While 12 Republican freshmen voted no, 60 voted yes and one did not vote.

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Seventeen of them signed the petition, defying their leaders, as did three Republican freshmen.

Barr was one of 73 Republican freshmen ushered into Congress in that election.

Like most Republican freshmen, he has also been a reliable vote for his party's leadership.

In terms of the House, the primary suggested competitive races ahead for several of Washington's six Republican freshmen.

Republican freshmen were quick to exploit his decision to sign the bill.

Republican freshmen worried that Republican Party money was essential to their elections.

Only 89 members supported it, the vast majority of them Republican freshmen.

The bill already has 62 co-sponsors, nearly all Republican freshmen, and has been widely touted in deficit-hawk circles.

In the House, Republican freshmen already known for deep-cutting fiscal policies went a step further today: they proposed abolishing four Cabinet departments.

The Republican freshmen seem acutely aware of their own transience, especially since they all advocate term limits.

The Republican freshmen, seemingly only half in jest, suggested today that the three leaders be locked in a room until they resolved their budget differences.

"She went through a terrible tragedy, and people's hearts go out to her," said Representative Dan Frisa, the Republican freshman she is trying to beat.

So far, the Republican freshmen have been stymied because they are a minority inside a minority.

Nevertheless, the Republican freshmen won an intraparty battle to put their party on record for term limits for ranking committee members.

Sali was elected president of the 2007-08 Republican freshman class.

Senator Scott Brown, the Republican freshman of Massachusetts, after the vote to close debate on the financial regulation bill on Thursday.

Another Republican freshman, Jim Bunn, faced a strong challenge, having already survived a primary fight against two Republicans running to his right.

Will the Republican freshmen in the House, far less pragmatic than he, follow his lead?