GOP
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The economy shrank by about 8 percent in the second quarter of 1980, the lowest mark between 1958 (a notoriously bad midterm for the GOP, which held the White House) and the 2008 financial crisis.
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Amelia Thomson-Deveaux, ABC News, 30 Dec. 2024
On the other end of the political spectrum, Latino Republican legislators now populate Sacramento in such numbers that the California Latino Legislative Caucus is having conversations about dropping its longstanding ban on GOP members.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 30 Dec. 2024
What to watch: The big test for House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) next year will be to prove that this Congress' lack of legislative productivity was the result of split partisan control and not GOP infighting.
—Andrew Solender, Axios, 30 Dec. 2024
However, names being floated among some corners of the GOP conference include House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-MN), Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL), and House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH), according to one lawmaker.
—Cami Mondeaux, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 30 Dec. 2024
Andrea Louise Campbell, Arthur and Ruth Sloan Professor of Political Science, MIT
The GOP has remade itself as a working-class party, yet remains the political home of small-government conservatives and economic elites.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 30 Dec. 2024
Perhaps state-run visa programs can engender greater consensus, uniting GOP factions that have been in conflict, as well as Democrats.
—Patrick Gleason, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2024
The treaties were hugely unpopular in polls, thanks in part to Reagan’s use of the issue when challenging Ford in the 1976 GOP primaries.
—Jonathan Alter, TIME, 29 Dec. 2024
However, not only does Jeffries lack strong national name recognition, but his exact plans for countering GOP influence remain unclear.
—Elaine Mallon, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 24 Dec. 2024
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Amelia Thomson-Deveaux, ABC News, 30 Dec. 2024
On the other end of the political spectrum, Latino Republican legislators now populate Sacramento in such numbers that the California Latino Legislative Caucus is having conversations about dropping its longstanding ban on GOP members.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 30 Dec. 2024
What to watch: The big test for House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) next year will be to prove that this Congress' lack of legislative productivity was the result of split partisan control and not GOP infighting.
—Andrew Solender, Axios, 30 Dec. 2024
However, names being floated among some corners of the GOP conference include House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-MN), Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL), and House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH), according to one lawmaker.
—Cami Mondeaux, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 30 Dec. 2024
Andrea Louise Campbell, Arthur and Ruth Sloan Professor of Political Science, MIT
The GOP has remade itself as a working-class party, yet remains the political home of small-government conservatives and economic elites.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 30 Dec. 2024
Perhaps state-run visa programs can engender greater consensus, uniting GOP factions that have been in conflict, as well as Democrats.
—Patrick Gleason, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2024
The treaties were hugely unpopular in polls, thanks in part to Reagan’s use of the issue when challenging Ford in the 1976 GOP primaries.
—Jonathan Alter, TIME, 29 Dec. 2024
However, not only does Jeffries lack strong national name recognition, but his exact plans for countering GOP influence remain unclear.
—Elaine Mallon, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 24 Dec. 2024
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