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...
Republicans need to pick up just five seats in the House and net only one in the Senate to recapture their majorities in both chambers, meaning Democrats have little room for error if they hope to maintain their control of Congress this year. Yet the mood among Democrats isn’t one of pes...
For instance, Senate Democrats in 2007 formally asked for a special prosecutor to investigate the claims Attorney General Alberto Gonzales made to Congress about the NSA wiretapping program. "Unlike today's Justice Department conspiracy, this was a potential very specific perjury charge against the att...
"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 ...
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...