- The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives voted largely along party lines on Friday to reject any new taxes on carbon emissions and oil production http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-energy-taxes-iduskcn0yw26f?il=0 4 comments politics
- Welcome to the One-Party State: Republicans control the House, Senate, and Presidency. It’s time we start calling this what it is. https://www.thenation.com/article/welcome-to-the-one-party-state/ 110 comments politics
- The three ultra-rich families battling for control of the Republican party https://finance.yahoo.com/news/three-ultra-rich-families-battling-173022412.html 28 comments politics
- Republican Party Still Controlled By Corporate America | Youth for Western Civilization http://www.westernyouth.org/articles/all-that-is-hidden/ 3 comments politics
- The Cheney Family Is Reasserting Its Control Over the Republican Party https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-cheney-family-is-reasserting-its-control-over-the-republican-party?ref=wrap 11 comments politics
- Democrats more worried than Republicans about other party controlling Congress: Gallup https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/415117-democrats-more-worried-than-republicans-about-other-party-controlling 13 comments politics
- Roundtable: Is The Republican Establishment Losing Control Of The Party? http://fivethirtyeight.com/datalab/roundtable-is-the-republican-establishment-losing-control-of-the-party/ 16 comments politics
- Republican lawmaker switches parties over gun control. http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/22/opinion/kozachik-gun-buyback/index.html 5 comments politics
- Don't be fooled, Rush Limbaugh controls the Republican party http://blog.mlive.com/capitolchronicles/2009/01/limbaugh_reigns_supreme_over_g.html 4 comments politics
- Watching the republicans loose their chance at control of the congress, one radical tea party win at a time. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/09/14/delaware-election-results_n_715598.html 3 comments politics
- Picking Palin was a confession that McCain did not have control of the Republican Party. http://www.newsweek.com/id/163457 8 comments politics
- Once upon a time, a dangerous radical gained control of the US Republican Party http://www.juancole.com/2005/08/fisking-war-on-terror-once-upon-time.html 112 comments reddit.com
- Republican support for one-party government control hits record: Gallup https://thehill.com/homenews/house/410944-republican-support-for-one-party-government-control-hits-record-gallup? 51 comments politics
- Retiring GOP operative Mac Stipanovich says Trump ‘sensed the rot’ in Republican party and took control of it https://www.orlandosentinel.com/politics/os-ne-mac-stipanovich-republican-20191224-tz7bjps56jazbcwb3ficlnacqa-story.html 188 comments politics
- Were Republicans really the party of civil rights in the 1960s? Once you control for region, it turns out that Democrats were actually more likely to support the 1964 Civil Rights Act http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/08/28/were-republicans-really-the-party-of-civil-rights-in-the-1960s/ 47 comments politics
- Is it that much of a stretch to believe that, by 2016, the grassroots base will have taken control of the Republican Party, and the establishment will be looking to bolt? http://nationaljournal.com/columns/against-the-grain/the-republican-party-s-identity-crisis-20130109 3 comments politics
- Trump takes control of the GOP machine - The White House and its allies are taking over the Republican infrastructure, one state party at a time. http://www.politico.com/story/2017/04/trump-republican-party-takeover-states-237075?wpisrc=nl_daily202&wpmm=1 3 comments politics
- After boasting of 'unity,' Trump sends cease-and-desist letter to RNC | Trump doesn't just intend to lead the Republican Party, he also intends to control it. https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/after-boasting-unity-trump-sends-cease-desist-letter-rnc-n1259958 42 comments politics
- The Moment the Republican Party Lost Control - The GOP believed it could appeal to its extremist fringe, without succumbing to it. https://newrepublic.com/article/168021/republican-party-lost-control-1990s-gingrich-buchanan 25 comments politics
- The Raw Desperation of the Republican Party: The GOP is in danger of losing an entire system of political control. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/10/raw-desperation-republican-party/616904/ 80 comments politics
- This Republican Was Attacked For Pushing Gun Control Legislation. He Doesn’t Think His Party Can Pass Even The Most Basic Laws. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/kadiagoba/scott-rigell-republicans-gun-control-mass-shootings 7 comments politics
- How libertarian will Republicans be in 2016? Two things happened last week that revealed the basic dynamic of the fight for control of the Republican Party in 2016. NSA vote & Christie http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/how-much-libertarian-will-republicans-be-in-2016/2013/07/28/27f40726-f721-11e2-aa2e-4088616498b4_story.html 3 comments politics
- Mainstream Republicans have confided in Sen. Chuck Schumer that they intend to regain control of the GOP from the tea party wing if Mitt Romney loses the election http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/09/schumer-mainstream-republicans-planning-resurgence-obama.php?ref=fpa 8 comments politics
- What hath the Republicans wrought: Will Trump's insanity finally rip the party apart? | Whatever happens in Georgia, Trump's conspiracy theories have created a deranged third force the GOP can't control https://www.salon.com/2020/12/04/what-hath-the-republicans-wrought-will-trumps-insanity-finally-rip-the-party-apart/ 25 comments politics
- The GOP’s media trap — What the Republican establishment didn’t recognize in the 1990s was that the right-wing media would grow beyond its control and put the party at risk. https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/07/27/opinion/gops-media-trap/ 26 comments politics
- GOP Senate candidate Jason Lewis said Republicans have 'dual loyalties' to Israel, 'Jewish lobby' controls the party https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/20/politics/jason-lewis-israel-kfile/index.html 10 comments worldnews
- A poll conducted by Yahoo Finance/SurveyMonkey found that nearly 40% of the Republicans asked would be fine with Russia interfering in the elections to help their party keep control of Congress. https://finance.yahoo.com/video/40-republicans-russia-election-meddling-170415658.html 5 comments politics
- Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairman Reince Priebus conceded it will be "tough" for his party to keep its majority in the Senate in the 2016 elections, but voiced confidence the GOP will maintain control of both chambers of Congress. http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/senate-races/264265-rnc-chairman-tough-for-gop-to-hold-onto-senate 21 comments politics
- Rep. Steve King says the Republican Party needs to be “better obstructionists.” - King said that “stopping bad ideas” is his job, so long as Democrats are in control of the White House and Senate. http://www.politico.com/story/2014/02/steve-king-obamacare-104077.html 3 comments politics
- "Christie has a “limited future” in the national Republican party given his position on gun control, the source tells National Review Online. As a result, the CPAC insider says, the focus of this year’s conference, “the future of conservatism,” made Christie a bad fit." http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/02/26/1190027/-top-conservative-conference-keeps-christie-away 13 comments politics
- DeMint: We need to separate the conservative movement from the Republican Party. We didn’t do a good job. It wasn’t a failure of conservative ideas; it was a failure of the Republican Party. We weren’t going to win another national election until we got control of our message.” - Comments? http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/demint-marks-a-new-sharper-edge-for-heritage-foundation/2012/12/06/2da434a0-3fe5-11e2-a2d9-822f58ac9fd5_story.html?wpisrc=nl_politics 22 comments politics
- Paul Krugman: Tea Parties Forever | "But here’s the thing: the G.O.P. looked as crazy 10 or 15 years ago as it does now. That didn’t stop Republicans from taking control of both Congress and the White House." http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/13/opinion/13krugman.html?em 7 comments reddit.com
- As recently as 2003, Democrats were labelled as "irrelevant". Today they control both houses of Congress and the Presidency. Don't be so quick to write off the Republican party... http://www.thenation.com/doc/20030127/nichols 4 comments politics
- Representative Steve Scalise of Louisiana, the No. 3 Republican in the House, addressed a group of white supremacists and neo-Nazis in 2002, a Scalise spokeswoman confirmed Monday as his party prepared to take control of both chambers of Congress http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/30/us/politics/louisiana-congressman-steve-scalise-acknowledges-addressing-racist-group-in-2002.html?_r=0 8 comments politics
- As goes Colorado, so goes the nation?: "Republicans are pinning their hopes on a campaign that could ensure they gain control of the US Senate - and prove that their party has a future in an increasingly urban, socially liberal nation." http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-29417078 9 comments politics
- Salon changes course: "more investigative pieces, exposing power. Both Democratic and Republican targets will be fair game, since both parties are increasingly under the control of the same corporate forces." http://www.salon.com/about/american_spring/index.html?story=/about/inside_salon/2011/09/27/talbot_letter_to_readers 16 comments politics
- In all 7 outstanding House races not yet called, the Democrat is the projected winner which will bring their House number to 204 - only 14 from regaining control (the Republicans had a 50 state majority before, credited to the Tea Party 2010 surge). http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/politics/election-map-2012/house/ 100 comments politics
- Hillary’s Candid Motto for Democratic Party: “Represent Banks” - "Whether Republicans or corporate Democrats control the White House, economic elites largely control policy – and it’s this corporate power and corruption that threatens the economic and environmental future of our country and planet" http://www.commondreams.org/view/2014/07/14 43 comments politics
- The White House on Tuesday urged congressional Democrats to quickly embrace a contentious tax cut plan that President Barack Obama cut with Republicans, arguing that the rank and file need to move on to other issues before the party loses control of the House in January. http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2013615899_apustaxcuts.html 4 comments reddit.com
- Former Arizona state Sen. Russell Pearce resigned from his post as vice chairman of the state’s Republican Party following recent controversial remarks about Medicaid, suggesting women be required to use birth control, however he pointed blame at media. http://www.politico.com/story/2014/09/russell-pearce-resigns-110959.html 13 comments politics