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A trio of Republican women lawmakers is pushing back against criticism that the GOP has a problem with women, saying that the brush is painted far too broadly when it comes to candidates making offensive remarks.

On occasion, we have a candidate or an elected official who makes a very stupid and horrible remark and unfortunately the brush is painted far too broadly to us as a party, and its not the case, Rep. Susan Brooks (R-Ind.) said Tuesday at POLITICOs Women Rule Summit, a daylong event that featured panels on promoting women in politics, business and other areas.

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Brooks acknowledged that Richard Mourdock in 2012 made an incredibly offensive remark regarding rape during his campaign and noted that she and Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.) withdrew their support for the GOP Senate hopeful.

We took a stand as Republican women and said, This is not our party. This is not about the Republican men or the women, Brooks said, pointing out that the Democrats have had their own fair share of gaffes.

Its really that individual, it doesnt represent a party, Brooks said.

Brooks' remarks came during a panel entitled Conservative Feminism: Why Its Not an Oxymoron that also featured Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Rep.-Elect Barbara Comstock (R-Va.) and was moderated by Kathleen Parker, a columnist for The Washington Post.

When asked how hard it is to work with Republican men, Comstock said it was her male predecessor, Rep. Frank Wolf, who recruited her to run for office.

I think sometimes Republican men realize theres an issue here in terms of having more women, Comstock said.

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By Adam Levy, CNN

updated 6:09 PM EST, Tue December 9, 2014

GOP Sen. Orrin Hatch calls Loretta Lynch a "top-flight person" to replace outgoing Attorney General Eric Holder.

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Washington (CNN) -- The Senate Republican's most senior member is ready to support President Barack Obama's attorney general nominee, U.S. Attorney Loretta Lynch.

Orrin Hatch, a high-ranking member of the upper chamber's judiciary committee, spoke to reporters Tuesday on Capitol Hill about Lynch's credentials and Republican's desire to see Eric Holder, the current attorney general, leave office.

"She appears to be a very top-flight person," he said. "And if conservatives do want to get rid of the attorney general, this is a good option because she would replace him and do a very a good job."

Holder is one of the more controversial members of the Obama cabinet. Seen as overly partisan by Republicans, the House voted to hold him in contempt of Congress in 2012 for refusing to turn over documents linked to Operation Fast and Furious. The announcement of his resignation in September was welcome by those opponents.

Lynch, the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, was nominated by Obama last month to replace Holder, who has served as head of the Justice Department since the beginning of the Obama administration. She's easily passed through the Senate twice for her nominations as a federal prosecutor.

"I can think of no better public servant to be our next attorney general," the President said when he nominated Lynch. "It's my hope that the Senate will confirm her for a third time without delay."

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Sen.-elect Cory Gardner, right, of Colorado, and his communications director Alex Siciliano, on Capitol Hill in Washington in November. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)

U.S. Sen.-elect Cory Gardner today announced he has hired three more senior staffers.

Chuck Poplstein, the former director of the Colorado Republican Party who currently is the district director for Gardners congressional district, will serve as state director. Curtis Swager will serve as Gardners legislative director. Swager has worked for Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., since 2008, most recently as his deputy legislative director. Amy Barrera will serve as Gardners director of scheduling. She most recently served as the director of scheduling for former Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va.

Gardner, who beat Democrat Mark Udall, in November, earlier announced his first three hires: Chris Hansen as chief of staff, Natalie Farr as deputy chief of staff and Alex Siciliano as his spokesman.

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Current and former Republican National Committee members are launching a private effort to leverage President Obamas amnesty for illegal immigrants into a campaign to lure independent voters and disgruntled Democrats to the GOP, The Washington Times has learned.

Ironically, the inspiration comes from one of the bluest states in the country, Oregon, where voters recently pushed back against illegal immigration.

The group, acting outside the RNCs formal governing structure and away from the GOPs congressional leadership, has just set up a Stop Executive Amnesty Committee and a similarly named foundation. The committee incorporated under federal tax codes as a nonprofit tax-exempt 501c4, which has slightly more latitude to engage in political advocacy than the Stop Executive Amnesty Foundation, established under the 501c3 section of the federal tax codes.

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The committee and the foundation will solicit donations, mount expensive legal constitutional challenges to Mr. Obamas amnesty program and quickly build a grass-roots infrastructure, state by state, to rail against the party of amnesty meaning, of course, the Democratic Party.

We will raise $500,000 to help cover the legal costs of fighting Obamas illegal and unconstitutional action on immigration all the way to the Supreme Court of the United States, said SEAC Chairman Randy Pullen, the former chairman of the Arizona GOP.

What difference will SEAC and its sister foundation make in the political landscape?

SEE ALSO: Homeland Security already hiring 1,000 employees to carry out Obama amnesty

As national GOP officials, we need to demonstrate that we will not only stand up to President Obamas lawlessly usurping congressional power, but also fight for the jobs of legal immigrants, resident foreign nationals and disgruntled independents and Democrats, said SEAC Vice Chairman Solomon Yue, an Oregon Republican National Committee member.

Obamas amnesty will serve as a magnet to bring another 20 million illegal aliens to America and to take jobs away from Americans and legal residents, said Mr. Yue, who is also the founder and chief executive officer of Republicans Overseas.

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What would you ask a Black Republican?

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