Word: republican
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...make-up of the 106th Congress is not that different from the current one, in terms of numbers. Republicans still hold narrow majorities in both houses. But the spirit of American politics seems to have taken for the better. The victories of the Bush brothers in Texas and Florida indicate that the moderate wing of the Republican Party, and not the reactionary wing, has a future. The Democratic resurgence in the South, marked by the capture of two Senate seats and two governorships (in Georgia and South Carolina), is a welcome shake-up to the country's regional political divide...
Funding for the National Endowment for Arts andHumanities faced Republican opposition in thepast, but "went smoothly" this year, Nixon said,and such support is likely to continue in the nearfuture, she said...
...Republican Club held a meeting yesterday evening, discussing their party's losses with former GOP Representative Susan Molinari, currently a fellow at the Institute of Politics...
Meanwhile, Aditi Bagchi '99, political co-chair of the Asian American Association (AAA), said that although some Asian Americans may be disappointed with Republican Matt Fong's loss in California, she is pleased that "the party and the candidates who are doing the most to advance civil rights and social justice in the United States are starting to gain lost ground...
...President of the Republican Club C.J.Mahoney '00 put the GOP's loss into perspective...