Republican supporters of the loan program said grants would reduce the money available in the state budget for other pressing needs.

Three thousand Republican supporters were shot in the first weeks after the coup.

Republican supporters of the higher speed limit took to the Senate floor to plead with the President to back down.

Republican supporters of the provision said the companies were not responsible for the decision to use the additive.

Republican supporters of the measure urged the Speaker today to endorse it.

Republican supporters of the president drew a different lesson.

While Republican supporters in Congress are less critical, their comments reflect a similar theme.

Republican supporters of the bill joined its opponents to block a final vote, saying they needed more time.

Republican supporters of the original Bush proposal are expected to reintroduce several of its central elements.

Republican supporters of President Bush said his television speech helped provide political cover with unhappy constituents.

The White House and Republican supporters of the agriculture bill said there was no need for larger subsidies because some livestock and crop prices had increased in recent months, easing what had been a crisis for many farmers.

The N.R.A. also offended some longtime Republican supporters with zealous defense of a hard line that looked increasingly extremist.

In legal filings, Mr. Minor's lawyers surveyed the legal landscape here this way: "When the Republican U.S. attorney looks at Republican supporter Mr. Scruggs's actions, he sees them in a way that avoids any criminal overtone.

Neil Bush paid a $50,000 fine, paid for him by Republican supporters, and was banned from banking activities for his role in taking down Silverado, which cost taxpayers $1.3 billion.

He said in an interview today that he expected the bill's sponsors to offer some acceptable concessions after he had successfully held Republican supporters of the bill behind a filibuster, and that things could be settled quickly.

Following the split in the Democratic Party in 1860, Republican supporters of Lincoln took control of the state in 1861, minimizing the influence of the large southern population.

Despite attacks from some former Republican supporters who insist he has sown the seeds of his political destruction, Mr. Forbes remains upbeat.

"One of the things that Republican supporters of Bush have taken comfort in is that if it had just been Republicans voting in Michigan, it would have been a smashing victory and even with independents factored in it would have been a win, although narrowly," Ms. Collins said.

A longtime Republican supporter of Mr. Bush said, "They recognized that people thought he wasn't fabulous on television, and they set out to change that."

On Thursday, the same day that the new memorandum on Iran was made public, Senator Bob Dole of Kansas ended Mr. Bush's standing as the only Republican supporter of the arms treaty by adding his endorsement at a highly publicized White House meeting with the President.