• Republican Senators Prepared to Start Over - Roll Call
    Nov 19, 2008  - It may not be rock bottom for the GOP, but a freshly tapped Republican Senate leadership team certainly sounded that way Tuesday as they uniformly pledged to start the painful process of rebuilding a battered party from the ground up. That makeover started just moments after a depleted Senate Repu... More
  • Local GOP activists demand leadership changes - OC Register
    Nov 5, 2008  - For the Republican Party to continue to use Orange County to be its ATM and a source for votes and activism, local power brokers say the GOP leadership is going to have to start acting like the party of Ronald Reagan again. Already this morning, once word went out that the House GOP leader wants to... More
  • House GOP Turning Right - Roll Call
    Oct 23, 2008  - As the national political debate tilts left, House Republicans appear poised to tack sharply right after the elections, promising immediate implications for the party's leadership team and longer-term challenges for the wobbly Conference. The first order of business for House Republicans returnin... More
  • Conservatives Mourn White House's `Abandoning' Reagan Legacy - Bloomberg
    Oct 15, 2008  - The heirs to the Reagan revolution say the free-market principles that have held sway for almost three decades in the U.S. are being undermined. And many of them blame the Bush White House. This week's announcement that the Treasury will buy equity stakes in nine banks for $125 billion capped a mo... More
  • Campbell withdraws from RSC race - The Hill
    Oct 6, 2008  - Rep. John Campbell (Calif.) on Monday removed his name from consideration in the race to replace Rep. Jeb Hensarling (Texas) as chairman of the Republican Study Committee.  Campbell acknowledged in a letter to the founding members that his support for the massive Wall Street rescue package pu... More
  • EDITORIAL: Our congressman shows leadership - Daily Pilot
    Oct 4, 2008  - How weird was the recent debate over the so-called “bailout” of Wall Street? How often do you see reports that a bill was defeated because a former House Speaker was reportedly whipping members behind the current minority leader’s back as he tried to forge a bipartisan deal? And then we found out... More
  • House reverses course, approves bailout bill - The Hill
    Oct 3, 2008  - In a dramatic reversal, the House passed a $700 billion Wall Street bailout its members had rejected four days before. The bill passed 263-171, after 58 members switched their votes to support the bill. That total included 33 Democrats and 25 Republicans. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) an... More
  • Numerous Lawmakers Face Pressure to Back Bill - Congressional Quarterly Today
    Oct 2, 2008  - There were meetings. There were more meetings. One caucus met and the other got ready to meet. There were phone calls. There was high-level intervention. Heading into Friday’s expected vote on the Senate-passed financial bailout bill, House leaders said they were optimistic about getting enough v... More
  • Senate plans vote on modified bailout bill - The Washington Times
    Oct 1, 2008  - Senate leaders late Tuesday scheduled a vote for Wednesday evening on the elusive $700 billion Wall Street bailout package, capping a day in which Capitol Hill lawmakers, President Bush and the presidential candidates of both major political parties gauged how to win enough votes from rank-and-file ... More
  • Lobbyists working for House OK of bailout bill - Associated Press
    Oct 1, 2008  - Business lobbyists are banding together to pressure lawmakers into reversing this week's rejection of a $700 billion bailout bill for the financial industry. In a letter to all members of Congress, more than 50 business trade groups said legislators had to quickly act "to prevent a meltdown" of th... More