Sentences with phrase «beat back congressional»

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Democratic Rep. Dan Lipinski managed to beat back his progressive challenger in Illinois» 3rd Congressional District on Tuesday with 50.9 % of the vote, virtually guaranteeing the conservative Lipinski an eighth term in Congress.

Certainly a few reformers, notably those of a civil rights orientation, have battled strongly against the waiver gambit; this includes Alliance for Excellent Education, which has rallied organizations, along with congressional leaders such as Rep. George Miller (who helped craft No Child) to beat back against the administration's efforts to allow states to game graduation rates.

That might have been recoverable if Congressional Dems had circled the wagons and rallied behind him — or taken him to a back room and beaten him with short lengths of sand - filled garden hose until he played ball.