For a while, Representative Tom Tancredo, left, a Colorado Republican, was praised by some constituents for insisting that the Immigration and Naturalization Service deport Jesus Apodaca, 18, an illegal Mexican immigrant who graduated with honors last spring from a suburban Denver high school.
Senator Fitzgerald represents his brother in the Senate, while Representative Fitzgerald's district narrowly misses his brother's home.
In Washington, Representative Matt Salmon called it "the Emancipation Proclamation for pedophiles," while Representative Tom DeLay accused it of "normalizing pedophilia".
Representative Leach, Republican of Iowa, heads the House Banking Committee, while Representative Bliley, Republican of Virginia, is chairman of the House Commerce Committee.
While Representative Baker pushes his bill in the House, the Senate is not expected to take up a measure before next year.
Business groups denounce it as a handmaiden of union bosses, while Representative Michele Bachmann, a Republican presidential candidate, says she will shut down the agency if elected.
Watched in split screen, Mr. Biden's broad grin while Representative Paul D. Ryan spoke had the effect of distracting from Mr. Ryan's remarks and telegraphing Mr. Biden's disdain.
While Representative Cheney had supported most of President Reagan's military buildup, Secretary Cheney presided over a 25percentt cut in the armed services and oversaw a bipartisan process to close hundreds of military bases.
Senator Sam Brownback, Republican of Kansas, asserted that the agency's decision "was pushed by politics and not by health," while Representative Christopher H. Smith, Republican of New Jersey, described the drug as "baby poison".
Cory Gardner, the senator-elect from Colorado, claimed a mandate to "get government out of the way and let America work," while Representative Paul Ryan saw in Tuesday's vote a nationwide repudiation of "incompetent big government".
