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[Dean] Heller: Republicans need to clean house
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| Contributor | particleman |
| Last Edited | particleman Jul 11, 2008 09:12pm |
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| Category | Interview |
| Media | Newspaper - Las Vegas Review-Journal |
| News Date | Saturday, July 12, 2008 03:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | The Republican Party lost its majority in the House of Representatives in 2006, and is likely to lose more seats in November, but Nevada Republican Dean Heller says he doesn't think that's necessarily a bad thing.
"I'm of the position that we really need to clean house in this Republican Party, and I think the next couple of election cycles are going to do that," Heller said.
Republicans who should be swept out, in Heller's view, include some from the historic class of 1994, which gave the GOP a majority in the House for the first time in 40 years.
"It's an old mantra: they came to change Washington, and Washington changed them," Heller said several weeks ago. "I think we got to the point where the majority of Republicans were trying to change America and tell (Americans) what they wanted instead of listening to ... what they need."
Although Heller did not mention his name, Sen. John Ensign, R-Nev., was one of 73 members of the GOP freshman class of 1994 in the House. Through a spokesman, Ensign declined to comment on Heller's statement.
Heller, 48, was one of only 13 Republicans newly elected to the House in 2006, the smallest freshman GOP class since 1913. |
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