Once the choreography has played out, and each side has killed the other's preferred solution, there's just chance that huddle among key leaders in the Democratic House and Republican Senate could figure out escape route, CNN's Stephen Collinson suggests. ..…

Efforts to tax the rich have had mixed results, newly won Democratic trifectas Colorado, Illinois, Maine, Nevada, New York, and New Mexico, level.. Democrats also won control of Connecticut Senate, Minnesota House, New Hampshire Senate and House, and flipped seven gubernatorial..…

After the Equality Act passes the House, the game changes. Instead of a new Democratic majority, the U.S. Senate under Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has an expanded Republican majority. ..…