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election 2020: pa. auditor to try to flip house seat, democrats say

Both Perry and DePasquale each served in the state House of Representatives together for six years and both York County, in the southern part of the district.. Pennsylvania's 18-seat delegation is split between Republicans and Democrats after Democrats picked up four seats last year. . ..

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nc republican sen. thom tillis flip-flops his way toward primary

Tillis voted against a Democratic resolution that would have blocked Trump from declaring a national emergency along the southern border. But grassroots Republicans back home are still fuming about the senator’s original plan to support the legislation on constitutional grounds. ..

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democrats plan march 26 vote to override trump's first veto

Trump declared the emergency to authorize moving $3.6 billion from budget to effort to construct physical barriers along the southern border.. ... Only Republicans voted favor of the resolution to revoke the emergency, and about Republicans would have to vote with Democrats to provide..

american government in crisis

“We are now on day 27 of a government shutdown centered on whether the U.S. should build a new barrier on the southern border with Mexico. ... Neither Republicans nor Democrats have been willing to blink, and both sides appear to be growing increasingly dug in. ..

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how the south is bringing down the grand old party

For the first time since the conclusion of the Civil War, Republicans also control majorities in every southern statehouse. . ... Earlier this year in the Southern Political Report, Hastings Wyman—a South Carolinian who has worked for Republican politicians—concluded,..

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america's return to political polarization

The liberalism of New Deal, however, began pushing Southern Democrats to Republicans, especially on economic and security issues. ... The alienation of Southern Democrats from the national party provided the opportunity for Republicans to make inroads in South. ..

guantanamo detainee pleads not guilty

President Barack Obama has pledged to close Guantanamo by January and relocate its 240 prisoners from U.S naval base in southern Cuba. This has sparked U.S political debate, with Republicans claiming that Americans do not want suspected terrorists at prisons near them and Obama..

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