New GOP Reality
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America, Meet Your New Republican BossesRepublican victories in Tuesday's Senate elections push out a Democratic old guard and usher in a new crop of hungry GOPers, some just getting their feet wet in politics.
Republicans won control of the Senate partly with the help of newcomers who ousted Democratic incumbents and whipped rivals for seats vacated by retiring liberal lions, whose political service spanned decades that included some of the biggest moments in modern U.S. political history. These departing senators have chaired powerful committees, authored landmark bills, exposed torture in Vietnam, debated CIA interrogation methods,...
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Obama, Congress prepare for new reality after GOP sweepAs the big red wave swept the Republicans into control of the Senate, the White House remained largely mum. That will change Wednesday afternoon when President Obama emerges to address the new political landscape for his final two years in office.
The president, still weighed down by a popularity rating in the low 40% range in public polls, also invited House and Senate leaders of both parties to a meeting Friday at the White House to discuss the road ahead.
White House press spokesman Josh Earnest an
From the Right
Republicans take control of Congress: Can Obama, GOP end ‘perpetual conflict’?Tuesday’s big electoral wins have handed the reins of Congress to Republicans for the remainder of President Obama’s term, but immediately raise the question of whether the next two years will bring more acrimonious gridlock – or some compromise on key issues ranging from immigration to energy.
In his victory speech Tuesday night, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, who is expected to ascend to majority leader, said some things won't change next year. But he stressed that lawmakers and the White House don't have to be in "perpetual conflict" and...
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