Tag: Kamala Harris

Sen. Kamala Harris' governance is progressive, but her rhetoric is more pragmatic. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy)

Beltway Confidential

Love her or hate her, Kamala Harris’ approach to Democratic division is worth watching

Emily Jashinsky · March 8, 2018 7:28 pm

Tom Homan said that in the last fiscal year, 89 percent of illegal immigrants deported had a criminal history, and 88 percent of those deported in the last raid in Los Angeles were criminal aliens as well. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

ICE Acting Director Tom Homan: Kamala Harris ‘is wrong’ regarding ICE ‘abusing power’

Katelyn Caralle · March 8, 2018 3:03 pm

Rep. Keith Ellison, center, D-Minn., is now the lead sponsor of the Expanded and Improved Medicare For All Act after receiving unanimous consent on Wednesday. The bill would would move everyone in the country from private healthcare coverage and Medicaid onto Medicare.

Keith Ellison becomes lead House Democrat on ‘Medicare for All’ bill

Kimberly Leonard · March 7, 2018 7:37 pm

Partisan tensions flared on Feb. 27 with National Security Agency Director Adm. Mike Rogers' testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee. Rogers said that he hadn't received a direct order from President Trump to counter Russian activities aimed at U.S. elections. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

As midterms heat up, lawmakers feeling good about ballot box security

Charlie Mitchell · March 6, 2018 5:01 am

Legislation consolidating and elevating existing DHS cybersecurity functions in a new agency has passed the House of Representatives and is a top priority for House Homeland Security Chairman Michael McCaul, R-Texas. "Strengthening the cybersecurity mission of DHS remains a top priority in 2018. To that end, the House has passed significant legislation this Congress," a House Homeland Security Committee aide said. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Clock is ticking for Congress to move cyber legislation

Charlie Mitchell · February 27, 2018 5:01 am

During a speech at this year's Conservative Political Action Conference, NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre specifically called out Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., as part of a cadre of leftist Democrats bent on eliminating the Second Amendment. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Elizabeth Warren goes on tweet rager against NRA’s Wayne LaPierre, and fundraises too

Daniel Chaitin · February 23, 2018 3:15 am

Unlike some of his colleagues, Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, made his questions the centerpiece of his allotted time in his attempt to get answers from U.S. intelligence officials. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Beltway Confidential

Angus King teaches senators how to question

Tom Rogan · February 13, 2018 6:33 pm

"The budget is a statement of our values, but the president's brutal collection of broken promises and staggering cuts shows he does not value the future of seniors, children and working families," Nancy Pelosi said in a statement. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Nancy Pelosi’s Dreamers speech leaves Democrats split ahead of budget vote

Laura Barrón-López · February 8, 2018 11:16 pm

Rep. Peter Roskam, R-Ill., recently introduced legislation that would bar the IRS from collecting Schedule B forms, as well as the "name, address, or other identifying information" of donors to 501(c) organizations, otherwise known as nonprofits. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Beltway Confidential

How about a little bipartisanship to protect nonprofits and privacy?

Eric Peterson · February 7, 2018 11:23 pm

As the Senate unveils a large budget deal to increase defense and domestic spending caps, there's palpable concern among the Democratic ranks that whatever leverage they had over the White House and Republicans in DACA negotiations will be lost. Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., is one of them, saying there's a very real chance Congress reaches March 5 with no solution. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Democrats fear giving leverage to Trump as DACA deadline approaches

Laura Barrón-López · February 7, 2018 6:53 pm

Sen. Kamala Harris D-Calif., speaks during a rally in support of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, and to avoid the government shut down on Capitol Hill.

Kamala Harris will vote to shut down the government again over Dreamers

Pete Kasperowicz · February 5, 2018 12:45 pm

Congressional Democrats participated in more than one kind of protest during Tuesday night's State of the Union address. (Win McNamee/Pool via AP)

Democrats decry Trump’s ‘divisive’ State of the Union

Laura Barrón-López · January 31, 2018 6:53 am