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Republican majority taking control of the U.S. House of Representatives
January 05, 2011By Michael Bowman /Washington, DC / Voice of America/ -- A new U.S. Congress has convened in Washington. Republicans now control the House of Representatives, and Democrats have a reduced majority in the Senate, giving the United States a divided legislature...
U.S. November elections: Republicans are increasingly confident in retaking control of the Congress
May 26, 2010By Jim Malone Republicans expect gains in US November election In U.S. politics, opposition Republicans remain confident as they look ahead to November's midterm congressional elections, expecting that they will gain seats at the expense of Democrats...
Obama likely to be main issue in November midterm elections
April 21, 2010By Jim Malone Political experts say 2010 could be a difficult year for President Barack Obama and his Democratic Party allies in Congress. Most analysts predict that Republicans will make gains in this year's midterm congressional elections. And they...
US Congressional elections in November - referendum on Obama
April 13, 2010By Jim Malone Public opinion polls suggest Republicans will make gains in November; 40 seats needed to retake control of House of Representatives President Barack Obama faces a major political test later this year when U.S. voters go to the polls...
Republicans in U.S. call for health-care reform replacement
March 27, 2010U.S. Republicans are calling for President Obama's health-care reform package to be "repealed and replaced," after the final details were approved Thursday. In the Republican's weekly Saturday address, the Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell...
Sarah Palin tries to save John McCain's political life (video)
March 27, 2010Former U.S. Republican presidential candidate John McCain and his vice president pick Sarah Palin campaigned together Friday for the first time since losing the presidential race in 2008. In 2008, McCain transformed Palin overnight from an...
U.S. Senate passes health care 'fixes,' returns package to House
March 25, 2010By Paula Wolfson The U.S. Congress is wrapping up work on legislation to fix problems with the health care reform bill President Barack Obama signed into law on Tuesday. The Senate approved the corrections measure along party lines on Thursday and sent...
Senate Republicans succeeded to return health care bill to the House for another vote
March 25, 2010The Republican Party (GOP) in the United States are using every parliamentary tool available to undermine the recently enacted health care law which they unanimously opposed both in the Senate and in the House of Representatives. The GOP launched its...
U.S. lawmakers pass health-care reform, sharp disagreements of conservatives
March 22, 2010U.S. President Barack Obama has achieved a landmark victory of his presidency in securing passage of a health care reform bill through the House of Representatives. Extending health insurance to tens of millions of Americans who until now were outside...
AP Video: Pelosi & Boehner's countdown to health care vote
March 19, 2010As the House of Representatives counts down to this weekend's contentious vote on health care reform, Democrat and Republican leaders held back-to-back press conferences in a last ditch effort to shift the balance of a tight vote, reports Associated Press...