But there was an obvious partisan edge to his demand for fast action on the budget.

Most of all, Democrats say, Republicans have withheld basic legislative privileges from them to gain a partisan edge.

A big difference between 1974 and today is that Congress now has a much sharper partisan edge.

That is, with vigor, but with not such a partisan edge and coarseness to it.

Some members said they hoped that the day of shared sorrow would blunt Washington's partisan edge.

Neither Republicans nor Democrats appeared to have a clear partisan edge, and incumbents still retained a major overall advantage.

But the week's hearings are shaping up to have a partisan edge that was absent in the hearings last September.

This was a case of bipartisanship with a decidedly partisan edge.

Not many Democrats talk that with that kind of partisan edge.

There was a partisan edge to today's opening debate.