One, he faced a recalcitrant GOP-controlled Congress.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Lioness In Spring] Reference

The initiative was approved by the GOP-controlled legislative body.    From Wordnik.com.  [Florida's Early Voting Could Give McCain Some 'Serious Pain'] Reference

Plus he's had success with the GOP-controlled legislature in his state.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Aug 19, 2008] Reference

Who in the GOP-controlled congress isn't giving this vital agency the money they need?.    From Wordnik.com.  [11/30/2005] Reference

It was absurd of Hillary to say that the GOP-controlled House is run like "a plantation" by on.    From Wordnik.com.  [01/17/2006] Reference

In Ohio, the GOP-controlled state government is looking more and more like farcical and tragic.    From Wordnik.com.  [05/18/2005] Reference

That's because nothing reaches his desk with being thoroughly vetted by the GOP-controlled Congress.    From Wordnik.com.  [THE MYTH OF COMPETENCE IN THE BUSH WHITE HOUSE] Reference

Likely voters have low opinions of both Bush's job performance and that of the GOP-controlled Congress.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Democratic Romp; Or a Stolen Election?] Reference

What could he have passed during two years of a GOP-controlled Senate and Congress as a freshman Senator?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hillary, Obama Clash Over Iraq] Reference

As for the GOP-controlled Congress, 32 percent of likely voters call themselves angry, up from 28 percent.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Democratic Romp; Or a Stolen Election?] Reference

It's forcing Republicans nationwide to take a close look at what went wrong in the GOP-controlled Buckeye State.    From Wordnik.com.  [06/12/2005] Reference

But so far, the GOP-controlled Congress shows little interest in emulating Britain's example of public disclosure.    From Wordnik.com.  [Terror Watch: No Clue] Reference

But the GOP and GOP-controlled media (yes … that means you Rush and FOX) oppose it ONLY because it is not a GOP plan.    From Wordnik.com.  [Borger: Obama's only choice is to speak out] Reference

But the GOP and GOP-controlled media (yes ... that means you Rush and FOX) oppose it ONLY because it is not a GOP plan.    From Wordnik.com.  [Obama to address joint session of Congress next week] Reference

Earlier today, the GOP-controlled House passed lobbyist reform measures that the Washington Post said were a “sham.”.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » House Conservatives Abandon Ethics Reform, End Debate on Bill With No Vote] Reference

They also own the GOP-controlled Congress with their subsidies and shakedowns paid for by taxpayers like the TWU members.    From Wordnik.com.  [ground to a halt = good coffee shop name] Reference

This is unlikely to happen given that the White House has lost interest, and the GOP-controlled Congress has other priorities.    From Wordnik.com.  [Printing: The Katrina Blues] Reference

Our new poll just out shows 56 percent of people surveyed think the GOP-controlled Congress has been a failure over those 12 years.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 23, 2006] Reference

And the schools of Miami-Dade are taking a fearsome hit in the budget the GOP-controlled legislature has just sent to the Governor.    From Wordnik.com.  [Discourse.net: Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Still Doesn't Have Our Interests at Heart] Reference

Now we have 6 Republicans with hookers … and thats just one of several scandals in the White House and the GOP-controlled Congress.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » ‘As Many as a Half a Dozen’ Members of Congress May Be Involved in Prostitution Scandal] Reference

Before last spring, he was riding an incredible wave of popularity in this state, particularly since he had a GOP-controlled legislature.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript - Saturday Morning News: What Effect Will the Florida Recount Have on Gov. Jeb Bush? - November 25, 2000] Reference

That resolution languished in the GOP-controlled House of Representatives, and the proposed rules were later rejected by a federal court.    From Wordnik.com.  [Josh Silver: Senate Votes to Reverse FCC Decision Allowing Media Consolidation] Reference

While Texas has been GOP-controlled since 1994, some say Texas may soon change from red to purple to blue because of the demographic shift.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fiscal Conservatism and the Soul of the GOP] Reference

Although opposed by environmentalists, many Democrats viewed the final bill as the best compromise that could be achieved in a GOP-controlled Congress.    From Wordnik.com.  [Montana Governor Schweitzer Criticizes Obama On Health Care, Energy Bill Vote] Reference

There are more than 80 other Ohio counties where additional pre-November, 2004 mass eliminations by GOP-controlled boards of elections may have occurred.    From Wordnik.com.  [OpEdNews - Quicklink: Did 308,000 cancelled Ohio voter registrations put Bush back in the White House?] Reference

The GOP-controlled Florida legislature then met in emergency session, passed a special law, and it was that law that the Florida Supreme Court overturned.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Sep 27, 2004] Reference

Mr. Crist likened the GOP-controlled legislature to an "asylum," and Republicans began blocking his appointments to state boards, signaling all-out internecine war.    From Wordnik.com.  [Crist Looks to Go It Alone] Reference