First-term

First-term Presidents doubly particularly need to get tough with Congress, assuming of course that they want to also be second-term Presidents.

The *wrong* Big Question. | RedState 2010

First-term Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), for instance, could become chairman or ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee if Sen. Richard Lugar (R-Ind.) doesn't return for another term (Lugar faces a primary challenge) and Corker wins a second term, as expected.

A new record for Senate retirements 2011

DENVER First-term Democrats, who were swept into Congress in the 2006 elections on a campaign against Republican lobbying-related scandals, were among the most vocal supporters of the new ethics law passed last year.

Parties continue as lobbyists find loopholes 2008

First-term Rep. Betsy Markey is convinced that once people learn what's in President Barack Obama's new health care overhaul law, they'll support it.

Besty Markey, Other Democrats, Tiptoe On Health Care 2010

First-term Fremont County Commissioner Keja Whiteman, a member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa, cast the lone vote against the appeal.

Mountain States Legal Foundation's Motives In Vote Case Questioned By Wyoming Native Americans AP 2010

First-term House Democrats, in particular, know that a weak president will only remind the electorate that not all economic problems can be laid at the feet of the Republicans.

The President's Four Rotten Policy Planks 2010

First-term state Treasurer Kathleen Brown, sister of Jerry Brown, highly personable and attractive, was popular and led him in the polls.

William Bradley: Harsh Realm: The Legacy That Meg Whitman Invokes 2010

First-term Rep. Betsy Markey is convinced that once people learn what's in President Barack Obama's new health care overhaul law, they'll support it.

Besty Markey, Other Democrats, Tiptoe On Health Care 2010

First-term state Treasurer Kathleen Brown, sister of Jerry Brown, highly personable and attractive, was popular and led him in the polls.

William Bradley: Harsh Realm: The Legacy That Meg Whitman Invokes 2010

First-term House Democrats, in particular, know that a weak president will only remind the electorate that not all economic problems can be laid at the feet of the Republicans.

The President's Four Rotten Policy Planks 2010