Copyright (c) 2009 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/1930 politics Politics - Republican Party en-us Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:20:14 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/1930 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gop/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/cq/20091106/pl_cq_politics/politics3243275 cq/20091106/politics3243275 CQPolitics.com politics Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:20:14 GMT CQPolitics.com - After dropping out of the race against Utah Sen. Robert F. Bennett, state Attorney General Mark Shurtleffsays he's looking for another way to help defeat the three-term senator in next year's Republican primary. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gop/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_on_bi_ge/us_health_care_comparing_the_bills ap/20091106/us_health_care_comparing_the_bills AP business Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:16:42 GMT AP - House Democratic leaders are offering a $1.2 trillion, 10-year health overhaul bill that expands coverage to millions of Americans. House Republicans have unveiled their alternative, after months of criticizing the Democrats' approach. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gop/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/cq/20091106/pl_cq_politics/politics3242258 cq/20091106/politics3242258 CQPolitics.com politics Fri, 06 Nov 2009 04:57:22 GMT CQPolitics.com - When he took over this year as the chief candidate recruiter and campaign fundraiser for the Senate GOP, John Cornyn didn't tip his hand about his strategy for taking away as many seats as possible from the Democrats. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gop/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_on_go_co/us_terrorist_trials ap/20091106/us_terrorist_trials AP politics Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:38:33 GMT AP - The Democratic-controlled Senate on Thursday turned back a GOP-led effort to bar Sept. 11 terrorists from being prosecuted in civilian federal courts. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gop/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091105/ap_on_bi_ge/climate_bill ap/20091105/climate_bill AP business Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:18:58 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gop/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091105/ap_on_bi_ge/climate_bill"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091105/capt.8d9596126bb948ed864d2c23b2ad4bae.climate_bill_dchh116.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=Ncc1aP6BwDOAjtwpSvCQMA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chair Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif. presides on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009, as the committee voted on the climate bill. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)" border="0" /></a>AP - Senate Democrats sidestepped a Republican boycott Thursday, pushing a climate bill out of committee in an early step on a long and contentious road to passage.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gop/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091105/ap_on_bi_ge/climate_bill"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091105/capt.8d9596126bb948ed864d2c23b2ad4bae.climate_bill_dchh116.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=Ncc1aP6BwDOAjtwpSvCQMA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chair Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif. presides on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009, as the committee voted on the climate bill. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gop/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091105/ap_on_bi_ge/us_congress_counting_immigrants ap/20091105/us_congress_counting_immigrants AP business Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:44:56 GMT AP - Senate Democrats Thursday blocked a GOP attempt to require next year's census forms to ask people whether they are U.S. citizens. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gop/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091105/ap_on_bi_ge/us_health_care_briefing ap/20091105/us_health_care_briefing AP business Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:00:04 GMT AP - A look at key issues in the health care debate: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gop/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20091105/us_time/08599193480500 time/20091105/08599193480500 Time.com us Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:15:00 GMT Time.com - Conservatives get the most attention as the GOP revives. But moderates are rising too http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gop/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/cq/20091105/pl_cq_politics/politics3240946 cq/20091105/politics3240946 CQPolitics.com politics Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:01:29 GMT CQPolitics.com - Despite an impressive first fundraising filing and support from state and national Republicans, Republican state Sen. Alan Nunnelee may not be able avoid a primary next year in his effort to knock off Democratic freshman Rep. Travis Childers in Mississippi's 1st District. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gop/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/cq/20091105/pl_cq_politics/politics3240947 cq/20091105/politics3240947 CQPolitics.com politics Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:01:29 GMT CQPolitics.com - Emboldened by the results in the race for Virginia governor, Republicans are expressing renewed confidence about unseating one or more of the state's Democratic House incumbents in the 2010 midterm elections. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gop/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091105/ap_on_bi_ge/us_health_care_overhaul_republicans ap/20091105/us_health_care_overhaul_republicans AP business Thu, 05 Nov 2009 04:30:47 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gop/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091105/ap_on_bi_ge/us_health_care_overhaul_republicans"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091107/i/r3635266423.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=Ap3eppMzMR9NgANfKzGBIw--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="A protester holds a sign outside a building where a dialogue on the proposed healthcare reform for ticketed guests is being held in Dallas, Texas August 17, 2009. REUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi" border="0" /></a>AP - Congressional budget umpires say the House Republican health plan would only make a small dent in the number of uninsured Americans.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gop/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091105/ap_on_bi_ge/us_health_care_overhaul_republicans"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091107/i/r3635266423.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=Ap3eppMzMR9NgANfKzGBIw--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="photo" title="A protester holds a sign outside a building where a dialogue on the proposed healthcare reform for ticketed guests is being held in Dallas, Texas August 17, 2009. REUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gop/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091105/pl_nm/us_fiorina_senate nm/20091105/us_fiorina_senate Reuters politics Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:10:08 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gop/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091105/pl_nm/us_fiorina_senate"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091104/i/r3426074589.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=Q0ZUNrne3swaQG2QiLqgGQ--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="Former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina addresses the third session of the 2008 Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minnesota September 3, 2008. REUTERS/Brian Snyder" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Former Hewlett-Packard Co chief Carly Fiorina said on Wednesday she would run as a Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate from California, seeking to unseat liberal Democrat Barbara Boxer next year.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gop/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091105/pl_nm/us_fiorina_senate"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091104/i/r3426074589.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=Q0ZUNrne3swaQG2QiLqgGQ--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="photo" title="Former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina addresses the third session of the 2008 Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minnesota September 3, 2008. REUTERS/Brian Snyder" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gop/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091104/ap_on_re_us/us_death_penalty_ohio ap/20091104/us_death_penalty_ohio AP us Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:27:10 GMT AP - Two Republican lawmakers advising Ohio's Democratic governor on changes to the state's lethal injection process say it shouldn't be hard to fix the system. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gop/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091104/ap_on_el_ge/us_obama_elections ap/20091104/us_obama_elections AP Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:45:24 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gop/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091104/ap_on_el_ge/us_obama_elections"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091103/capt.468fa99526f141a49a2e8ab29c7772d8.obama_dcpm115.jpg?x=115&y=130&q=85&sig=gEOF1pNY6K4Z._vuxQJM5Q--" align="left" height="130" width="115" alt="White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs gestures during his daily press briefing at the White House, in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)" border="0" /></a>AP - The White House says that Republican wins in two governors' races were not referendums on the president.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gop/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091104/ap_on_el_ge/us_obama_elections"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091103/capt.468fa99526f141a49a2e8ab29c7772d8.obama_dcpm115.jpg?x=115&y=130&q=85&sig=gEOF1pNY6K4Z._vuxQJM5Q--" align="left" height="130" width="115" alt="photo" title="White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs gestures during his daily press briefing at the White House, in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009. (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/20091104/pl_nm/us_usa_congress_housing nm/20091104/us_usa_congress_housing Reuters politics Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:56:24 GMT Reuters - A pair of House Republicans on Wednesday warned the Obama administration that Congress does not have the appetite for a bailout of the financially strapped Federal Housing Administration. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gop/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091104/ap_on_el_gu/us_virginia_governor ap/20091104/us_virginia_governor AP Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:15:23 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gop/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091104/ap_on_el_gu/us_virginia_governor"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091104/capt.09d3c8c63a4e4496ae6e2c898ec6cae2.us_elections_deeds_vajm204.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=g85ZlwMbVzEoaiFkfMjpgw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Democratic gubernatorial candidate and Virginia State Sen. Creigh Deeds reacts to his loss in the Virginia governor's race against Republican Bob McDonnell, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009, at his election results event in Richmond, Va. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)" border="0" /></a>AP - A Republican who promised to create jobs won the Virginia governor's office just a year after state voters helped a Democrat who promised change &mdash; and jobs &mdash; win the White House.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gop/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091104/ap_on_el_gu/us_virginia_governor"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091104/capt.09d3c8c63a4e4496ae6e2c898ec6cae2.us_elections_deeds_vajm204.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=g85ZlwMbVzEoaiFkfMjpgw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Democratic gubernatorial candidate and Virginia State Sen. Creigh Deeds reacts to his loss in the Virginia governor's race against Republican Bob McDonnell, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009, at his election results event in Richmond, Va. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gop/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091104/ap_on_el_ge/us_election_rdp ap/20091104/us_election_rdp AP Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:13:37 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gop/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091104/ap_on_el_ge/us_election_rdp"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091104/capt.96b2af597ad64f76b78b614c51afebed.aptopix_us_elections_mcdonnell_vash118.jpg?x=130&y=103&q=85&sig=WJyH.LOIOxqCqAdZAc3SHw--" align="left" height="103" width="130" alt="Republican Governor-elect Bob McDonnell waves to the crowd at his victory party in Richmond, Va., Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009. Unofficial results showed McDonnell, a conservative and former state attorney general, with about 60 percent of the vote over Democrat R. Creigh Deeds. He will be the state's first Republican governor in eight years. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)" border="0" /></a>AP - Independents who swept Barack Obama to a historic 2008 victory broke big for Republicans on Tuesday as the GOP wrested political control from Democrats in Virginia and New Jersey, a troubling sign for the president and his party heading into an important midterm election year.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gop/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091104/ap_on_el_ge/us_election_rdp"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091104/capt.96b2af597ad64f76b78b614c51afebed.aptopix_us_elections_mcdonnell_vash118.jpg?x=130&y=103&q=85&sig=WJyH.LOIOxqCqAdZAc3SHw--" align="left" height="103" width="130" alt="photo" title="Republican Governor-elect Bob McDonnell waves to the crowd at his victory party in Richmond, Va., Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009. Unofficial results showed McDonnell, a conservative and former state attorney general, with about 60 percent of the vote over Democrat R. Creigh Deeds. He will be the state's first Republican governor in eight years. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gop/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20091104/pl_bloomberg/apndaxopbiic bloomberg/20091104/apndaxopbiic Bloomberg politics Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:19:41 GMT Bloomberg - Nov. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Democrat Bill Owens won a vacant U.S. House seat in New York in a race that divided the Republican Party and attracted national attention. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gop/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091104/ap_on_el_ge/us_election_reax ap/20091104/us_election_reax AP Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:42:45 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gop/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091104/ap_on_el_ge/us_election_reax"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091104/i/r4215251408.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=6mPaTN8EO63JB4zsbqDIlQ--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele speaks to reporters after New Jersey Governor-elect Chris Christie delivered his victory speech at election-night headquarters in Parsippany, New Jersey November 3, 2009. REUTERS/Jeff Zelevansky (UNITED STATES ELECTIONS POLITICS)" border="0" /></a>AP - An ebullient Republican Party Chairman Michael Steele asserted Wednesday that GOP victories in governors' races in New Jersey and Virginia demonstrate "a transcendent party" on the move again. The White House said the elections were not a repudiation of President Barack Obama.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gop/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091104/ap_on_el_ge/us_election_reax"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091104/i/r4215251408.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=6mPaTN8EO63JB4zsbqDIlQ--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="photo" title="Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele speaks to reporters after New Jersey Governor-elect Chris Christie delivered his victory speech at election-night headquarters in Parsippany, New Jersey November 3, 2009. REUTERS/Jeff Zelevansky (UNITED STATES ELECTIONS POLITICS)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gop/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091104/ap_on_el_gu/us_nj_governor ap/20091104/us_nj_governor AP Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:35:16 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gop/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091104/ap_on_el_gu/us_nj_governor"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091104/capt.2a83a363484c400ea962c60a0af01fd4.us_elections_christie_nyha112.jpg?x=130&y=92&q=85&sig=PWSBOxjWeSx6rDSbG5jxMQ--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="Republican Chris Christie, right,with his wife, Mary Pat, at his side addresses his supporters after beating incumbent Gov. Jon Corzine to become the next governor of New Jersey, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009 in Parsippany, New Jersey. (AP Photo/Henny Ray Abrams)" border="0" /></a>AP - Republican Chris Christie, a former corruption-busting prosecutor, tapped into deep voter discontent over stubbornly high taxes and chronic financial problems to unseat New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine on Tuesday, despite being outspent by $12 million in a heavily Democratic state.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gop/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091104/ap_on_el_gu/us_nj_governor"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091104/capt.2a83a363484c400ea962c60a0af01fd4.us_elections_christie_nyha112.jpg?x=130&y=92&q=85&sig=PWSBOxjWeSx6rDSbG5jxMQ--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="photo" title="Republican Chris Christie, right,with his wife, Mary Pat, at his side addresses his supporters after beating incumbent Gov. Jon Corzine to become the next governor of New Jersey, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009 in Parsippany, New Jersey. (AP Photo/Henny Ray Abrams)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP)