Despite the election of certain pro-BDS candidates, the heads of committees significant for furthering policy related to Mideast and Israel are mainstream Democrats New York's Eliot Engel for Foreign Affairs, and Nita Lowey, also from New York, for Appropriations.. Despite the..…
The election looks at first glance like Republicans gained seats in Senate and Democrats regained control of House with enough of margin to ensure that they can put some limits on presidential power.. ..…
Nationally, voters favored Democratic candidates for Congress over Republican candidates by a margin of about 7 percentage points, according to a preliminary estimate by The New York Times. ... Democrats won a majority in the House of Representatives for the first time since 2010,..…
Awash in Blue Wave Sydney Crawford, 84, left, of New York City, and JoAnn Loulan, 70, of Portola Valley, Calif., watch the results come in at Democratic Party Washington on Election Night. ..…
Progressive Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez celebrates with supporters at victory party in Bronx New York Activist upset established Democrat Rep. ..…
Representative Nita Lowey, Democrat of New York, would chair the Appropriations Committee, and Representative Maxine Waters, Democrat of California, would chair the Financial Service Committee. . ..…
New York . Republicans on Tuesday lost their state senate majority in New York, as Democrats removed what seemed to be an intractable impediment to a range of progressive bills, including the Reproductive Health Act. ..…
This included California, where are Democrats, rules regardless of party, advance to the election. Rolling up uncompetitive victories against Republicans in blue states Kirsten Gillibrand New York, Ben Cardin Maryland, and Elizabeth Warren Massachusetts .. ..…
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who was elected to the House from New York City, campaigned in Los Angeles in support of the public bank initiative. Democrats at all levels can follow Ocasio-Cortez’s lead and support public banking by highlighting ongoing organizing efforts and by..…
Julia Salazar (D – NY 18) – 27-year-old New York State Senator-elect Julia Salazar ran as a Democrat, but identifies as a democratic socialist. . . ..…
Although the polls indicate a slight increase in support for Israel among Republicans/conservatives, it does not offset the sharper drop in support among Democrats/liberals. . . David Halbfinger reached a similar analysis in The New York Times. Pittsburgh had set American and..…
By refusing money and putting forward bold pro, At the time number of left and progressive candidates, almost all standing as Democrats, reflected the intense desire of millions to push back against the agenda of the right-working class demands like Medicare-for-All, rent control, wage and tuition college. ..…
Three DSA members, ran for Congress as Democrats, with two of them winning Rashida Tlaib Michigan and Alexandra Ocasio Cortez New York. ..…
The New York Democrat says it would spark a 'constitutional crisis' if Trump forced out Sessions as a 'prelude' to ending or limiting Mueller's investigation. . ..…
Other states where Democrats added legislative chambers included Maine and Minnesota. They took New York’s state Senate, but it was already held by a minority coalition. . ..…
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