Republicans immediately seized on his testimony as validation of their support.

The Republicans seized the political low ground by promising all but the richest 1 percent of families a $500-per-child tax cut.

But Republicans seized on the latter numbers to emphasize that money would be rolling in and to make the case for tax cuts.

But the big problems the Democrats see are rarely the same as the ones Republicans seize on.

The Republicans didn't exactly seize power in 1994, even though it may have looked that way.

Clutching for optimistic numbers, Republicans have seized on the latter result.

Republicans seized on the new fund-raising figures as evidence of Democratic weakness.

Republicans have seized on the economic uncertainty in the last several weeks as further justification for a big tax cut.

But they show how clever Republicans seized an opportunity to make something seem bigger than it actually may be.

But Republicans have also seized upon anti-missile defense as an issue.