In Florida, Lebanese- American Donna Shalala is starting career with election to House, after serving President Bill Clinton's Cabinet and running major universities.. In Minnesota, Omar, about 36 and American citizen and state representative, follows another She will succeed US..…
After winning control of the House of Representatives Tuesday night, Democrats plan to counter the Trump administration on climate change policy, aiming to convince the American public of the seriousness of the problem ahead of the 2020 presidential election and the urgency of addressing it...…
According to The New York Times, 51 percent of American voters overall cast ballots for House Democrats, versus 47 percent for Republicans.. ..…
The face of American politics is changing for the better and for the ILA. A record number of women were elected to the House of Representatives which will now serve as a much-needed check on an anti-union president and Senate. ..…
[Washington Post] On New Year’s Day, in a cramped room in the Capitol basement, House Republican leaders faced an angry caucus. Democrats had negotiated them into a corner — virtually every American would be hit with a massive tax increase unless the House agreed to Read More ...…
Democrat John Sarbanes Retains House Seat Maryland.. Greek American Democrat John Sarbanes, retains his seat Maryland's 3rd congressional district, Annapolis.. ... Of particular interest to Greek-American community and its allies, Sarbanes is member of the House..…
Greek-American community will have in House following Tuesday's midterm elections.. ..…
Somali- American and Palestinian- American have been elected to House. ..…
Greek American Chris Pappas Wins New Hampshire House Seat. Democrat Chris Pappas will become New Hampshire's first openly member of Congress after defeating Republican Eddie Edwards in Congressional District.. ..…
Who has heard of American going to foreign country and chanting 'Death to America. Last March, Republican Congressman Todd Rokita called on House of Representatives to condemn Nation of Islam leader and putting pressure on House Democrats. ..…
According to analysis of exit polls, young voters also played Democrats winning Senate seat Nevada, and made the Texas Senate race more competitive than polls predicted. ..…
They'll include Native American and Muslim women elected to House of Representatives.. ..…
For the first time in its history, the House will include Native American and Muslim women, including Ilhan Omar, a former refugee from Somalia. ..…
House of Representatives in the next term, breaking the previous record of 84, according to the Center for American Women in Politics at Rutgers University.. Julie Brixie, Democrat who was elected representative to the 69th state House District on Tuesday, was part of that..…
This bests the prior record of 85 women representatives of the 435 seats in House. They were also diverse black, Latina and Native- American candidates came out especially strong, resulting in monumental shifts like the election of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, now the youngest woman ever..…
Congressional Republicans, answering to Tea Party and American Legion, soon took issue with the label right-wing extremism, then leader of the House, charged was being used by the Department of Homeland Security to describe American citizens. ..…
Public protests, such as the National Woman’s Party picketing of the White House and African American women’s participation in a silent 1917 march in New York City that drew attention to a devastating race riot in East Saint Louis, are further examples of the ways in which women’s..…
“The State Department is supposed to be serving the interests of the American people, not helping the president wage his personal vendetta,” said Melanie Sloan, Senior Advisor at American Oversight. ... American Oversight’s lawsuit is part of its Parallel Investigations Initiative,..…
The NYT pretended that undemocratic Dem control of House can show that there's better model of legislating, that Congress is capable of doing more for Americans than cutting taxes for the wealthy and menacing everyone health care... ..…
I moved on to the records that have survived from House and Senate on the bill that became APA. American Bar Association's Administrative Law Section drafted the bill as compromise between the majority and the minority of Attorney General's Committee on Administrative Procedure. ..…
Netanyahu and Trump embrace at the beginning of their White House meeting, Feb. 15, 2017.Evan Vucci/AP . ... Looking ahead, I do expect there to be a lot of convenient catastrophizing from Jerusalem about the election of two Muslim-American Democrats to the House, Rashida Tlaib..…
The percentage of minority voters was the largest ever for election, reflecting the diversity of American population.. House of Representatives and Senate began meeting in the building we know as US Capitol in 1800. ..…
Dave Brat, Virginia nativist whose defeat of House Majority Leader Eric Cantor in 2014 doomed hopes of immigration reform, lost in GOP seat. ..…
Samuel Kirkland put it, “to get a peep at the great American Chief.” Formal dinners were not just an occasion to share a meal but a form of political theater essential to establishing relationships between hosts and guests, providing an opportunity for the host to demonstrate..…
Despite almost every poll predicting that Democrats will win House, Gallup survey finds that the majority of Americans believe Republicans will retain control of Congress.. ..…
FEATURING JODI JACOBSON Women made history on night with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez becoming Congress youngest ever woman, Deb Haaland and Sharice Davids becoming the two first ever Native American in House and Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib becoming the first ever Muslim American..…
There are matter of hours until midterm elections conclude and millions of Americans finish casting their ballots for 35 seats in Senate and all 435 seats in House of Representatives. ..…
Over 230 women were on the general-election ballots in House races this time. . ... Palestinian-American Rashida Tlaib and Somali-American Ilhan Omar became the first Muslim women elected to the Congress after both Democrats won their congressional midterm 2018 races. . ..…
In the 69 most competitive House races, Democrats have raised US$252m to Republicans' US$172m. This huge spend means that basically every ad on American TV in certain states right now is political, as are all the ads on social media. . ..…
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. ..…
We have an unprecedented lack of transparency, corruption and self-serving actions from this administration, so we expect the House to step up and stand by the American people.” . Carey also said her organization will stand with the House in efforts to preserve the Affordable Care..…
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He told the reporter that he was voting for Republican over Democrat in Georgia governor race.. ..…
Omar, 37, made history in 2017 as Muslim and first Somali- American in U.S when she was in as member of Minnesota House of Representatives.. ..…
Voters Kansas, Maine, and Wisconsin flipped their governors from Republicans to Democrats. ..…
Democratic in House would further hinder the border wall plan and complicate congressional approval of deal to update North American Free Trade Agreement.. ..…