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Cuellar defeated Rodriguez, who at the time headed the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC), by only 58 votes. Full Article at The Hill
Reid late Tuesday noted that senators are having trouble catching flights into the nation's capital. The draft of the bill calls for a $1,000 retention tax credit for certain newly hired individuals in 2010. Full Article at The Hill
U.S. President Barack Obama (C) waves to U.S. Democratic Party members before addressing the Senate Democratic Policy Committee Issues Conference at the Newseum in Washington, February 3, 2010. At right is Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. View Photo »
top lobbying officials for many of the industries Democrats regularly attack: Represented were the American Bankers Association, the tobacco company Altria, the oil company Marathon, several drug manufacturers, the defense contractor Lockheed, and most of the large independent lobbying firms.
VOICE OF THE PEOPLE With public protests ongoing from San Francisco to Boston and points in between, I have yet to read a word in The Tribune about our U.S. Bureau of Land Management's removal of our wild horses and burros from public lands. Full Article at South Bend Tribune
The New York Times Editorial Page today asserts a commonly held belief among the political and media class: An election is coming, so the Republicans are trying to scare Americans by making it appear as if the Democrats don’t care about catching or pun... Full Article at Salon
New York Gov. David Paterson speaks during a news conference at the Capitol in Albany, N.Y. , on Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. Full Article at Cape Cod Online
State Sen. Abel Maldonado, R-Santa Maria, left, smiles as the Senate Rules Committee approved his nomination for Lieutenant governor at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif. , Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010. Democrats and Republicans on the committee joined in a 4-0... View Photo »
I think that it's realistic for us to get a package moving quickly that may not include all the things I think need to be done ... It may be that that first package builds some trust and confidence that Democrats and Republicans on Capitol Hill can work together, and then we move on to the next aspect o...
Even New York's Democrats realize what a lowlife this guy is and have wisely sent him packing. Full Article at JammieWearingFool
WASHINGTON -- Signaling he'd meet critics part way on health care, President Barack Obama said yesterday that he's willing to sign a bill even if it doesn't deliver everything he has pursued. Full Article at Columbus Dispatch
The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world. Full Article
U.S. President Barack Obama (C) waves to U.S. Democratic Party members before addressing the Senate Democratic Policy Committee Issues Conference at the Newseum in Washington, February 3, 2010. At right is Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.
View Photo »Alexi Giannoulias speaks with reporters while campaigning for the Democrat party U.S. Senate seat prior to the primary election in Springfield, Ill. , Monday, Feb. 1, 2010.
View Photo »Barney Frank, Congressman from Massachusetts (Democrat), 4th District and Chairman of the Financial Services Committee, USA, left, speaks with Director General of the World Trade Organization Pascal Lamy during a session at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Friday Jan. 29,...
View Photo »Barney Frank, Congressman from Massachusetts (Democrat), 4th District and Chairman of the Financial Services Committee, USA, rubs his eyes as he waits for the start of a session at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Friday Jan. 29, 2010. Climate change moves to the forefront...
View Photo »Members of the New Hampshire Young Democrats watch President Barack Obama give his State of the Union address, at Martha's Exchange in Nashua, N.H. , Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2010.
View Photo »Democrats, including, standing from right, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer of Md. , House Majority Whip James Clyburn of S.C. , and Rep. John Larson, D-Conn. , applaud on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2010, during President Barack Obama's State of the Union address.
View Photo »Democrats stand and Republicans sit as President Barack Obama delivers his State of the Union address on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2010.
View Photo »Senate Democrat Leader Al Lawson, D-Tallahassee, speaks during The Associated Press annual legislative editors meeting, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2010, in Tallahassee, Fla.
View Photo »Republican U.S. Senator-elect Scott Brown celebrates after defeating Democrat Martha Coakley in the U.S. Senate race to replace the the late U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy at Brown's victory rally in Boston January 19, 2010.
View Photo »Democrat candidate, Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley, center, steps off the stage with her husband Thomas F. O'Connor, Jr. , left, after conceding her loss in a special held to fill the U.S. Senate seat left vacant by the death of Sen. Edward Kennedy, Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010,...
View Photo »U.S. Senator John Kerry, D-Mass. , center, reacts as Democrat candidate, Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley, right, concedes after losing a special election in Boston, Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010, held to fill the U.S. Senate seat left vacant by the death of Sen. Edward Kennedy. Massachusetts...
View Photo »Democrat candidate, Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley, front left, embraces her husband Thomas F. O'Connor, Jr. , front right, as she concedes her loss in a special election in Boston, Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010, held to fill the U.S. Senate seat left vacant by the death of Sen....
View Photo »Democrat candidate, Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley concedes after losing a special election in Boston, Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010, held to fill the U.S. Senate seat left vacant by the death of Sen. Edward Kennedy. Massachusetts State. Sen. Scott Brown, R-Wrentham, was elected defeating...
View Photo »Christian Democrat party president Juan Carlos Latorre withdraws after acknowledging defeat for the government coalition during the presidential election in Santiago January 17, 2010. Conservative billionaire Sebastian Pinera won Chile's presidential election on Sunday, ending two decades...
View Photo »Democrat Harold Ford Jr. , center, lunches at Sylvia's with friend Ron Blaylock, left, and state assemblyman Keith Wright, right in the Harlem neighborhood of New York, Friday, Jan. 15, 2010. Ford is contemplating challenging incumbent Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand for her seat.
View Photo »Democrat Harold Ford Jr. , center, walks up W.126th street with the media in the Harlem neighborhood of New York, Friday, Jan. 15, 2010. Ford is contemplating challenging incumbent Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand for her seat.
View Photo »Democrat Harold Ford Jr. , right, and friend Ron Blaylock leave Sylvia's in the Harlem neighborhood of New York, Friday, Jan. 15, 2010. Ford is contemplating challenging incumbent Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand for her seat.
View Photo »Democrat Harold Ford Jr. , lunches at Sylvia's in the HArlem neighborhood of New York, Friday, Jan. 15, 2010. Ford is contemplating challenging incumbent Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand for her seat.
View Photo »Democrat Harold Ford Jr. , center, greets people before he lunches at Sylvia's in the Harlem neighborhood of New York, Friday, Jan. 15, 2010. Ford is contemplating challenging incumbent Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand for her seat.
View Photo »Democrat Harold Ford Jr. , speaks with the media outside Sylvia's in the Harlem neighborhood of New York, Friday, Jan. 15, 2010. Ford is contemplating challenging incumbent Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand for her seat.
View Photo »Democrat Harold Ford Jr. , listens to a reporter's question before lunching at Sylvia's in the Harlem neighborhood of New York, Friday, Jan. 15, 2010. Ford is contemplating challenging incumbent Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand for her seat.
View Photo »FILE - This Friday, Jan. 15, 2010 photo shows Democrat Harold Ford Jr. in the Harlem neighborhood of New York. Stephen Colbert is giving the potential U.S. Senate candidate a tough time about running for office in New York. During an appearance taped for the Monday, Feb. 1, 2010 "The Colbert...
View Photo »A supporter of U.S. Senate candidate Democrat Martha Coakley helps journalist John McCormack of The Weekly Standard as Coakley looks on as she was leaving a fundraiser in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010.
View Photo »State Sen. Abel Maldonado, R-Santa Maria, left, smiles as the Senate Rules Committee approved his nomination for Lieutenant governor at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif. , Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010. Democrats and Republicans on the committee joined in a 4-0 vote to send his nomination to the...
View Photo »WASHINGTON - FEBRUARY 02: Senate Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad (D-ND) delivers opening remarks during a hearing about the Obama Administration's FY2011 budget on Capitol Hill February 2, 2010 in Washington, DC. White House Office of Managment and Budget Director Peter Orszag faced...
View Photo »Alexi Giannoulias speaks with reporters while campaigning for the Democrat party U.S. Senate seat prior to the primary election in Springfield, Ill. , Monday, Feb. 1, 2010.
View Photo »top lobbying officials for many of the industries Democrats regularly attack: Represented were the American Bankers Association, the tobacco company Altria, the oil company Marathon, several drug manufacturers, the defense contractor Lockheed, and most of the large independent lobbying firms.
I think that it's realistic for us to get a package moving quickly that may not include all the things I think need to be done ... It may be that that first package builds some trust and confidence that Democrats and Republicans on Capitol Hill can work together, and then we move on to the next aspect o...
Iowans have made it clear that they want a vote on the basic definition of marriage ... and Senate Republicans have again tried to allow all Iowans a vote on the Iowa marriage amendment. Once again, Republicans are standing up to allow Iowans a vote, while Democrats continue to obstruct and turn their b...
Such preconditions suggest the White House is not serious about genuine negotiations ... A large majority of the American people strongly oppose the Democrat's massive bill, and Republicans will not abandon them.
If the Democratic Party has a stronghold on Wall Street it is JPMorgan Chase. ... But this year Chase's political action committee is sending the Democrats a pointed message. ... [I]t has rebuffed solicitations from the national Democratic House and Senate campaign committees. Instead it gave $30,000 to...
If the Democratic Party has a stronghold on Wall Street it is JPMorgan Chase. ... But this year Chase's political action committee is sending the Democrats a pointed message. ... [I]t has rebuffed solicitations from the national Democratic House and Senate campaign committees. Instead it gave $30,000 to...
I think they felt that the media would have focused on the breakdown of communication in the media, the breakdown of communication in the Democratic party. The idea that an outsider, that a pawnbroker won Illinois’ lieutenant governor nomination …
Actually, no one from the Democratic party called me with the exception of — Michael Madigan [Illinois state Democratic Party chairman] called me, number one. I did not receive one call from anyone. Not one call.
It's going to be very difficult to have a bipartisan conversation with regard to a 2,700-page health-care bill that the Democrat majority in the House and the Democrat majority in the Senate can't pass
Republicans worry they will wind up as props in a White House show of bipartisanship and the summit will involve 'changing the message but not the reality,' as one House Republican aide put it. And it's still not clear how the summit would help Democrats rescue their legislation, which has been stuck si...
Democrats in Congress are holding White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel accountable for his part in the collapse of healthcare reform. ... The emerging consensus among critics in both chambers is that Emanuel's lack of Senate experience slowed President Barack Obama's top domestic priority.
It's going to be very difficult to have a bipartisan conversation with regard to a 2,700-page healthcare bill that the Democrat majority in the House and the Democrat majority in the Senate can't pass ... It really is time to scrap the bill.
The letter last night tried to understand what the purpose of the meeting is ... If we're truly going to have a bipartisan conversation, then let's just scrap this bill that the Democrats can't pass in the House or Senate and let's start over on a real conversation about how to make the current system w...
Mr. Bush has reacted by railing against Democrats for obstruction — as if Democrats are duty-bound to breathe life into his agenda and, even sillier, as if opposing a plan that the people do not want is an illegitimate tactic for an opposition party.
Our plan for fixing Colorado is better than the Democrats' plan
Mr. Banks, I take issue with your letter. Democrats controlled Congress the last four years of President Bush's term, so they need to step up and take their share of the blame for the mess this country is in. Obama and his team so far haven't shown me anything but how to make matters worse! The mid-term...
A lot of people in Washington, liberals, Democrats, even some pundits–are asking a question: Why is President Obama wasting his time with yet another summit. After all, he tried this a year ago and…well, just look how well that’s paid off.
No, I don’t miss having a corporate socialist Republican in the White House any more than I like having a corporate socialist Democrat in the White House now.
They just wanted to win ... Their plan was to keep all the Democrats together and work like hell to get Snowe and Collins. The Senate doesn't work that way. You need a radius of 10 to 12 from the other side if you're going to have a shot.
Oh, so you not only support the Massachusetts Republican Party, but loudly and proudly engage in illegal online gambling? How can the Democrats of this district trust you to represent their interests?
I think there are some ideas on both the Republican and Democrat side that allow us to potentially, for example, lower rates for small businesses on their taxes, to help spur on some growth
I was not worried ... I had a feeling he had taken a lot of things for granted and I would be able to challenge him effectively on many issues  particularly the failing education system in Texas and the alarming dropout rates in schools and colleges. These things affect not only immigrants but all Texa...
I think what most voters are going to do when they go to the polling booths in November is they are going to make an assessment on is Washington working for them? ... It doesn't matter if you're a Democrat or Republican. At the end of the day there's a tremendous amount of frustration at Congress in gen...
The mainstream media will radicalize anyone who is against Obama’s agenda ... They won’t call out the Democrats or the Obama agenda for directing us toward European-style socialism.
These caucuses help us articulate our views and our values and sometimes our values don't always match even though we're all Democrats
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