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WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says the Republican Party must adapt better to rapidly changing demographics in the United States, saying the GOP sent "mixed messages" in the election campaign on immigration and women's issues

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TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney will attend his wife's speech to the Republican National Convention Tuesday night.

Ann Romney confirmed her husband's plans while speaking to reporters Tuesday morning as the couple flew from Boston to the convention site in Tampa, Fla

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WASHINGTON (AP) — It's the highest-profile speaking slot at a party convention for someone not running for president or vice president -- and at the Republican convention this month in Florida, the role of keynote speaker will be filled by New Jersey Gov

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Mitt Romney's supporters in Wyoming have successfully challenged a delegate to the party's national convention that had been awarded to rival Rick Santorum — showing the lengths the campaigns are willing to go to fight over a single delegate

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Eager to draw a contrast with President Barack Obama on taxes and spending, Republicans controlling the House are releasing an election-year budget plan that would impose sharp cuts on many programs but would still fail to reach balance over the coming decade

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WASHINGTON (AP) — House lawmakers are returning to Capitol Hill to weigh a proposal by GOP leaders to extend the 2-percentage-point cut in the payroll tax through the end of the year and add the approximately $100 billion cost to the nation's $15 trillion-plus debt instead of scrounging around the budget for ways to pay for it

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LONDONDERRY, N.H. (AP) — Republicans have yet to cast a single vote but Mitt Romney is starting to sound like he's already won his party's presidential nomination.

The former Massachusetts governor ignored his GOP rivals while speaking to New Hampshire voters Tuesday

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WASHINGTON (AP) — With the Senate adjourned for the holidays, House Republicans are moving to shelve a bipartisan two-month extension of the Social Security payroll tax cut that cleared the Senate over the weekend and are demanding instead that their fellow lawmakers return to the Capitol for negotiations

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican presidential candidates are meeting for their 11th debate, ready to discuss foreign policy and criticize President Barack Obama's handling of it.

Tuesday night's debate in Washington comes a day after a special congressional committee couldn't agree on a plan to cut more than $1 trillion in federal spending

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