1.   Democrats have criticized the Republican Party for financing of the cable deal.

2.   Democrats all criticize the Bush tax cut, but they do not dare call for its repeal.

3.   Democrats also criticized Republicans for impeaching Clinton at the very moment that U.S. troops waged war against Iraq.

4.   Democrats criticized the event as a multimillion-dollar display of influence peddling that flaunted a campaign finance reform bill that Bush begrudgingly signed into law in March.

5.   Democrats criticized the tax cut as a giveaway to the rich that threatened the drive to reduce government debt.

6.   Democrats have also criticized Harris for her international travel as secretary of state.

7.   Democrats have criticized the Republican bill as too harsh on the poor and children, and too lenient in terms of requiring recipients to work.

8.   Democrats have harshly criticized the changes in the school lunch program, arguing it would result in fewer children receiving subsidized meals.

9.   Democrats have harshly criticized the GOP majority for conducting much of the preliminary inquiry in closed sessions.