Tag: Democratic Party

"We have a lot of candidates who want to run in a lot of districts," Steny Hoyer said. "A large number are competitive, certainly enough for us to take back the majority." (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Steny Hoyer: 90 percent chance Dems take over the House

Pete Kasperowicz · January 31, 2018 4:55 pm

Former Vice President Joe Biden is considered a potential contender for the 2020 presidential race, and he hasn't explicitly ruled out a run. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Joe Biden to address House Democrats at retreat

Melissa Quinn · January 31, 2018 2:41 pm

Rep. Joe Kennedy III delivers the Democratic response to President Trump's State of the Union address, at Diman Regional Vocational Technical High School in Fall River, Mass. Kennedy, 37, a three-term congressman and grandson of former Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, outlined a Democratic vision that he said promises a "better deal for all who call this country home." (US NETWORK via AP, Pool)

Beltway Confidential

Joe Kennedy’s sense of place: The meaning of Fall River

Timothy P. Carney · January 31, 2018 1:41 pm

White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi's dour reaction to Trump's State of the Union address "kind of embody the bitterness that belongs in the Democrat Party right now." She said, "I think she should smile a lot more often, I think the country would be better for it."(AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Sarah Sanders: Nancy Pelosi symbolizes the ‘bitterness’ of Democrats

Pete Kasperowicz · January 31, 2018 1:26 pm

Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., felt that "the Democrats were wrong in not showing respect" to the presidency by sitting down for most parts of President Trump's State of the Union speech. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Joe Manchin: Democrats were ‘wrong’ to sit for Trump’s speech

Pete Kasperowicz · January 31, 2018 1:12 pm

Viewers also had favorable reactions to Trump's talking points on infrastructure, immigration, and national security, with a majority believing the policies mentioned would "help" them. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Three-quarters of Americans approved of Trump’s State of the Union: Poll

Naomi Lim · January 31, 2018 5:24 am

In his speech, Trump pulled a page from previous presidents to share personal stories of families who went through the most turbulent times. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Beltway Confidential

Trump’s State of the Union address almost dares Democrats not to work with him

Siraj Hashmi · January 31, 2018 4:34 am

"I was hoping to get through my life without having to witness an outwardly, explicitly racist American President. My luck ran out.," said Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-Ill., shortly after walking out on President Trump's State of the Union address. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Beltway Confidential

Rep. Luis Gutierrez walks out of Trump’s State of the Union as progressives write off bipartisanship permanently

Philip Wegmann · January 31, 2018 4:29 am

The young congressman appeared to have a healthy heaping of Vaseline or ChapStick slathered at the corners of his mouth. (CSPAN)

Beltway Confidential

What was going on with Rep. Joe Kennedy’s mouth during his State of the Union rebuttal?

Becket Adams · January 31, 2018 4:11 am

"Bullies may land a punch. They might leave a mark," Rep. Joseph Kennedy III said Tuesday night as he delivered the Democratic response to President Trump's State of the Union speech from Falls River, Mass. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia, File)

Joe Kennedy knocks Trump as a bully, pitches Democrats ‘Better Deal’ agenda

Melissa Quinn · January 31, 2018 3:44 am

During the State of the Union address, Democratic lawmakers booed twice when President Trump mentioned his preferred policy on family-based chain migration. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Democrats boo Trump at mention of chain migration: WATCH

Gabby Morrongiello · January 31, 2018 3:23 am

President Donald Trump gestures as delivers his first State of the Union address in the House chamber of the U.S. Capitol to a joint session of Congress Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018 in Washington, as Vice President Mike Pence and House Speaker Paul Ryan applaud. (Win McNamee/Pool via AP)

Washington Secrets

DNC: ‘State of the Lies’

Paul Bedard · January 31, 2018 2:53 am