It is imperative that the courageous lawmakers who supported the McCain-Feingold reform law four years ago stand together against making the Internet a cornucopia of political corruption.
But in the House a few powerful lawmakers stand in its way.
The genial lawmaker stood on the floor of the House and noted that several pages were weeping as he spoke.
Two dozen Democratic lawmakers stood up and left the Statehouse chamber as Mr. Gingrich spoke.
We urge lawmakers to stand firm, as they have in the past, and reject those amendments.
The lawmakers, fearful of looking soft on crime, nevertheless stood ready to grant the union's demand.
The idea is that lawmakers who vote for a pay raise should stand for re-election before they get the money.
When the second so-called continuing resolution to pay for state operations was passed earlier this month, several lawmakers stood up and said that they would not vote for another.
It requires those leaders and lawmakers to stand against the lobbyists and special interests that have historically held sway on these issues.
Who knows - if lawmakers stand firm against White House objections, historians may someday be able to plumb the full depths of the Bush-Cheney administration's devotion to governance by murk.