Word: republican
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...staff unnecessarily politicizes a horrible death. The platform of the Republican party is unrelated to the killing of Matthew Shepherd. At a time of such tragedy, Shepherd's family would be best served by the nation's coming together to join them in mourning. Accusing Republican voters of homophobia and of somehow encouraging murder is not only a broad, hostile claim, but it is also false. This murder was the wrongful act of individuals, and they deserve to be severely punished...
...lifelong loyalties is to the Democratic Party, and as a western Democrat, I am naturally concerned that the West is now the most Republican region in the country. No small part of the blame for that can be attributed to the Democratic Party's thorough nationalism. This continent's mountain region has always felt itself colonized by the national government. That it still feels that alienation is reflected in the fact that the Republican Party, always willing to trash Big Government, now dominates every level of government in the interior West. As a Democrat, I think the time has come...
...White House and congressional negotiators have until midnight Wednesday to resolve their differences before Congress is forced to enact a fourth temporary spending bill. The election-eve Republican caution evident in the budget fight also appears to be weighing on Judiciary Committee chairman Henry Hyde. Hyde told the Washington Post Tuesday that the 15 charges against Clinton should be pared down in order to meet a New Year deadline for the impeachment investigation. "We need to think about narrowing the charges down to the ones that are the most provable," said Hyde. So the question becomes, which Clinton will those...
...poll of 400 likely voters conducted earlylast week by The Boston Globe and WBZ-TV showedthat state races for attorney general, treasurerand secretary of state are closer than expectedbecause of the Republican leanings of independentvoters...
...heat is on Republican legislators to pass hate crimes legislation protecting gays from attack. The beating death of a young gay University of Wyoming student is galvanizing a wave of gay rights activism across the U.S., and President Clinton on Monday urged Congress to pass the Federal Hate Crimes Protection act. The legislation adds gender, disability and sexual orientation to current hate-crimes laws covering attacks based on race, color, religion or national origin. National debate will be further fueled by a Supreme Court decision Tuesday to uphold a Cincinnati decision to eliminate discrimination protections for gays and lesbians...