U.S. Republican Party

U.S. Republican Party

  • WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 21: The Senate's health care reform bill sits on the podium following a news conference by Republican Senators on Capitol Hill on November 21, 2009 in Washington, DC. The Senate is expected to cast a procedural vote on the measure later today after Senate Democrats said they secured enough votes needed to propel major health care legislation to the floor for debate.

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  • Report: Ill. prison deal could create 3,000 jobs

    ...2001 with 1,600 cells. But budget problems prevented it from fully opening, and it now houses about 200 minimum-security inmates. Republican lawmakers largely oppose the plan, raising questions about the safety of housing terrorism suspects and the deal's... |more

  • Suffolk firms reap $1.1 billion in stimulus funds

    ...For example, Congress lopped off spending in the original stimulus bill that would have reseeded the National Mall after Republican critics derided it as wasteful.But in the contracts posted Oct. 30, there is plenty of similar spending. Nicholson & Galloway,... |more

  • Other developers could step in if Wang's Lighthouse fails

    ...backseat recently to the drama surrounding the race for Nassau County executive. Both County Executive Thomas Suozzi and Republican challenger Edward Mangano - who are now locked in a recount - have said they support the Lighthouse project, which is currently... |more

  • GOP prepares to retake control in Nassau

    ...a sudden turn in the Nassau vote count, Republican Edward Mangano will become the next county executive. Tentative preparations are in progress for his takeover from two-termer Thomas Suozzi, as the GOP readies its return to majority status in the county legislature.If... |more

  • Mammogram guidelines spark debate over health bill

    ...National Institutes of Health chief urged women to ignore guidelines that delay the start of breast cancer screenings. Republicans pointed to the guidelines as evidence the Democrats ' proposals for a health care overhaul would yield limits on mammograms and... |more

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  • Sarah Palin vs Barack Obama: The approval gap silently shrinks to a few points

    ...a question about him. Things seem to change much more quickly these days. "She brings out a different crowd, " Salem Republican Party Chairman Greg Habeeb told the Roanoke Times. Habeeb was struck by the numerous non-Republicans he spotted in the line snaking... |more

  • Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid embraces Senatpor Chris Dodd of Connecticut after the Senate voted to formally launch debate on health care reform.
    After the Health Care Vote, Republicans Plot Their Attack Strategy

    ...he can do it without raising their taxes. What the GOP Senators failed to note was that the same poll showed 59% faulting the Republican Party for not working in good faith with the Democrats to produce a bill. (Read "Understanding the Health-Care Debate:... |more

  • GOP retools with Rudy Giuliani out of governor race

    ...in which Democratic incumbents were knocked off across the state in local and county races. So even without Giuliani, some Republican strategists believe the party's fortunes could be improving in New York after years of losing power. In January, Republicans... |more

  • Congressmen offer views on terror attack trial

    ...in a lower Manhattan courthouse. "The amount of media attention that surrounds the trial will be a circus," said Dent, a Republican whose district includes the Indian Valley portion of Montgomery County. "I believe the sensitive material the government is... |more

  • Gov. Ritter derides Republicans' contract with Colorado

    ...that all three helped develop along with other GOP leaders who hoped to avoid previous election-cycle mistakes by uniting the party early. At a Sunday-night news conference, Ritter characterized the Republicans' multipoint agenda as "just (being) against things"... |more

About U.S. Republican Party

The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP. Founded in Jackson, Michigan, in 1854 by anti-slavery expansion activists and modernizers, the Republican Party quickly surpassed the Whig Party as the principal opposition to the Democratic Party. It first came to power in 1860 with the election of Abraham Lincoln to the presidency and presided over the American Civil War and Reconstruction. Today, the party supports a conservative and/or center-right platform, with further foundations in supply-side fiscal policies and social conservatism.

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