On Tuesday, Georgia’s seven million registered voters will go to the polls for the fifth time in four years. That’s thanks to a quirk in the state’s election law that requires winning candidates for state-wide posts in general elections not just to get more votes than everyone else, but to get fifty percent of the […]
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Democrats vow to raise US debt ceiling quickly
Congressional Democratic leaders on Sunday vowed to tackle the nation’s debt ceiling in coming weeks, saying their party’s election victories offer them leverage even as Republicans have promised a potentially explosive fight. U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said they would act while President Joe Biden’s fellow Democrats control […]
Red Wave Fails, Dems keep control of Senate
The Democrats will retain majority control of the US Senate after winning a pivotal race in the state of Nevada. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto is projected to defeat Republican challenger Adam Laxalt, who was backed by former President Donald Trump. The results amount to the best midterm performance for a sitting party in 20 years. […]
Democrats in a panic over Fetterman debate
After getting their first long look at John Fetterman in Tuesday night’s Pennsylvania Senate debate, fellow Democrats are second-guessing his decision to appear on stage five months after a stroke — and some question whether he should have remained on the ballot at all. “He should not have debated. Anyone on his team who agreed […]
Will Fetterman survive after ‘Disastrous’ Debate?
John Fetterman and Dr. Mehmet Oz met in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, for a highly anticipated debate on Tuesday night. Fetterman, the state’s Democratic lieutenant governor, and Republican Oz, who shot to fame as a TV doctor, are vying for a crucial Pennsylvania seat that could decide the balance of power in the Senate. Fetterman, who suffered […]
Rock a Bye Baby Jerry Nadler
At 75 years old, longtime New York Rep. Jerry Nadler, a Democrat, is far from being the oldest member of Congress, but he’s certainly well past his prime. A Democratic staffer told the New York Post that Nadler, who serves as chairman of the powerful House Judiciary Committee, has earned a nickname from his peers: […]
Biden takes victory lap as Senate Democrats pass budget package
Democrats pushed their election-year economic package to Senate passage Sunday, a hard-fought compromise less ambitious than President Joe Biden’s original domestic vision but one that still meets deep-rooted party goals of slowing global warming, moderating pharmaceutical costs and taxing immense corporations. The estimated $740 billion package heads next to the House, where lawmakers are poised […]
Climate change activists’ appalled, outraged, and disappointed’, blast Manchin
After the news broke last Thursday night that Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., refused to vote for any measures to mitigate climate change in a budget reconciliation bill this month, environmentalists and progressive Democrats erupted in frustration. “There truly aren’t words for how appalled, outraged and disappointed we are,” Tiernan Sittenfeld, the legislative director at the […]
First Gun Bill in 28 Years passed by Senate
The Senate overcame a decades-long legislative log jam by passing a bill intended to reduce gun violence, but left out a key provision from the last time Congress took up firearm safety. The Senate passed the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act on a 65-33 bipartisan vote Thursday evening. Spurred by the elementary school shooting Uvalde, Texas, […]
Senators to announce plans for ‘red flag’ laws on gun control
Senate negotiators in both parties are pushing to announce as soon as Sunday the outlines of an agreement on new measures to address gun violence, according to sources familiar with the talks. Sources involved in the talks said the agreement outline includes providing funding to incentivize states to implement “red flag” laws, an expansion of […]
“My body, my choice” Pro-Choicers March on Capitol
Democrats tried and failed for a second time on Wednesday to codify abortion access on a nationwide basis via the Senate in a show vote intended to widen the political rift and solidify their radical base over the issue ahead of midterm elections. The Associated Press disingenuously reported that the bill was blocked by a […]
Dianne Feinstein’s ‘rapidly deteriorating’ mental acuity raising red flags with Dem lawmakers
Members of Congress reportedly fear for California Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s health and are claiming that she can no longer carry out the duties of her office while warning that the oldest member of Congress’ mental fitness is “rapidly deteriorating.” At least four unnamed senators and three former staffers are now coming forward to ring […]