On July 20, 2010, Sessions and five Republican colleagues voted against Kagan's nomination.

His consistently conservative record led Republican colleagues to elevate him to Majority Whip.

But both Republican and Democratic colleagues praised Mr. Biden for running the hearings fairly in a difficult time in his political life.

Republican colleagues call him overly partisan but concede that he works well with others and is generally liked.

She was joined on the resolution by 71 Republican colleagues.

The rules were supported without reservation by Mr. Powell and his two Republican colleagues on the commission.

Republican colleagues are more complimentary, arguing that Mr. Gibbons is new to the job and needs time to settle in.

Democratic senators urged Republican colleagues to put aside their quarrel with the nominee's views.

He added that many Republican colleagues were similarly inclined, and that Mr. Clinton might win acquittal on perjury by a simple majority.

Of Mr. Helms's 10 Republican colleagues on the panel, 7 are freshmen.

In the past, Republican colleagues called him arrogant, even hypocritical.

"George, its hard to call you 'Governor,' " began Assemblyman John Faso, an old Republican colleague in charge of the budget transition task force.

"They passed their program once," Mr. Clinton said of Mr. Dole's former Republican colleagues in Congress.

Is it any wonder, then, that my former Republican colleagues in the Senate believe this experience has degraded the Senate?

Mr. Mizell still works out in batting practice with his former Republican colleagues, but he never pitched another Congressional game.

On July 17 Wilson's budget was approved by the Democratic majority in the legislature against the wishes of many of his local Republican colleagues.

And he does not shy away from lambasting his former Republican colleagues for pursuing him with such relish.

His new Republican colleagues bathed him in applause.

"Hatfield," the candidate said of one longtime Republican colleague, "said I ought to run against Congress."

The committee has held numerous oversight hearings to determine the challenges facing workers and employers, and the proposals my Republican colleagues introduced reflect what we've learned.