Colombia Congress OKs referendum on Uribe seeking reelectionChris Kraul
All three were running in districts with no incumbent seeking reelection. 29th Congressional District: Luz Rivas Luz Rivas will be the first Latina to represent the29th Congressional Districtin the San Fernando Valley, replacing Rep. Tony Cárdenas, who decided last year notto ...
There are still a lot of details Healey will need to fill induring her 10 a.m. press conference at the State House. But we know the pardons would need approval from the Governor’s Council. Multiple members of the body expressed support for the possibility of a blanket pard...
"Today I am announcing that I will not seek reelection to the U.S. Congress in 2018. Although service in Congress remains the greatest privilege of my life, I never intended to make it a lifetime commitment, and I have already stayed far longer than I had originally planned," the Texas...
The statutes adopted by the Congress in 1920 proclaimed the goal of the organization to be “the achievement of swaraj through peaceful and legal means.” In the early 1920’s a group of individuals known as the Swarajists emerged within the Congress, seeking to use the opportunities provided ...
John Sarbanes, who is not seeking reelection. Friday morning on MSNBC's "Morning Joe," Dunn said he wants to "fight back and be able to push back against the people in Congress right now that I spent the last 15 years of my life protecting. And I want to serve as their equal,...
Citizens, including lobbyists, are free to roam the halls of Congress's office buildings and visit the offices of members. Outside groups are instrumental to legislators' seeking funding for the campaigns they must mount to retain their jobs. Congress's political weaknesses have been exposed in...
Even proposing small cuts or changes to mandatory programs like Social Security, Medicare or Medicaid can prove politically dangerous for members of Congress who must run for reelection every few years. Nonetheless, some Republicans are open to considering limited reforms to these programs. House Ma...
Shortly after, he took to the House floor surrounded by members of his bloc to denounce Higgins' post, call for the House Ethics Committee to look into the matter and demand that Higgins be formally reprimanded on the House floor. "These words on an official post do not reflect credibly...
Democrats are also seeking to hold the 47th District in coastal Orange County. The seat has no incumbent candidate because Rep. Katie Porter (D-Irvine) launched abid for the U.S. Senate, losing in the primary, rather than seeking reelection to the House. ...