Tag: Democratic Party

Rick Saccone (pictured center), a Republican state lawmaker running for a House seat in Pennsylvania's 18th Congressional District, gets a tour of Rosedale Technical College on Feb. 12 in Kennedy Township, Pa. Saccone is running against Democrat Conor Lamb in a special election to fill the seat previously held by Rep. Tim Murphy, who resigned in October. (Justin Merriman for the Washington Examiner)

Could Rick Saccone disrupt the Democratic narrative in the Pennsylvania special election?

Salena Zito · February 18, 2018 5:01 am

Texas' AFL-CIO has recently endorsed Rep. Beto O'Rourke, D-Texas as O'Rourke tries to win against Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas. It was a reversal from a commitment the union made to not endorse any candidate in the 2018 Senate election. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

Texas AFL-CIO reverses course, endorses Ted Cruz challenger

Robert King · February 17, 2018 8:56 pm

Former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julian Castro said in an interview that Democrats need to "compete everywhere" and that the party can't take anything for granted. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

2020 hopeful Julian Castro visits New Hampshire, says Democrats need to learn from Clinton’s loss

Robert King · February 17, 2018 4:23 pm

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., was one of several Democrats who opposed the the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, saying the bill was "dangerous and cruel." (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Democrats have moved far to the nation’s left on abortion

Ken Blackwell · February 17, 2018 5:01 am

Democrats are being urged to point out the disparity between immediate benefits for lower and middle-class Americans and the nation's top earners, especially as they head home for the next week during the week-long recess. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Democrats struggle with rising popularity of GOP tax law

Al Weaver · February 17, 2018 5:01 am

Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., said Friday that the tax windfall companies received after the GOP tax plan passed hasn't materialized in workers' paychecks as promised. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Democrats assail $120 billion in stock buybacks in 2018 as new ‘GOP tax scam’

Anna Giaritelli · February 16, 2018 10:31 pm

More than 50 Democrats, led by top Senate Banking Committee Democrat Sherrod Brown of Ohio, (pictured above) wrote Consumer Financial Protection Bureau acting director Mick Mulvaney Friday to warn that reorganizing the bureau's Office of Fair Lending and Equal Opportunity and removing its enforcement role "will frustrate the CFPB's efforts to ensure all 'consumers are protected from unfair, deceptive, or abusive acts and practices and from discrimination.'" (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Democrats press Mick Mulvaney on CFPB fair lending enforcement

Joseph Lawler · February 16, 2018 6:39 pm

Agreeing on a precise definition of "identity politics" will be helpful as a means of better explaining the problem. (Pixabay)

Beltway Confidential

Defining ‘identity politics’

Emily Jashinsky · February 16, 2018 3:36 pm

"A banquet for everyone up here. Crumbs for people down here. I'll repeat that," Nancy Pelosi said. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

‘I’ll repeat that’: Nancy Pelosi won’t back down from calling GOP tax cuts ‘crumbs’

Al Weaver · February 15, 2018 7:16 pm

Duckworth said voters in the Midwest can teach Democrats a lesson after three states — Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania — voted for President Trump. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)

Tammy Duckworth: Democrats ‘have to care about everyone’

Caitlin Yilek · February 14, 2018 1:37 pm

The Feb. 8-12 survey found 39 percent of registered voters would pick a Republican candidate compared with the 38 percent who said they would vote for a Democrat. (iStock photo)

Republicans retake the lead over Democrats in generic ballot: Poll

Anna Giaritelli · February 14, 2018 12:43 pm

Democrat Margaret Good (pictured right), who ran against Republican candidate James Buchanan, won in a Florida state House election by a 52-45 margin. The seat is the 36th flip since President Trump assumed office. (Screenshot via Margaret Good for State House website)

Democrats flip 36th state House seat since Trump’s inauguration in Florida special election

Diana Stancy Correll · February 14, 2018 1:37 am