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Republican Leader Presses Compromise as Auto Chiefs Renew Plea (Bloomberg)
Nov. 19 (Bloomberg) -- Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell pressed lawmakers to expedite $25 billion in previously approved auto loans as U.S. car company executives returned to Congress for the second straight day to plead for aid.
Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:11:28 GMT

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Republican Sen. Stevens trails in Alaska vote (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Republican Sen. Ted Stevens, convicted last month of political corruption after decades as one of the most powerful figures in the U.S. Senate, appeared to have lost his re-election bid on Tuesday.
Wed, 19 Nov 2008 03:01:57 GMT

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WITH VIDEO: Oust Detroit 3 chiefs, top Republican says (Detroit Free Press)
WASHINGTON — The senior Republican on the Banking Committee said today he doesn't believe there will be a turnaround in the troubled U.S. auto industry until its top management is ousted and its manufacturing operations are revamped.
Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:33:19 GMT

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Key Republican: Fire auto execs before any bailout (Houston Chronicle)
The top Senate Banking Committee Republican says nothing will turn around the troubled U.S. auto industry until its top management is ousted and the manufacturing model overhauled.
Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:57:20 GMT

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Embattled Alaskan Republican Senator Loses Re-Election Bid (Voice of America)
U.S. Republican Senator Ted Stevens of Alaska, who was convicted of corruption last month, has narrowly lost his bid for re-election. Results Tuesday from the November fourth election show Stevens losing to Democratic challenger Mark Begich by some 3700 votes.
Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:24:44 GMT

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Republican vote on Stevens postponed (TVNZ)
Republican Senator Ted Stevens, convicted last month of political corruption after decades as one of the most powerful figures in the US Senate, appeared to have lost his re-election bid.
Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:54:24 GMT

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Republican legislators share agenda (WINK TV Southwest Florida)
Florida's Republican state representatives will begin a three-day retreat at an upscale Panhandle resort.
Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:41:02 GMT

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Change Big 3 management, Republican says (Toronto Star)
WASHINGTON–Sen. Richard Shelby, the senior Republican on the Banking Committee, said Wednesday he doesn't believe there will be a turnaround in the troubled U.S. auto industry until its top management is ousted and the manufacturing model sacked.
Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:03:31 GMT

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Virginia Congressman Eric Cantor named Republican whip (WSLS Newschannel 10 Roanoke)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Rep. John Boehner is getting another term as House Republican leader as the party heads into a new era with a Democratic president and a strengthened Democratic majority.
Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:46:38 GMT

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Austinites arrested at Republican Convention set for trial (News 8 Austin)
They're accused of plotting to attack police with molotov cocktails during September's Republican National Convention.
Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:43:56 GMT