Senate Democrats were struggling on Wednesday to find a path forward on President Joe Biden's $1.75 trillion domestic investment bill, with moderate Joe Manchin objecting to parts of the program, a person familiar with their negotiations said. Having averted a government shu...
” said Kyle Kondik, the managing editor of Sabato’s Crystal Ball at the University of Virginia Center for Politics. “It’s not as bleak of an outlook as it is in the House for Democrats, but it’s still a heavy lift in the Senate.”...
"This was the longest meeting we've had and it was more productive than the other meetings," said Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., who was part of the rare weekend session. "We're not close yet, but it was a productive discussion — now each side knows where they're ...
But the Democrats had the tiebreaking vote via vice president Kamala Harris. Simple math dictates the Republicans need to gain only one additional seat to seize control of the Senate this November. The fact that the market has shifted against the Republicans here, dropping their odds to win ...
Charles Tiefer, a law professor at the University of Baltimore, told CBS News that the Justice Department's involvement in this scandal is scant compared to past instances when the White House similarly refused to appoint a special prosecutor. For instance, Senate Democrats in 2007 formally asked...
Lobbying contributions appear to have the largest marginal impact on middle-of-the-road Democrats. Liberal Democrats are likely to hold firm to the public option unless they receive alotof remuneration from health care PACs. Conservative Democrats may not support the public option in the first place...
Cuomo’s unfavorability was the highest of the 32 political figures respondents were asked about. It’s Republicans that really hate Cuomo though — 81 percent of them viewed him unfavorably, while he was at 51-34 among Democrats in the state. But that was well below Hochul’s 77-10 appro...
elections that showed Democrats dominating the Senate. Democrat Elizabeth Warren defeated Republican incumbent Scott P. Brown in Massachusetts. Democrats believed that Republicans Todd Akin and Richard Mourdock inflicted damage to their party. Democratic Senators Jon Tester of Montana and Heidi Heitkamp won...