did a backlash against trump trigger historic highs for us women in
At November mid-term elections, record 102 women won seats in US House of Representatives and 10 won in Senate, for total of 112 women — the most ever to serve in US Congress.. ..…
house republican calls on senate to take up
Senate failed to pass our legislation or any legislation offering option for Americans, said Burgess, the chairman of House Energy and Commerce Committee's subcommittee on health.. It's doubtful Senate will take up the bill during the lame duck session that will occur after the..…
conservatives call for federal probe into bloomberg's role in
Conservative groups on Thursday called for congressional probe into the tactics behind last lawsuit against Exxon Mobil filed by Democratic attorney of New York, sending letters to Senate and House committees to request investigations.. ..…
cnn to have around the clock coverage for election night in america
Real-time results, data-driven reporting and exit polls for Senate, House, and Gubernatorial races, as well district and county level, will be published to America's Choice 2018. . ... Visit CNN com Forecast to explore House and Senate interactive pages..…
ap: political money in state-level campaigns exceeds $2b
House and Senate. . That makes this year among the most expensive ever in state-level politics, and the total will only grow in the final stretch before Tuesday's election. . ..…
eight simple steps to fix american democracy
In November, they could win back control of the House, and maybe even the Senate too, in an anti-Trump “blue wave”. ... It would need a constitutional amendment, which itself requires a two-thirds vote in both the House and the Senate and the ratification of..…
transing california foster children & why doctors like us opposed it
California Assembly and Senate public hearings are like Kabuki theater. ..…
zach patton
May 14, 2010 White House Fights Senate Dems on States' Rights . A bipartisan group of Senators is moving to limit states' abilities to regulate financial transactions. ..…
want less money in politics? make political districts smaller
Races for seats in House of Representatives, not surprisingly, tend to involve smaller sums of money than Senate races. In state-level and House-level races, it becomes less economical to rely primarily on the mass-media approach for the same reasons small-state Senators rely..…
oregon and west virginia can save thousands of babies from abortions
If Republicans are able to hold on to majorities in both the House and Senate – that would make it easier to pass a variety of protective pro-life laws at the federal level, including the Pain Capable Abortion Protection Act which would protect unborn children after 20 weeks of gestation...…
the strange case of archbishop john clayton nienstedt part iv -- opus
House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate. Randy Engel's groundbreaking investigative findings related to US/AID abortion and sterilization programs in Latin and South America, Asia and Africa were instrumental in bringing about major pro-life changes in the Agency for International..…
headlines: november 1, 2018 – rising up with sonali
The US Senate Intelligence Committee is investigating former White House Advisor Steve Bannon for his activities ahead of the 2016 election. ..…
the media and the president
He will be president no matter what happens the day after, except even the House going Democrat will make things much more difficult even if Senate shifts towards Republicans. ... Republicans will retain the house and gain up to 7 seats in Senate.. ..…
trying again for full employment
Whatever remained of the entitlement to employment in Senate version did not survive House of Representatives, where Southern Democrats led the opposition and were joined by Midwestern Republicans. ..…
trump sheds light on his legal rationale for ending birthright
Trump's goal is to limit Democratic gains in House and pick up one or more seats in Senate. The White House has yet to describe any internal assessment for Trump's claims about the Amendment and any power he might have to end birthright citizenship.. ..…
study: voters from smaller states have more political power this fall
The ratings added the power of Senate, House and Governor's in each state and gave additional weight to the ratings if there was in particular state... ..…
civil rights and voter suppression in the us
Within four years of the Fifteenth Amendment’s ratification, fourteen black men were elected to the House of Representatives, and two to the Senate. ..…
media urge audiences to vote democrat
The GOP controls both Senate and House, the gap narrowed after the confirmation of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh. ..…
bay area reporter :: brazil elects homophobic president, fuels lgbt
The chamber, Brazil's lower house in Congress, has 513 seats total. . In the upper house, SLP also took four of the 81 Senate seats. . A record 30 parties will represent Brazil in the next Congress, reported BBC. . ..…
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