Tag: Democratic Party

After the government shutdown was resolved on Monday, some Democrats sided with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (pictured center), D-N.Y. They argued the shutdown made it more likely that Republicans would grant permanent legal status to the approximately 800,000 individuals who participated in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate Democrats push back: We didn’t lose shutdown

David M. Drucker · January 24, 2018 12:03 am

Former President Barack Obama speaks at a community event on the Presidential Center at the South Shore Cultural Center in Chicago. The Obama Presidential Center will not be a part of the presidential library network operated by the National Archives and Records Administration. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)

Beltway Confidential

Obama’s archive plan is a model for reform of other presidential libraries

Demian Brady · January 23, 2018 7:07 pm

On Monday, Senate Democrats agreed to vote to re-open the government after Republicans promised to negotiate a permanent fix for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Beltway Confidential

How the Democrats lost the government shutdown

Siraj Hashmi · January 23, 2018 6:20 pm

The Women's March is about electing Democrats. It's as simple as that. (Christopher Dilts/Bloomberg)

Beltway Confidential

The movement to politicize women

Carrie Lukas · January 23, 2018 6:09 pm

The upper house of Congress turned into a madhouse over the weekend after senators' inaction on a spending bill sent the government into a partial shutdown. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Make the Senate the Senate again

Washington Examiner · January 23, 2018 5:01 am

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., last week led their troops into battle toward a government shutdown thinking the odds were in their favor. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

‘Stupidest damn thing I’ve ever seen’: Democrats miscalculate the shutdown

David M. Drucker · January 23, 2018 5:01 am

Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren speaks at the Phoenix Convention Center during the Netroots Nation convention Friday, July 17, 2015, in Phoenix. Warren on Friday pressed the 2016 presidential contenders to curb the influence of Wall Street banks, as she seeks to leave her imprint on the agenda of Hillary Rodham Clinton and rest of the Democratic field. (Cheryl Evans/The Arizona Republic via AP) MARICOPA COUNTY OUT; MAGS OUT; NO SALES; MANDATORY CREDIT

Beltway Confidential

Democrats still don’t have a Trump-era strategy

Emily Jashinsky · January 23, 2018 3:54 am

Democratic leadership — Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.Â —Â played no small part in driving the government toward shutdown over the weekend. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

The media always knew Democrats were going to lose the shutdown

Eddie Scarry · January 23, 2018 2:42 am

It's unclear how many Democratic senators pressured Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., to abandon the weekend's government shutdown. Only 16 Democrats, all but two from heavily Democratic states, persisted in voting for it after he backed down. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Beltway Confidential

Michael Barone: After shutdown, Republicans have leverage on immigration

Michael Barone · January 23, 2018 2:35 am

In the age of Trump, there's a good chance that a partial shutdown is the least exciting thing happening on any given day. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Beltway Confidential

5 reasons why the Schumer Shutdown failed

Pete Kasperowicz · January 22, 2018 10:53 pm

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