GOP Congressional Leaders Eyeing Dissent (AP)

[jefferson_dem]

GOP Leaders in Congress Bedeviled by Dissent Among Some of Their Fellow Republicans
By DAVID ESPO

The Associated Press

Apr. 20, 2005 - Despite their largest congressional majorities in decades, Republicans are struggling with internal dissent as they try to ride out a House ethics controversy and win a Senate showdown over confirmation of President Bush's court nominees.

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Republicans, armed with their largest House majority since the 1940s and their strongest Senate control since the Great Depression, say otherwise. They accuse Democrats of playing politics with the ethics committee in hopes of first bringing down Majority Leader Tom DeLay and then winning control of the House in 2006.

And they accuse Democrats of an unprecedented abuse of the Senate's rules to prevent several of Bush's conservative appeals court nominees from coming to a vote. "It is unfortunate that Democrats continue to block up-or-down votes on President Bush's judicial nominees, thereby keeping the Senate from doing its constitutional duty," Majority Leader Bill Frist said Tuesday in a written statement.

Whatever the view, enough Republicans are concerned about appearances if not the facts themselves to complicate matters.

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http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/print?id=686178

[Guckert]

1. I guess when they are faced with what is right and wrong, some may actually

choose what is right. they all know the difference, its just a few that will act on it.

[Jo March]

2. Oh, eat it, Frist! I am so sick of that man

He needs to realize that the tighter they try to hold their fellow Repubs, the more they will slip through his fingers.

(Sorry for the Star Wars ripoff there)

[NVMojo]

4. I am really sick of this filthy rich medical whoremonger too....

[yorkiemommie1]

3. accusing the Dems of playing politica and abusing rules?

have they looked in a mirror lately? this is the way of all bullies; they can dish it out but can't take it.

i respect Dems who play hardball.

[xchrom]

5. ok -- then they steal the 00 election, they steal the 04 election

and now they cry that democrats won't roll over and play dead EVERY time their asked to?

puh-leez -- cry me a fuckin river --

[Roland99]

6. wow...a whole 10 out of 200 have been filibustered

Such a damn cryin' shame!

Poor, poor, "Dr." Frist.


He should euthanize himself.

[gratuitous]

7. Uh, someone's playing politics with the Ethics Committee

But it sure as hell isn't the Democrats! Who replaced the Republicans on the committee when they started making noises about actually enforcing their mandate on Tom DeLay? Hint: It wasn't the Democrats.

But I'm glad to see that some Republicans are worried about the appearance of their corruption, if not the actual fact of it. Mercy!

[LatePeriduct]

8. Senator Frist, you foolish man...

The Republicans who are still sane are waking up to your true motives.

http://www.yuricareport.com

The fascists don't want a democracy, they want to be like you and control religion and control everything by the ways of Her Bush!

There is absolutely no reason to call it playing partisans....They don't really care.

Witness the good behavior of your beautiful House Leader http://www.prayeralert.org