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Attorney to President Donald Trump and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani said on July 16 that the president confronted the “progressive” members of the Democratic party because Democrats are afraid to stand up to them. “Since the Dems are afraid to stand up to AOC, Omar, Tlaib et al, hateful and ignorant criticism of our law enforcement and federal agents, and their support of economic destruction of our ally Israel. [Trump] has to do it for them. After all he is supposed to defend America,” Giuliani said in a Twitter post on July 16.

PORTLAND, Ore.—Republicans on the campaign trail are bashing the president and his agenda and some are vowing to shut down Washington if they don't get their way. Behind the scenes, key party members are talking a different game. A number of House Republicans, including some who are likely to be in the leadership, are pushing a post-election strategy aimed at securing concrete legislation, with the goal of showing they can translate general principles into specific action. Among the ideas is to bring a series of bills to the floor, as often as once a week, designed to cut spending in...

WASHINGTON — Reps. Roy Blunt and John Boehner, rivals in the race to succeed Majority Leader Tom DeLay, both claimed progress Monday and released the names of supporters to prove it. The two men maneuvered for support as Rep. Eric Cantor of Virginia claimed the votes needed to move up the leadership ladder when elections are held early next month. "He has 140 firm commitments for majority whip," said Cantor's spokesman, Rob Collins. He declined to provide a list. Cantor has been serving as deputy whip under Blunt. Not to be deterred, Rep. Todd Tiahrt, R-Kan., announced he would run...

The Rhodes Report Week of Dec 13, 2004 Inside the Legislature and Across North Carolina Rep. John W. Rhodes - Mecklenburg ******************************************************************************************************************************* NC House Reaches Party Parity/Parity Amendment One - Trojan Horse Poised At The Open Gates Ready to Strike. Governor - Dude, You’re Getting a Dell - Oops, Your Hard Drive Just Crashed Incentives - The Crack Addiction of N.C. Politics ******************************************************************************************************* NC House Reaches Party Parity/Parity "We will see if Rep. Kiser will start pushing a Republican agenda or if he will continue to enable the Democrats to increase spending and taxes like he did last session". N.C....