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Bush meets with bipartisan group on Iraq
- Eager to show newly empowered Democrats that he is open to fresh ideas about Iraq, President Bush and his top advisers met Monday with the bipartisan Iraq Study Group.
- Eager to show newly empowered Democrats that he is open to fresh ideas about Iraq, President Bush and his top advisers met Monday with the bipartisan Iraq Study Group.
Hoyer: ‘I’m going to win’
- A defiant Rep. Steny Hoyer on Monday guaranteed victory in his race for House majority leader — one day after presumptive House speaker Nancy Pelosi backed Hoyer’s rival.
Bush, Cheney meet with Senate leaders at the White House
- President Bush’s political honeymoon with newly empowered Democrats continued Friday as he and Vice President Dick Cheney met with Senate leaders at the White House.
Rumsfeld acknowledges troubles with war in Iraq
- One day after being sacked by President Bush in the wake of the Democratic takeover of Congress, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld conceded Thursday he had a mixed record on Iraq.
Bush lunches with Democratic leaders
- In a second day of overtures to Democrats, President Bush lunched with presumptive House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday and instructed his Cabinet to cooperate with the newly empowered opposition party.
- In a second day of overtures to Democrats, President Bush lunched with presumptive House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday and instructed his Cabinet to cooperate with the newly empowered opposition party.
Davis to keep up voting rights fight
- U.S. Rep. Tom Davis, R-Va., promised Thursday that he wouldn’t let a D.C. voting rights bill get lost in the Democratic reshuffle of Congress.
D.C. vouchers program could get Dem ax
- D.C.’s controversial school voucher program is likely to be a casualty of the Democratic ascendancy in Congress.
U.S. Rep Van Hollen quietly rising in Democratic Party
- U.S. Rep. Chris Van Hollen was one of the quiet winners in Tuesday’s elections.
Pelosi: Impeachment ‘off the table’
- Presumptive House Speaker Nancy Pelosi took the podium Wednesday to outline her party’s plans for the future and to reassure voters that she won’t lead a liberal inquisition against President Bush.
- Presumptive House Speaker Nancy Pelosi took the podium Wednesday to outline her party’s plans for the future and to reassure voters that she won’t lead a liberal inquisition against President Bush.
Bush ready to ‘work together’ with Democrats
- Conceding that his party took “a thumpin’ ” in Tuesday’s election, President Bush on Wednesday pledged to work with Democrats to increase the minimum wage and grant legal status to illegal immigrants.
- Conceding that his party took “a thumpin’ ” in Tuesday’s election, President Bush on Wednesday pledged to work with Democrats to increase the minimum wage and grant legal status to illegal immigrants.
Gates, Bush not always on same page
- The man who’ll replace Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld opposed invading Iraq in 2003 and had once rejected President Bush’s offer to be the nation’s first national intelligence director.
Rumsfeld out as defense secretary
- One day after Democrats won control of the House, President Bush announced Wednesday that embattled Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld will be replaced by former CIA Director Robert Gates.
- One day after Democrats won control of the House, President Bush announced Wednesday that embattled Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld will be replaced by former CIA Director Robert Gates.
Ahead of possible loss, GOP points fingers
- Recriminations among Republicans began even before most votes were cast on Tuesday as the GOP braced for a Democratic takeover of the House while hoping to retain the Senate.