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/pl_nm/us_usa_congress_republicans nm/20100209/us_usa_congress_republicans Reuters politics Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:46:20 GMT Reuters - Senate Republicans flexed their new political muscle on Tuesday and blocked President Barack Obama's nomination of a union lawyer to help referee labor disputes. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gop/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_bi_ge/us_senate_nlrb ap/20100209/us_senate_nlrb AP business Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:36:10 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gop/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_bi_ge/us_senate_nlrb"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.6dd10d93949144fb95562f179027211c.obama_bipartisanship_dcpm111.jpg?x=130&y=96&q=85&sig=tPyaiBGkHaFf1_W7o5A_dw--" align="left" height="96" width="130" alt="House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio, left, and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., right, speak to members of the media outside the West Wing of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, after a meeting between President Barack Obama and bipartisan leaders of the House and Senate to discuss the economy and jobs. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)" border="0" /></a>AP - Senate Democrats on Tuesday failed to push through President Barack Obama's choice of a union lawyer to serve on the National Labor Relations Board after two of their own joined Republicans to block the nomination.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gop/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_bi_ge/us_senate_nlrb"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.6dd10d93949144fb95562f179027211c.obama_bipartisanship_dcpm111.jpg?x=130&y=96&q=85&sig=tPyaiBGkHaFf1_W7o5A_dw--" align="left" height="96" width="130" alt="photo" title="House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio, left, and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., right, speak to members of the media outside the West Wing of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, after a meeting between President Barack Obama and bipartisan leaders of the House and Senate to discuss the economy and jobs. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gop/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20100209/pl_mcclatchy/3422648 mcclatchy/20100209/3422648 McClatchy Newspapers politics Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:26:00 GMT McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON &mdash; President Barack Obama urged Republicans Tuesday to work with him and Democratic lawmakers on ways to create jobs, saying that it's critical to agree on something even if neither side gets all it wants. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gop/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_apnewsalert ap/20100209/us_apnewsalert AP politics Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:58:00 GMT AP - Obama says he wants health care forum with GOP to be substantive, not political theater. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gop/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/cq/20100209/pl_cq_politics/politics3292374 cq/20100209/politics3292374 CQPolitics.com politics Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:48:15 GMT CQPolitics.com - Despite a renewed appeal from President Obama, Republican leaders in Congress remained cool Tuesday to the idea of naming a bipartisan commission to recommend ways to control the nation's ballooning debt. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gop/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_bi_ge/us_health_care_overhaul ap/20100209/us_health_care_overhaul AP business Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:21:54 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gop/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_bi_ge/us_health_care_overhaul"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.c1410de9c8464a3ea431ff07148b1b3b.obama__dcsa105.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=EFz9GRrSB0l3WShxlUYgbQ--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="President Barack Obama gestures while conducting the daily press briefing, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, in the White House press briefing room in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)" border="0" /></a>AP - Signaling he'd meet critics part way on health care, President Barack Obama said Tuesday he's willing to sign a bill even if it doesn't deliver everything he pursued through a year of grinding effort at risk of going down as a dismal failure.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gop/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_bi_ge/us_health_care_overhaul"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.c1410de9c8464a3ea431ff07148b1b3b.obama__dcsa105.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=EFz9GRrSB0l3WShxlUYgbQ--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="photo" title="President Barack Obama gestures while conducting the daily press briefing, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, in the White House press briefing room in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gop/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/pl_nm/us_usa_politics_boehner nm/20100209/us_usa_politics_boehner Reuters politics Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:23:59 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gop/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/pl_nm/us_usa_politics_boehner"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100209/i/r2578693659.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=aI6Ci.yZl1BAP9toK1euBQ--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="House Minority Leader John Boehnerspeaks to the press alongside Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell following a meeting by bipartisan leaders of congress and President Obama that discussed the economy and jobs, in Washington, February 9, 2010. REUTERS/Jason Reed" border="0" /></a>Reuters - House Republican leader John Boehner said on Tuesday he was considering appointing Republicans to President Barack Obama's planned deficit commission and also that it was time to "start over" on healthcare reform.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gop/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/pl_nm/us_usa_politics_boehner"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100209/i/r2578693659.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=aI6Ci.yZl1BAP9toK1euBQ--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="photo" title="House Minority Leader John Boehnerspeaks to the press alongside Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell following a meeting by bipartisan leaders of congress and President Obama that discussed the economy and jobs, in Washington, February 9, 2010. REUTERS/Jason Reed" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gop/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/cq/20100209/pl_cq_politics/politics3291956 cq/20100209/politics3291956 CQPolitics.com politics Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:56:16 GMT CQPolitics.com - It's never too early to line up support for a presidential run, so it's not surprising that several possible 2012 Republican contenders are using their political action committees to dole out large amounts of cash to an array of GOP members and candidates this cycle. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gop/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/cq/20100209/pl_cq_politics/politics3291955 cq/20100209/politics3291955 CQPolitics.com politics Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:55:16 GMT CQPolitics.com - With a bad fundraising quarter behind Rep. Todd Tiahrt, his home-state colleague Jerry Moran could officially be considered the front-runner in the GOP primary for Senate in Kansas. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gop/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/cq/20100209/pl_cq_politics/politics3291954 cq/20100209/politics3291954 CQPolitics.com politics Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:53:16 GMT CQPolitics.com - On Wednesday, Sen. Jim DeMint's Senate Conservatives Fund will be a major contributor to a "money bomb" fundraiser for the GOP Senate campaign of former Florida Speaker Marco Rubio with a goal of raising $200,000 in 24 hours. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gop/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_bi_ge/us_senate_labor_board_nominee ap/20100209/us_senate_labor_board_nominee AP business Tue, 09 Feb 2010 02:54:16 GMT AP - Nebraska's Democratic senator says he will join Republicans in opposing a union lawyer's nomination to serve on the National Labor Relations Board. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gop/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_on_bi_ge/us_obama_health_care ap/20100208/us_obama_health_care AP business Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:55:05 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gop/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_on_bi_ge/us_obama_health_care"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100206/capt.85ab3aeab8fd406988184e9c588a8944.obama__dcsw126.jpg?x=130&y=96&q=85&sig=Q_C1qo8mh9uks98u7.o8qQ--" align="left" height="96" width="130" alt="President Barack Obama delivers remarks at the Democratic National Committee Winter Meeting in Washington, Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)" border="0" /></a>AP - Republicans gave a chilly reception Monday to President Barack Obama's invitation to discuss health care in a bipartisan, televised setting later this month, part of the White House effort to revive the stalled legislation.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gop/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_on_bi_ge/us_obama_health_care"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100206/capt.85ab3aeab8fd406988184e9c588a8944.obama__dcsw126.jpg?x=130&y=96&q=85&sig=Q_C1qo8mh9uks98u7.o8qQ--" align="left" height="96" width="130" alt="photo" title="President Barack Obama delivers remarks at the Democratic National Committee Winter Meeting in Washington, Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gop/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20100208/ts_csm/278960 csm/20100208/278960 The Christian Science Monitor topstories Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:12:00 GMT The Christian Science Monitor - President Obama has invited Republican and Democratic congressional leaders to meet him on Feb. 25 for a televised discussion of healthcare reform alternatives. Will this be the spark needed to get the administration’s top domestic priority moving again? http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gop/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/rasmussen/20100208/pl_rasmussen/ohsenate20100208 rasmussen/20100208/ohsenate20100208 Rasmussen Reports politics Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:43:51 GMT Rasmussen Reports - Republican Rob Portman still has narrow leads over his two chief Democratic opponents for the seat being vacated by GOP Senator George Voinovich in Ohio. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gop/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100207/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama ap/20100207/us_obama AP politics Sun, 07 Feb 2010 23:07:49 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gop/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100207/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100210/capt.fd2240bbf3bd4c4ea23535abefd0ebab.obama_whcd119.jpg?x=100&y=130&q=85&sig=2ndFXAneAwFL69.pVb_2qA--" align="left" height="130" width="100" alt="President Barack Obama speaks at a Black History Month event celebrating the music of the Civil Rights Movement in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)" border="0" /></a>AP - President Barack Obama said Sunday he has not ruled out a New York federal court trial for Sept. 11 planner Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, but he was taking into account the objections of the city's mayor and police commissioner.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gop/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100207/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100210/capt.fd2240bbf3bd4c4ea23535abefd0ebab.obama_whcd119.jpg?x=100&y=130&q=85&sig=2ndFXAneAwFL69.pVb_2qA--" align="left" height="130" width="100" alt="photo" title="President Barack Obama speaks at a Black History Month event celebrating the music of the Civil Rights Movement in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gop/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100206/ap_on_bi_ge/us_obama_jobs ap/20100206/us_obama_jobs AP business Sat, 06 Feb 2010 23:09:10 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gop/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100206/ap_on_bi_ge/us_obama_jobs"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100111/capt.9bfc6c1485d9411b81592fd43a08bf9f.stimulus_unemployment_wx105.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=rUy1RWXtrQwqQHS838jC_Q--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A $19.2 million widening project along SR-373 in Lewisburg, Tenn., is seen on Sunday, Jan. 10, 2010. Ten months into President Barack Obama's first economic stimulus plan, a surge in spending on roads and bridges has had no effect on local unemployment and only barely helped the beleaguered construction industry, an Associated Press analysis has found. (AP Photo/Josh Anderson)" border="0" /></a>AP - Republicans sparred with President Barack Obama in their Saturday media addresses over proposals to create jobs, further evidence of the difficulty of bipartisan solutions to the nation's pressing problems.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gop/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100206/ap_on_bi_ge/us_obama_jobs"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100111/capt.9bfc6c1485d9411b81592fd43a08bf9f.stimulus_unemployment_wx105.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=rUy1RWXtrQwqQHS838jC_Q--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="A $19.2 million widening project along SR-373 in Lewisburg, Tenn., is seen on Sunday, Jan. 10, 2010. Ten months into President Barack Obama's first economic stimulus plan, a surge in spending on roads and bridges has had no effect on local unemployment and only barely helped the beleaguered construction industry, an Associated Press analysis has found. (AP Photo/Josh Anderson)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gop/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/cq/20100206/pl_cq_politics/politics3291615 cq/20100206/politics3291615 CQPolitics.com politics Sat, 06 Feb 2010 14:49:26 GMT CQPolitics.com - Jon Runyan expected to be in Miami right now, getting ready to play in another Super Bowl, but instead he's in New Jersey preparing to challenge an incumbent Member of Congress. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gop/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100206/ap_on_el_ho/us_ny_house_nixon ap/20100206/us_ny_house_nixon AP Sat, 06 Feb 2010 00:32:39 GMT AP - The grandson of President Richard Nixon is among seven Republicans seeking the nomination to challenge an incumbent Democratic congressman on Long Island.