Tag: Bernie Sanders

Sens. Cory Booker, Kirsten Gillibrand, Kamala Harris, Bernie Sanders, and Elizabeth Warren were united in their opposition.

Top 2020 Democrats vote no on shutdown deal

Madeleine Morgenstern · January 22, 2018 10:17 pm

The shutdown turned out to be a mess for the Democratic Party. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Beltway Confidential

Democrats’ shutdown miscalculation inflames the base it set out to please

Emily Jashinsky · January 22, 2018 9:44 pm

"The other night, Mitch McConnell walked on to the floor of the Senate, and he knows the rules better than anybody. He did not have 60 votes. He barely had 50 votes," Bernie Sanders said.

Bernie Sanders puts the blame for the shutdown on Mitch McConnell

Kyle Feldscher · January 21, 2018 3:52 pm

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., said, "We have a president who has driven the respect that this great country has all over the world down, and down lower than it has ever been." (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Bernie Sanders: Trump is a ‘pathological liar’

Pete Kasperowicz · January 19, 2018 1:47 pm

Sen. Chuck Schumer during the 2013 government shutdown fight suggested Democrats could do the same thing over immigration.

2013 Shutdown Rants: Schumer, ‘Wrong, Chaos,’ Pelosi, ‘Legislative arsonists’

Paul Bedard · January 19, 2018 1:32 pm

Rather than providing an incentive to receive workplace training, paid higher education creates a feeling of entitlement and is ripe for abuse. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, file)

Huffington Post contributor argues students should get paid to study

Brendan Pringle · January 18, 2018 9:30 pm

According to a new poll, 24 percent of registered voters want Oprah Winfrey to jump into the next presidential election, while 59 percent say she should stay out of the political race. (Paul Drinkwater/NBC via AP)

59 percent of voters don’t want Oprah to run in 2020

Anna Giaritelli · January 17, 2018 12:58 pm

There are plenty of people to blame for the rise of President Trump. But because he was the most powerful person in the world, Barack Obama (pictured above) deserves special mention. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

One year in: How Obama gave us Trump

Timothy P. Carney · January 17, 2018 1:04 am

Twice, Hillary Clinton would enter the presidential race as the favorite, and twice she would lose. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Hillary Clinton was not a role model

Noemie Emery · January 16, 2018 5:01 am

In a video obtained by the Republican National Committee, Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn., spoke about the Democratic push to pass a "clean" Dream Act and had some less-than-kind words for Democrats who don't support the effort. (screenshot)

Top DNC official warns Democrats: Support a ‘clean’ Dream Act or ‘you’re going to have some problems’

Daniel Chaitin · January 13, 2018 3:30 am

The media maven fueled speculation she was considering a presidential bid after delivering a fiery speech on Jan. 8 at the 75th Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)

Oprah Winfrey would lose a Democratic primary to Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders: Poll

Naomi Lim · January 11, 2018 9:40 pm

Rumors of a presidential bid have swirled since Oprah Winfrey accepted the Cecil B. DeMille Award at the 75th annual Golden Globe Awards on Sunday.
(Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)

Media admits Democrats lack talent, need Oprah-level savior

Eddie Scarry · January 10, 2018 5:01 am