House Majority Whip Tom DeLay, R-Texas, and House Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Illinois, had asked Watts to stay.
House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-SC) mourned the passing of his colleague in the House and Congressional Black Caucus.
And that will was provided by a Texas member named Tom DeLay, who was then the House Majority Whip.
The U.S. House of Representatives Tuesday unanimously adopted an amendment offered by Majority Whip Roy Blunt (R-MO) opposing globotaxes.
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Don Nickles, R-Oklahoma, as majority whip, the No. 2 man in the Senate.
An uncompromising exploration of power, ambition and the American way, the series orbits Francis Underwood (Spacey), the House Majority Whip.
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House Majority Whip Tom DeLay followed up Secretary Rumsfelds remarks with an address today on The Imperative of Action.
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But many Republicans, including Majority Whip Roy Blunt, doubt this is Democrats' prime motivation for shutting down the Ethics Committee again.
His legislation never received a public hearing even though he is a House majority whip responsible for rallying Republican support for bills.
This bill passed despite an impassioned plea by Majority Whip Dick Durbin to extend debate and hold hearings on small business legislation.
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It's Smart Aleck Milbank who prowls the Republican National Convention, trying to catch sight of House Majority Whip Tom Delay in fund-raising overdrive.
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House Majority Whip Tom Delay (R-Texas) and House Majority Leader Dick Armey, appearing on Fox "Morning News, " described Monday night's closed-door GOP caucus.
Marco Rubio and John McCain, who were part of a bipartisan group that drafted an immigration bill, and Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy of California.
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House Majority Whip Tom DeLay, R-Texas, went further: "Human beings should not be cloned to stock a medical junkyard of spare parts, " he said.
Senate Majority Whip Don Nickles predicted there would be a compromise combining elements of McCain's plan with ideas put forth by Bush and Sen.
Harry Reid of Nevada, who opened the day's session, now becomes the number two man in the Senate, in his new role as majority whip.
Dennis Hastert of Illinois and Majority Whip Roy Blunt of Missouri.
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So far, three Republican legislators in Georgia, including the Republican House Majority Whip, have publically supporter the girls and issued statements of support for an integrated prom.
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Boehner's surprise win against Majority Whip Roy Blunt of Missouri was seen as a move by the GOP rank-and-file toward a fresh face and a change of direction.
One of these leaders, House Majority Whip Tom DeLay , is expected to commit himself to such a course of action in a speech on Wednesday in Houston.
Majority Whip Tom DeLay and Rep. Jim Saxton, an influential member of the House National Security Committee, have joined him in sponsoring the Middle East Peace Compliance Act.
The day began with new Senate Majority Whip Harry Reid of Nevada taking the chair following a brief invocation to recognize Daschle as the Senate's new majority leader.
House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn, D-South Carolina, echoed the sentiment.
Adapted from a British political thriller, and produced by David Fincher, the series stars Kevin Spacey as a mercenary Democratic House Majority Whip and Robin Wright as his wife.
What's more, Hastert's two most senior lieutenants in the House, Majority Leader John Boehner and Majority Whip Roy Blunt, have both said they would have handled the Foley matter differently.
Spacey plays Congressman Frank Underwood, the democratic majority whip.
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Mr Watts, who was first elected to Congress in 1994 as part of Newt Gingrich's conservative revolution, lost a power struggle with Tom DeLay, the majority whip (and number three in the hierarchy).
Facing no challenge for his job as majority whip, he was able to deploy his vote-counting network (the 64 lawmakers who serve as his assistant whips) behind three of the party's new leaders.
Tom DeLay is unchallenged as majority whip both because he, too, has powers of patronage and because no one else fancies such an arm-twisting job when the Republican majority is a mere six votes.
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