But if Boehner's plan is for his party to act as an oppositional force -- trying to block, delay and prevent legislative action -- then the GOP could find itself in big trouble.

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And we are obviously disappointed about that kind of decision, but it would have been far better, in our view, if Congress had taken action to delay the sequester in the very same way they took action two months ago -- two and a half months ago, to delay the sequester to avoid just this kind of outcome.

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In all 37 cases, Ms Ashcroft said there had been poor decision-making or a delay in taking action.

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But it was DeLay who devised the plan that fund-raisers and political action committees worked from in 2002.

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France and Russia have formed their own axis of awkwardness to delay an American-sponsored resolution, casting doubt on whether forceful action would ensue should Iraq refuse to comply.

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And some House Republicans are even returning money that they got from Tom DeLay's political action committees, even though Republican re-election campaign officials have so far not recommended returning any of that money.

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Tariq Aziz, the erstwhile Deputy Prime Minister of Iraq, is said to have told his American captors that the Iraqi despot's friends promised him they would delay and, if necessary, veto any American-initiated UN punitive action.

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The best action Saturday was during the rain delay when Garcia was asked about the par-5 second hole.

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Hurwitz, long at war with anti-logging activists, has been a major contributor to the political action committees run by former leader DeLay (who helped vault Pombo over several more senior Republicans, installing him as chairman of the House Resources Committee).

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