Tuesday, April 26, 2005

Trouble brewing for GOP unity

Thanks to the strong unity demonstrated by Senate Democrats in there opposition to the right wing agenda, moderate Republicans feel they are gaining in power , and importance...


WASHINGTON — Conflicts are multiplying between congressional Republican moderates and the White House as President Bush pursues his aggressively conservative second-term agenda.

The unexpected resistance to Bush's nomination of John R. Bolton as U.N. ambassador from several Senate Republicans marks the latest, and potentially most intense, clash. But battles over Social Security, Bush's budget proposal and ending the filibuster for judicial nominations also are raising tensions inside the party.

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