Republican majority

What had been a 19-14 Republican majority was reduced to a single vote.

The Republican majority could never have passed such a provision standing alone.

Unfortunately, the Republican majority will not let us have that opportunity.

Despite public support, the Republican majority is almost certain to defeat it.

The majority of Republicans wanted labor unions to have less influence, at 69%.

"Sometimes when the Republican majority doesn't do anything," he said then, "it's probably to the benefit of the country."

What should the majority of Republicans in the House do?

The Republican majority appeared to take the delays in stride.

For a while, the Republican majority listened with the respect of fellow lawyers.

To be sure, a majority of Republicans still appears likely to support the global pact when it eventually comes to a vote.

But when the votes had been counted Tuesday night, the 24-to-16 Republican majority in the Senate remained unchanged.

He's promising to cut your taxes by 3 or 4 percent in 1998 - provided you give him Republican majorities in both houses.

Despite having a 10-to-8 Republican majority, it picked a Democrat yesterday as its presiding officer.

The transition from a seemingly comfortable 10-to-7 Republican majority to a 9-to-8 Democratic edge stunned political leaders.

Not to mention the enduring 3-to-2 Republican majority among the county's voters.

His decision sets the stage for a showdown with the Legislature's overwhelmingly Republican majority.

Members of the two-to-one Republican majority spent that weekend receiving the criticism from friends and constituents.

Two other legislators are also leaving, increasing the chances of a change in the 10-to-7 Republican majority.

A 7-to-4 Republican majority, which would be a stunning reversal, is not out of the question.

Contrariwise, if Republican majorities grow, that vote would stand as the voice of the people no matter what opinion polls show.