Memo to GOP Leaders: More Listening, Less Talk - Roll Call

Memo to GOP Leaders: More Listening, Less Talk

By Tracie Powell and CQ Guest Columnist

Posted May 5, 2009 at 12:00am

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“Contract With America”
National Council For A New America
party purity
Olympia J. Snowe, R-Maine,
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third party
one in four
Tom DeLay, R-Texas
Tracie Powell is a former American Political Science Association congressional fellow who writes regularly on politics and policy.

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