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So I call on my Democratic colleagues to join us and Governor Pritzker in supporting the independent drawing of legislative maps and pass HJRCA 10 this legislative session... ..…
So I call on my Democratic colleagues to join us and Governor Pritzker in supporting the independent drawing of legislative maps and pass HJRCA 10 this legislative session... ..…
President Donald Trump has recognizes Venezuelan Juan Guaido as president, leading South American country break diplomatic relations with bitter Washington.. ..…
President Trump's former lawyer, Michael Cohen, postponed his scheduled appearance on Capitol Hill, citing ongoing threats from Trump and spurring Democrats to might issue subpoena to force his anticipated testimony... ..…
The center of gravity has now shifted so that few Democratic presidential candidates would hesitate to embrace such measures as providing the undocumented drivers licenses or in-state tuition benefits. ..…
MADISON - In setback for Democrats, federal court Wednesday pushed back gerrymandering trial slated for April, possibly until July. . ..…
The Democrat-run House is split, with the liberal wing of the party proposing to make the government the payer for healthcare services and the centrist faction favoring more modest changes to existing laws to lower costs for patients and cover the remaining uninsured.. ..…
However you want to apportion the blame for the fracas on National Mall featuring Native American activists, provocateurs from group called Black Hebrew Israelites, and some boys from Covington Catholic High School, no honest person can deny that the schoolboys were treated by the press and stone-throwers on..…
This whole thing is unprecedented -- and purposely so. Pelosi and her Democratic colleagues have made the calculation that the only way you deal with a president like Trump -- and unlike every president who has held the office before him -- is to go beyond where you would have thought you..…
So far, they have stood by Maduro through two waves of street protests and a steady dismantling of democratic institutions. . ..…
The vote, made possible by Democratic in Senate, came 46 years to the day after U.S. ..…
Things changed November, giving Legislature Democrat-controlled Senate to go along with Democrat-dominated Assembly.. ..…
United States recognizes Juan Guaido supports his decision to assume that role to Article 233 of Venezuela's constitution and supported by National Assembly, in restoring democracy to Venezuela. ..…
January 23, 2019 Senators Schumer and Portman on Government Shutdown 2019-01-23T14 18 22-05 00 https images.c-span org Files ec8 20190123141915002 hd.jpg Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer spoke about the pair of votes Senate was preparing for to reopen the government. ..…
In December, the Republican legislature voted to limit Governor-elect Tony Evers appointments, to restrict voting, and to restrict the power of Josh Kaul, Democrat elected as attorney general, and outgoing Governor Scott Walker signed the bills. ..…
In the legislature, S&D and EEP groups arranged to have German social-democrat Martin Schultz hold the presidency until January 2017, and Italian Antonio Tajani since then.. ..…
I look forward to seeing you on January 29th in Chamber of House of Representatives, to Speaker Nancy Pelosi... ..…
On several occasions, now, progressive candidates have endorsed the idea that we should tax the rich more, in contrast to Republicans. ..…
And two top union leaders who represent federal workers, Tony Reardon of Treasury Employees and Paul Shearon of Professional and Technical Employees support it.. ..…
Pete Buttigieg, the 37-year-old openly veteran and mayor of South Bend, Ind., has announced he is forming committee — one of the first steps to begin raising money for potential 2020 presidential campaign.. ..…
Rossie David Alston, Jr., of Virginia, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia.. ..…
Wisconsin residents are about to get in divided government. ..…
Edsall of The New York Times published provocative piece the day on American Psychological Association's released. ..…
Trump had insisted earlier in a letter that he was planning on presenting his annual address from the chamber of the US House next week as planned, essentially daring the body's top Democrat to formally disinvite him from delivering the yearly message. . . . . . ..…
Trump insists on State of Union on Jan 29 in House. 32 Views. ..…
So far, they have stood by Maduro through two waves of street protests and a steady dismantling of democratic institutions. . ..…
Brian Toale, 65, sexual abuse victim and now victims rights activist, holds copy of his yearbook photo from around the time he was abused, New York on Wednesday, Jan 9, 2019. ..…
'The so-called AfD bases it politics on hate and exclusion and doesn't abide by our democratic constitution,' Knobloch said in her speech, given in remembrance of the 6 million Jews murdered by the Nazis. . ..…
Trump's intention with border wall is to protect American people, so by Hoyer's logic, it's moral.. Minnesota Democratic Congressman Collin Peterson is telling his Democratic colleagues to approve President Trump's request for funding wall on the southern border.. ..…
Trump had insisted earlier in a letter that he was planning on presenting his annual address from the chamber of the US House next week as planned, essentially daring the body's top Democrat to formally disinvite him from delivering the yearly message. . ..…
Beto O'Rourke, 46, entered the 2020 presidential race March 14, ending months of speculation that began after Democrat lost Senate seat in reliably red Texas.. ..…
But her record California, where she was prosecutor, district attorney, attorney general is to come in for harsh scrutiny and debate in the coming months.. ..…
Democratic lawmakers have so far rejected the offer and have remained firm in refusing to agree to any new money for the border wall. ..…
Confirming long-held speculation, Senator Kamala Harris has announced that she will be running for in 2020, pitting her against other Democratic senators such as Kirsten Gillibrand and Elizabeth Warren and Rep. ..…
Since 2010, those on the left who are not also ‘liberal’ in their social values have become less likely to vote Labour, whilst the ‘liberal’ left have become more likely to do so (reflecting the collapse of the Liberal Democrat vote). ..…
After all, the worst safety conditions and other urban amenities for blacks are in cities that have been controlled by Democrats for decades. ..…
Things changed November, giving Legislature Democrat-controlled Senate to go along with Democrat-dominated Assembly.. ... Peralta was Queens Democrat who carried the in Senate for years.. The examiner found the cause of death was undiagnosed leukemia, according to Associated..…
I remain one of the few who predict that, following rejection of the government's deal to leave EU, Britain will crash out on 29 March. ..…
The opposition is hinting at the president of NA, Juan Guaidó, becoming the president. ..…
There are still about 3,000 refugees mostly from Honduras Tijuana on the US- Mexico border, awaiting the ability to apply for asylum into the US. ..…
A newly elected House Democrat, Rep. Joe Cunningham (D-SC), introduced a bill that would put a ten-year moratorium on drilling off the Atlantic Coast and the Eastern Gulf of Mexico, EcoWatch reported. . ..…
The Massachusetts Democrat focused especially on the federal government’s response to Hurricane Maria, which devastated the island. ..…
So, barring some kind of miraculous capitulation by the President or his newly empowered Democratic opponents, nothing that happens over the next few days is likely to result in the impasse being solved. . ..…
Rather than respecting the democratic mandate to leave the EU, Walker has joined others intent on thwarting it. She has argued for a so-called People’s Vote in order ‘to consult women again on Brexit’. ..…
Butterfield, Democrat: In his ninth term (eighth full) in the U.S. House (2004-present) . 2nd: Rep. ... Price, Democrat: In his 16th term in the U.S. House (1987-1995, 1997-present) . 5th: Rep. ..…
On January 18, more than four months after Sweden's September elections, Social Democrat leader Stefan Löfven became prime minister for a second term, when he won the backing of the Swedish parliament: 115 parliamentarians from his own party and its coalition partner (the environmentalist Green..…
This bill makes it clear that United States Congress still believes NATO mission and will prevent any short-sighted efforts to undermine NATO or withdraw our country, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, Democrat, said... ..…
Writing for the court, Justice Antonin Scalia held that Amendment's of the free exercise of religion was not violated applicable law that just happened to make it harder for some people to practice their religion... ..…