Tag: Democratic Party

What this MSNBC staffer wrote in a note intended for Sen. Dick Durbin goes a bit beyond the norm. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

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MSNBC producer’s errant email reveals ‘so many’ at network proud of Sen. Durbin’s ‘courage’ and ‘integrity’

Becket Adams · January 22, 2018 9:21 pm

All that matters now is how Sen. Chuck Schumer spins the shutdown to his base. Everything has changed and Democrats are still dangerous either way. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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Either an inoculation or a weaponized virus, Chuck Schumer injected something new into the Democrat bloodstream

Philip Wegmann · January 22, 2018 8:10 pm

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer shut down the government and nothing has gone to plan for the Democrats since. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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With victory around the corner, Democrats risked everything on a shutdown — and for what?

Philip Wegmann · January 22, 2018 3:18 pm

Demonstrators rally in support of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program outside the Capitol. Democrats have been seeking a deal to protect the "Dreamers," who have been shielded against deportation by DACA, which President Trump halted last year. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Trump: Democrats backing noncitizens over Americans in shutdown fight

Anna Giaritelli · January 22, 2018 1:33 pm

"Honestly, I think it's a good thing for us, judge, because people see through it," Eric Trump told Fox News personality Jeanine Pirro Saturday on her "Justice with Judge Jeanine" program. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Eric Trump: Shutdown ‘a good thing’ for Trump administration

Naomi Lim · January 21, 2018 9:59 pm

On Saturday, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., tweeted: "Impossible to justify cancelling defense training & pay for military over demands for #DACA especially since doesn't expire for weeks." (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Marco Rubio: Democrats already wavering on shutdown

Pete Kasperowicz · January 20, 2018 5:54 pm

Speaker of the House Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., Friday night blamed Democrats for committing to a "dangerous political ploy," angling to appease their base despite not actually opposing anything in the GOP spending bill they voted against. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Paul Ryan castigates Democrats for government shutdown: ‘They will do anything to appease their base’

Diana Stancy Correll · January 20, 2018 5:58 am

Without a spending deal between Democrat and Republican lawmakers, the U.S. government entered a partial shutdown Friday night. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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Government shutdowns prove America is the greatest country on Earth

Pete Kasperowicz · January 20, 2018 5:35 am

In the case that vulnerable Democratic incumbents - think Sens. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., (pictured) Joe Donnelly, D-Ind., and Joe Manchin, D-W.V. - are pressured into taking a vote to shut down the government over DACA protections getting left out of a spending bill, it won't soon be forgotten by their opponents. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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Shutdown blame game will be different for vulnerable Democrats in Trump Country

Emily Jashinsky · January 20, 2018 2:51 am

Donald Trump Jr. said there is "little doubt" in his mind that a memo circulating among members of Congress proves that the Obama administration abused the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act in order to spy on his father's presidential campaign. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Trump Jr. on FISA memo: Media, Democrats working together to deceive Americans

Mandy Mayfield · January 20, 2018 2:48 am

The disagreement has nothing to do with the core of the bill. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

The Democrats’ DACA shutdown

Washington Examiner · January 19, 2018 11:20 pm

Thirty-one percent of Americans would blame Democrats in Congress if there's a government shutdown, while 26 percent said they would blame congressional Republicans, a CNN poll showed Friday. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Plurality of Americans would blame Democrats for government shutdown: Poll

Diana Stancy Correll · January 19, 2018 10:20 pm