Tag: Democratic Party

In the span of one week, Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., has gone from ceding his post as the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee to defiantly brushing off calls for him to resign by leaders. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Democratic leaders grapple with standoff over embattled John Conyers

Laura Barrón-López · December 2, 2017 8:22 pm

Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., found that one of the handwritten amendments on the tax reform bill was so hard to read, he couldn't even submit it as an exhibit in the Congressional Record. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Democrats rail against illegible, handwritten amendments to Republicans’ tax bill

Pete Kasperowicz · December 2, 2017 12:35 am

Then-CFPB director Richard Cordray argued that the previous system entrapped low-income Americans in a "cycle of taking on new debt to pay back old debt" that could wreak havoc on their finances. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Bipartisan House group moves to kill CFPB payday lending rule

Joel Gehrke · December 1, 2017 10:03 pm

Democrats only need to switch 24 seats on net to wrestle the gavel away from Paul Ryan and banish him from the Speaker's lobby. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Beltway Confidential

Speaker Nancy Pelosi? Sabato’s Crystal Ball predicts control of the House comes down ‘to a coin flip’

Philip Wegmann · December 1, 2017 4:13 pm

Both Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., talk a big game about principles, and both fold at the first sign of a threat to their standing with their respective bases. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Beltway Confidential

Ted Cruz and Kirsten Gillibrand are two peas in a pod

Becket Adams · December 1, 2017 4:07 pm

Russian President Vladimir Putin has been peddling theories that the U.S. is not only meddling with his business allies, but in the 2018 Russian elections and even the upcoming Olympic games. (Alexei Druzhinin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, file)

Kremlin: US trying to turn oligarchs against Putin

Joel Gehrke · November 30, 2017 11:06 pm

Democrats rush to call for John Conyers to resign after Nancy Pelosi opens the floodgates

laura-barronlopez, Melissa Quinn · November 30, 2017 8:29 pm

Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., one of Congress' most outspoken members on the scourge of sexual assault, has yet to speak out publicly against the former mayor. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Beltway Confidential

Patty Murray stays silent on Democratic accused sexual abuser Ed Murray, former Seattle mayor

Emily Jashinsky · November 30, 2017 7:23 pm

Since the allegations of sexual assault against Roy Moore came out, Doug Jones has been outspending Moore by a margin of 10-to-1, but it hasn't been reflected in public polls. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Beltway Confidential

Despite Roy Moore’s faults, Democrats are blowing it in Alabama

Ryan Girdusky · November 30, 2017 6:35 pm

The New York Times editorial board said it was temporarily taking over the @NYTOpinion account in order "to urge the Senate to reject a tax bill that hurts the middle class and the nation's fiscal health."

Trump: New York Times is a ‘virtual lobbyist’ for the Democratic Party

Anna Giaritelli · November 30, 2017 12:21 pm

Rep. Kathleen Rice, D-N.Y., complained that harassment wasn't being addressed adequately in the House Democrats' weekly meeting. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Tension high among Democrats as they deal with John Conyers allegations

Laura Barrón-López · November 29, 2017 5:55 pm

We have one question for the Democrats: Will you help Congress keep its promise to the public? (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Beltway Confidential

RNC chief Ronna McDaniel: Democrats were for tax reform before they were against it

Ronna McDaniel · November 29, 2017 11:00 am