Lamentable Ethics in Congress? It’s as Old as the Hill
Rousseau resigned after a special committee recommended his expulsion, though he was later re-elected.
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Rousseau resigned after a special committee recommended his expulsion, though he was later re-elected.
In early January, The New York Times quoted White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card saying that Bush had personally asked Hastert to run for re-election in 2006.
By undertaking a GOP-led re-redistricting plan, Texas also lost some points in the survey by cashiering senior Democratic Members in favor of rookie Republicans.
Mehlman also announced that Sarah Taylor, a strategist for the Bush re-election effort, will take over as White House political affairs director from Matt Schlapp.
Tom Reynolds is back for a second cycle as chairman of the NRCC after being unanimously re-elected in December.
They must defend 17 Senate seats, two more than Republicans.
David Boren retired in 1994 after three terms as an Oklahoma Senator, and Lyle Boren served as a Representative from the state from 1937 until he lost re-election in 1946.
After spending his own time and money helping to successfully oust his nemesis, former Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle (D-S.D.), Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) is now dancing on Daschle
In their immediate future is this year’s New Jersey governor’s race, where they are expected to work for Doug Forrester, a former Senatorial candidate, followed by the re-election campaigns of their
The odds-on favorite to lead the beleaguered party has been wealthy paper company executive Andy McKenna Jr., whom LaHood supported in the 2004 Senate primary.
The final category — and the most important one — includes potential open seats that weren’t in play last year but could see spirited competition without an incumbent seeking re-election.
If he does run, he will be “very well positioned” for re-election, the pollsters found, with 56 percent of the Democrats surveyed saying that they would vote to re-elect him.
Phil Crane (R-Ill.), who eventually lost a tough battle for re-election.
Mehlman, a former assistant secretary of Commerce for technology policy in the Bush administration who is perhaps better known as the brother of Ken Mehlman — the campaign manager for the Bush-Cheney re-election
Tom Reynolds was unanimously re-elected in December as the head of the National Republican Congressional Committee and quickly moved to retain the senior staff that helped the GOP grow its majority in
The House voted it down, 31-267, while the Senate defeated their version 1-74.
John Thune (R) was the surprise of the 2004 cycle, marking the first time since 1952 that a Senate leader had been defeated for re-election.
Three years later, Sorenson went off to join a plastic surgery program in Utah and his wife, Sheila, replaced him in the state Senate.
“I earned capital on the campaign, political capital, and now I intend to spend it,” President Bush said after his re-election — and a strengthened majority on Capitol Hill plans to help him.
Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has decided to entrust Sen.