Word: gop
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...DeLay steps into the shadows of the congressional leadership in Washington, the spotlight on his fight for survival shifts to his legal battle and reelection effort in Texas. Unless the 11-term congressman and former House GOP leader wins an unexpected victory in the state's highest court in the next few weeks, he'll spend the next year facing off against a zealous prosecutor and Republican and Democratic challengers for his House seat...
...challenge from former congressman Nick Lampson, who lost his seat after his district was redrawn during the 2004 DeLay-inspired redistricting of Texas congressional seats. Although Lampson is unopposed in the Democratic primary, the field is further crowded by the entry of an independent in the form of former GOP Congressman and DeLay supporter Steve Stockman, a far-right conservative defeated after a single term by Lampson. Stockman told the conservative Human Events magazine this week that by running as an independent he would attack Lampson "like a pit bull" and criticize Lampson's "ethical lapses.... that's something...
...policy luncheon on Capitol Hill. But he failed to convince key Senators, such as Republicans Larry Craig of Idaho, John Sununu of New Hampshire and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, all of whom object to the limited checks on executive authority in the bill. Instead, the opponents won over other GOP colleagues, including presidential hopeful Senator Chuck Hagel of Nebraska. The rhetoric got so hot Thursday that Republican Senator Jon Kyl of Arizona, a White House ally on the issue, said on the floor of the Senate that a terrorist attack that occurred after the expiration could be on the heads...
...same time, Democratic opponents, led by Russ Feingold of Wisconsin and Dick Durbin of Illinois, held moderates like Mary Landrieu of Lousiana and Joe Lieberman of Connecticut, and the increasingly hawkish Hillary Clinton of New York. The numbers left the GOP and the President short by 8 votes in their attempt to override the filibuster. As the clock ticked down Thursday night, the GOP leadership launched a last-ditch effort to swing Senators, threatening to let the law's sunsetted provisions expire entirely. "Tomorrow's vote is going to be the only vote," warned Frist aide Bob Stevenson...
...apparent Democratic win, Republicans are convinced it will prove to be a Pyrrhic victory in an election year. They claim it will be the perfect weapon to beat the Dems with next November. "If they're against this it's going to hurt them politically," says a top GOP aide. "When you side with the American Civil Liberties Union over law enforcement, you got a problem in an election year...