So What Exactly Have the Liberal Democrats Done since They Took Power?Read the full-text online article and more details about "So What Exactly Have the Liberal Democrats Done since They Took Power?" by Wright, Oliver - The Independent (London, England), September 2, 2011By WrightOliver...
The 2023 elections were a victory for liberal governance. Democratic Gov. Andy Beshearwon reelection in Kentucky. Ohio voted toenshrine abortion rights in its state constitution. Democratswon control of both chambers of the Virginia legislatureandstrengthened their hold on New Jersey's. The main bri...
From the location of her political origins in San Francisco, to a watch party with members of the powerful Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority in Chicago, to Democratic staffers and operatives gathered in Washington, where Harris attended college and serves as vice president, Democrats believed ...
How different things are now: Democrats held their 2020 convention virtually while Republicans rigged up an impromptu gathering on the White House lawn for then-President Donald Trump to accept the nomination due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Four years later, the issue that once subsumed daily life...
Introduced in June 2018, Sen. Harris’s Justice for Victims of Lynching Act would have done just that. The bill attracted 39 cosponsors — 28 Democrats, nine Republicans, and two independents— and passed the Senate in mid-December 2018 on a voice vote, a procedure used for rela...
There's a group of Democrats and Republicans actually get together and sit down?'" "Is it realistic that you can actually solve the problems next year?" asked Costa. "Yes, and we have no choice. We have to." But these moderates, who lead the Problem Solvers Caucus, could face challeng...
While Democrats may negotiate the details of their proposals, they will also have to contend with Republicans who have expressed their opposition to expanding benefits and raising taxes. Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., has received criticism for a proposal to sunset government programs such as Social Se...
Trump: “The problem [Democrats] have is they’re radical, because they will take the life of a child in the eighth month, the ninth month, and even after birth.” False.Willfully terminating a newborn’s life is infanticide and illegal in every U.S. state. ...
“We have the best economy in the world.” Alexander Ward03/07/2024, 10:40pm ET When President Joe Biden entered office, he pointed at China as the country that would pose the greatest challenge to the United States. Near the end of his address, Biden compared both countrie...
Rep. John James of Michigan:“There’s something else me and President Trump have in common. The bad guy shot at us both, but they missed. We will keep on fighting for America until the good lord takes us home.” Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina: "The devil came to ...