Senate and House Democratic leaders said addressing wage increase, tolls, and paid medical leave will be among the top priorities the majority takes on in the upcoming legislative session.. ... But for the past two years, with Democrats controlling House and Senate deadlocked,..…
Republican Jewish Coalition scored wins in races where it invested, including in the North Dakota Senate race, where Democrat Heidi Heitkamp lost. ..…
The in the fate of Joes, is that Manchin voted for Supreme Court and Donnelly voted against. ..…
Cap-and-trade legislation, setting a ceiling on greenhouse emissions while allowing companies to trade pollution permits, passed the House in 2009, but died in the Democrat-controlled Senate. ... Khanna, a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, predicted the Democratic..…
Contributions to independent and Libertarian candidates account for almost half-million of the total donated in Texas Senate race. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., and Tallahassee's Democratic Mayor Andrew Gillum have raised combined $106 million to battle over the in Sunshine State, according to..…
House member since 1989, she is Democrat on Appropriations Committee and on its foreign operations subcommittee. Lowey was contender to take Hillary Clinton's Senate seat Lowey did not want to give up role on Appropriations Committee. ..…
As to me, I will be part of Republican in United States Senate -- working with the President and my Republican and Democratic colleagues -- to make America safer and more prosperous — Lindsey Graham November 7, 2018... ..…
To put the blue wave in context, 46,466,425 people voted for Democratic Senate candidates and 33,239,469 people voted for Republican Senate candidates, resulting in Democrats losing a net 2 seats in the senate. . ..…
But if the Democratic House and Republican Senate pass compromise spending bills, Trump can assert fiscal responsibility by vetoing them. ..…
Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, delivers a celebratory speech at the Hyatt Regency Center in Columbus after he was declared the winner of the 2018 Ohio Senate Election. ... Democrat Sherrod Brown retained his Senate seat defeating Republican challenger U.S. ..…
I realize Republicans, benefiting from Senate map that was almost titled in their favor, are thrilled to see their majority grow in the chamber. ..…
The most successful Democratic candidates were young, progressive and insurgent. ... The Senate races were far more disappointing. Centrist Democratic candidates lost in Indiana, Missouri, Florida and Tennessee. ..…
Senate, marked by a major loss in Texas: Democratic challenger Beto O’Rourke was defeated in a nail-biting campaign to unseat Texas incumbent Ted Cruz, former GOP candidate for president in 2016. ..…
Democrat Debbie Stabenow of Michigan has won fourth term in Senate, defeating Republican John James.. ... She rose to in #MeToo movement last year as Democratic senator to call for fellow Democratic Sen. ..…
Democrats are projected to lead House while Republicans hold Senate majority. ..…
Order from Chaos How a Democratic Congress might improve counterterrorism and Middle East policy . ... FixGov Race for the Senate 2018: Five things to know ahead of Election Day . ..…
Pete Sessions lost by -6) and GA-06 (Newt Gingrich’s former seat, won with 2,145 vote margin by Democrat Lucy McBath) would likely not have flipped from Republican to Democratic control. . . According to analysis of exit polls, young voters also played a critical role in Democrats winning the..…
Senate 3 races . The rest of Indiana closes at 7 p.m. ET, as does most of Florida, where Democratic Sen. ... Senate 2 races . Sen. Joe Manchin -- a Democrat seeking reelection in a state President Trump carried by 42 percentage points -- has defied the odds and maintained..…
I miss the days of Republican Senate and Democratic House, and Governor. I read that Democratic Senate candidates across the country got something like million more votes yet Republicans won more seats. ..…
Detroit — Michigan Republicans will retain majorities in Michigan House and Senate despite losing seats Tuesday's election, preventing major blue wave and setting the stage for government that will test Democratic Gov. ... By term limits and evolving dynamics in, Republicans have..…
Senate seat and three new Democratic representatives, will walk the halls of Congress Debbie Dingell and Brenda Lawrence, both of. ..…
E&E Daily Wednesday, November 7, 2018 Democratic wave that swept House yesterday even rippled in Senate, where Republicans expanded their majority after ousting handful of red-state Democrats.. ... E&E News PM Thursday, September 6, 2018 League of Conservation Voters has partnered with..…
entrenched two-term in Senate District, Murphy seemed poised to defy Democratic sweep in his race against former Westchester County Legislator Pete Harckham, aide to Gov. ... But when the votes were tallied, the wave had overtaken even Murphy Harckham edged out victory, part of..…
Nearly 2.7 million people voted, in election that saw Democrats win victory for governor and bigger one for US Senate. .. Supporters cheer for Democratic for Tony Evers and Mandela Barnes while waiting for them to speak at their watch party at Orpheum Theater Madison.. ..…
As the top Democrat in the Senate, she spoke forcefully against GOP-backed laws that slashed business taxes while raising them on individuals, made union fees optional, and required residents or businesses wanting health insurance coverage for elective abortions to buy extra coverage. ..…
With the majority win, Senate Democratic Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins may become the first woman, and first black woman, to lead New York state senate.. New York State Senate welcomes first-time challengers Alessandra Biaggi of Bronx — who defeated Democrat..…
Their groundswell staved off exciting Democratic challengers for Senate Texas and Florida and Georgia . The Trump hard-core also helped to oust ncumbent Democrat senators from Republican-leaning states .. ..…
Whether you are discouraged or encouraged with the results, one fact is clear: America's democratic experiment worked yet again. . ... The House of Representatives and Senate began meeting in the building we know as the US Capitol in 1800. ..…
The starting place for reform for them is the 2013 comprehensive immigration reform bill, H.R. 15, a version of which the Senate had passed. At the time, every House Democrat except two cosponsored the legislation. ..…
Well beyond the more high-profile names of Michael Bloomberg and George Soros on Democratic side and Sheldon Adelson on the part of Republicans, Jewish monies were invested in senate and house races and governorships. ..…
FEATURING DAVID DAYEN The November midterm elections are over and Wednesday morning forecast points to Democratic sweep in House of Representatives while Republicans gained two seats in Senate. Several Governors races flipped control of State Houses from Republican to Democrat. ..…
Wayne Frederick, Democratic Party: 34 percent . . Here are the Sioux Falls area winners in the South Dakota Senate . ... Teresa Ann Robbins, Democratic Party: 35 percent . . District 9 . Wayne H. ..…
The Democratic Party fell short of their goal to claim Senate majority partly due to the number of seats they had to defend, that voted for U.S. ..…
Democrats will gain full control Illinois by winning the governor's race, and New York even slight gain by Democrats could wrest Senate from Republicans and give them governing trifecta. Democratic Governors Association had focused on nine swing states, where it believes the..…
Trump called Pelosi, Senate Republican Mitch McConnell, Senate Democratic Chuck Schumer and several of Republican winners.. ..…
PressTV- Trump's party maintains control over US Senate. ..…
Garcia, meanwhile, won from the District 6 in the Texas Senate. The former social worker and lawyer defeated Republican challenger Phillip Aronoff in the heavily Democratic district. . ..…
Republicans were disappointed to lose House of Representatives to Democrats on Tuesday. ..…
Morrell, a New Orleans Democrat. It received more than the necessary two-thirds approval in the House and Senate and drew strong support from factions rarely on the same page: On the right, supporters included the Christian conservative Louisiana Family Forum and the Koch Brother's political..…
Democrats made their first state legislative gains 10 years Tuesday night, breaking 18-18 tie in Senate by picking up three Republican seats and defending Democratic lawmakers. ..…
And yet, on Senate side, ing of Democrat Beto O'Rourke in his race against Ted Cruz may mark the beginning of transformation from solid red to slightly purple in the second-largest state in the union. ..…
Republican Party, Congress, and Supreme Court, has not achieved its huge ideological goals of dismantling Obamacare or Social Security.. ..…
Senate gives voters clear between Chris Murphy, Democrat seeking re-election to that chamber for the time, and Matthew Corey, Republican. ..…
In Senate, geography was destiny the map was tilted toward Republican-friendly states where President Donald Trump remained popular -- and GOP scored series of wins in those states. ..…
Meanwhile, CNN declared the Senate would remain in Republicans hands after Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) declared the winner against a Democratic challenger Beto O’Rourke. ..…
Dianne Feinstein, Senate Judiciary Committee's ranking Democrat, called for Sessions to testify before the committee about the contents of the report.. ..…
Oklahoma Republican Tom Cotton will be ousted who defeated Democrat Claire McCaskill in the Missouri Senate race. ..…
A number of closely contested Senate elections also featured abortion as a prominent issue. . Democrat incumbent Joe Donnelly lost his Indiana seat to Republican challenger Mike Braun. ..…
Democrats’ enthusiasm could also be tempered by the fact that, in the Midwest, Illinois is the only legislature under Democratic control. Minnesota’s two chambers are split: The House will be Democratic after last night’s election, and the Senate will remain Republican. ..…
Republican Mike Braun opened an early lead in the crucial Senate showdown in Indiana with incumbent Democrat Joe Donnelly, but the race was too close to call with just 9 percent of the votes in. . Tightly contested Senate races in Florida, Ohio and West Virginia were too close to..…