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Several years ago—under the leadership of Harry Reid and with the vote of then-Sen. Obama—the Senate adopted a practice of holding pro forma sessions every three days during its holidays with the expressed purpose of preventing President George W. Bush from making recess appointments during intrasession adjournments.

Democrats and Executive Overreach Michael McConnell 2012

Leo McCarthy, who lost to then-Rep. Barbara Boxer in the Democratic senatorial primary in California, said he had "got caught up in a tidal wave without a surfboard."

Cinny Kennard: Twenty Years Later: Covering The Anita Hill Story Cinny Kennard 2011

One of Mr. Christie's closest political allies, state Sen. Joe Kyrillos, a Republican, in 2002 criticized then-Gov.

Christie Takes Flak for His Flight Lisa Fleisher 2011

The danger to Mr. Romney was on display at Tuesday's debate, when his rivals attacked him for supporting a requirement in Massachusetts that individuals buy health insurance—a feature of the new federal health law— and for adopting "liberal" stances when trying to unseat then-Sen. Ted Kennedy D., Mass. in 1994.

Republican Rivals Put Focus on Shifts in Romney's Views Patrick O'Connor 2011

In 2001, when Mr. Pawlenty was the Minnesota House majority leader and the state government was flush, then-Gov.

Projected State Deficit Shadows Pawlenty's Bid Jonathan Weisman 2011

For it invites the question that both Tim Pawlenty and Rick Santorum effectively raised in last week's debate among would-be GOP contenders: Would we ever have gotten bin Laden if then-Sen. Obama's policies had been put into effect instead of Mr. Bush's?

Finally, an Honest Debate on Antiterror Policy? William McGurn 2011

In 2010, this thinking entered the political mainstream when CENTCOM's then- commander General David Petraeus and US Vice President Joe Biden publicly suggested that the Jewish state may even be a liability in certain vital policy areas.

Sharmine Narwani: If Netanyahu Lies, Why Do We Keep Listening? Sharmine Narwani 2011

In 2010, this thinking entered the political mainstream when CENTCOM's then- commander General David Petraeus and US Vice President Joe Biden publicly suggested that the Jewish state may even be a liability in certain vital policy areas.

Sharmine Narwani: If Netanyahu Lies, Why Do We Keep Listening? Sharmine Narwani 2011

In the mid-2000s, he partnered with then-Sen. Hillary Clinton D-N.Y. to promote a centrist solution to fixing the nation's health care system.

Newt Gingrich Was More Supportive Of Individual Mandates Than Mitt Romney 2011

The then- Target Corp. executive was recommended by retail veteran Millard Drexler , an Apple board member and at the time president of Gap Inc.

Apple Looks Abroad for Stores Chief Joann S. Lublin 2011