Lead Art: “We need borders and we need honest elections,” Donald Trump said during the town hall. “And if we don’t have either of those two things, that’s it.” | Alex Brandon/AP Oct 2024 Who won the day? Harris Harris won the day because she...
Before 1819, there was a tight balance between slave and free states in the U.S. Senate. This calmed Southern fears by ensuring that pro-slavery elements could thwart Northern attempts to ban slavery; likewise, Northerners were happy that they could halt Southern attempts to expand slavery. In...
The New York Democrat, who works with Vance in the Senate, called the addition of Vance to the ticket an "incredibly bad choice" for Republicans, suggesting that Trump may consider changing his mind in the coming days. "He has a choice — does he keep Vance on the ticket?" Schumer said...
Republicans have largely backed the president, but Democrats and other critics have lambasted the president for his focus, accusing him of stoking fear with serious negative consequences and little benefit, other than political points. What else is going on ...
Democrats need to win only 24 seats to win back the House. Taking into account Ryan’s announcement, a total of 24 House Republicans are now set to retire when this session of Congress ends – the largest number since 1973. An additional three Republicans have resigned their seats...
In 2011, when Republicans took control of the House, there were 30 introduced bills, an average of 40 bills introduced per year through 2016, and at least 75 bills introduced in Congress since January 2017 to weaken, dismantle or effectively make the ESA useless in terms of animal protections...
Republicans, or Moderate Republicans, wanted to put the country back together as soon as possible. Therefore, they tended to support a very lenient...Become a member and unlock all Study Answers Start today. Try it now Create an account Ask a question Our experts can...
The one race that was even closer was also not especially competitive on paper. The district is located in Northeast Philadelphia. Historically a Democratic stronghold, Republicans flipped a state Senate seat in the same area this year, and both candidates in the race knew it was in play despit...
Salame spent $24.5 million in donations, primarily to Republican candidates through the party's "WinRed" platform. He gave $2.5 million to the Senate Leadership Fund and $2 million to the Congressional Leadership Fund. He also gave $89,200 to the National Republican Congressional Committee and ...
Early on, after graduating from Harvard College, he entered public service and was elected to the New York State Assembly at the age of 23, and served two terms as the leader of a reform faction of Republicans. He then took a break to have a family and raise his children,he returned ...