Republican critics insist that under the treaty it is not always possible to tell if a country is cheating.

Republican critics who had lambasted the bailout were silenced.

Republican critics have dismissed empowerment zones, referring to the plan as just another social welfare program.

Republican critics have tended to focus on the national security threat and China's record on human rights and religious freedoms.

Republican critics suggest that the problem actually started even before the summit deal fell through a week ago.

Republican critics of the senator-elect's book deal should move to adopt new rules, but Democratic leaders should join them.

Republican critics of the Deaver trial have expressed shock at the roughly $600,000 in costs run up by the prosecution.

Republican critics called the trips overly lavish in a time of economic downturn for the state.

At the time many Republican critics feared that it would lead to more Democrats on the voting rolls.

Republican critics of the bill have called for more chances to eliminate provisions they describe as amnesty.

It gives ammunition to Republican critics who say the Clinton administration and the leading aid agencies squandered billions in Russia while tolerating widespread corruption.

Now a former Republican critic of Mr. Bolton has changed his mind, giving the White House impetus to try again to get the Senate's endorsement.

So, the Democratic response is calibrated according to whether a given Republican critic is regarded as a potential ally or an implacable enemy.

The Senate today took up a $31.4 billion emergency counterterrorism measure that Republican critics called too expensive and replete with spending that had little or nothing to do with responding to the Sept. 11 attacks.

The Republican critics of the deal argued that such a large refinancing should have been broken up among several underwriters, and put out to competitive bidding in an effort to drive down costs.

But his ability to work with Mr. Cuomo's successor, Gov. George E. Pataki, as well as his success in reducing crime, has won back several former Republican critics.

After winning a few important changes in the measure, Republican critics demanded more time and drew support for their calls for more opportunity to fight it out on the Senate floor.

But as the new law takes effect and the immigration service enjoys its new financing, Republican critics today challenged the Administration's commitment to enforcing the nation's borders.

In a caucus meeting last week, Gingrich reportedly said that Republican critics who complained he had no agenda "weren't smart enough to understand it."

Democrats and Republican critics of Mr. Pitt snickered at the proposal, which they said had no chance of passage and demonstrated Mr. Pitt's political tin ear.