Tag: Democrats

Afternoon Links: Tax Reform and You, the Science Behind Tangled Cords, and Surgical Graffiti

Jim Swift · December 18, 2017 9:16 pm

Booker is widely speculated to be a Democratic candidate for president in 2020. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

Cory Booker gets additional police protection after death threat

Eddie Scarry · December 17, 2017 6:23 pm

Sanders called the bill a major win for corporations but a huge hit for the middle class, who will see their tax rates increase after the cuts expire in 10 years. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Bernie Sanders concedes defeat on tax reform: ‘We did everything that we could’

Kyle Feldscher · December 17, 2017 4:29 pm

"You see a concerted effort out of the White House to undermine the investigation. I really hope our Republican colleagues will not join in subverting that process and trying to end this investigation." ( AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

National Security

Chris Van Hollen wants to know what the White House is afraid of in Russia probe

Caitlin Yilek · December 17, 2017 4:16 pm

Don’t Let the Parties Off the Hook

Jay Cost · December 15, 2017 9:00 am

"No. I have asked for him to resign. No, it doesn't at all," Pelosi said. "I've asked for him to resign right from the start." (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Nancy Pelosi: Ruben Kihuen’s refusal to resign doesn’t hurt Democratic messaging against sexual harassment

Al Weaver · December 14, 2017 4:38 pm

Demonstrators march during an immigration rally in support of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. DACA has been a difficult negotiation for Republicans and Democrats. Democrats are insisting on legislation that reconstitutes the program that Trump is set to wind down. ( AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

House Democrat: Shutting down government is not the ‘right way’ to fight for DACA

Pete Kasperowicz · December 14, 2017 2:07 pm

"Roy Moore was a terrible candidate, but it would be a big mistake for Republicans to dismiss his loss only as a result of Moore's personal past," Schumer said Wednesday. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Chuck Schumer: GOP brand is ‘positively toxic’ after Alabama loss

Al Weaver · December 13, 2017 4:43 pm

Rep. Jackie Speier, D-Calif., told reporters Tuesday that "what took place this morning, when the president tweeted about our colleague Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, is grotesque." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Jackie Speier: Trump’s Kirsten Gillibrand tweet fit for someone ‘ill-equipped to be president’

Melissa Quinn · December 12, 2017 7:57 pm

"People like Nancy Pelosi run for office so they can basically try to grow the government," Barrasso said, adding people like him seek public office to "grow the economy" through "tax and regulation relief." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

John Barrasso: It was ‘almost unhinged’ for Nancy Pelosi to call the GOP tax plan ‘Armageddon’

Naomi Lim · December 10, 2017 6:07 pm

The Phony Case Against Tax Cuts

Tony Mecia · December 8, 2017 9:00 am

Twenty-two Democrats and one Republican, Sen. Jeff Flake, listened to Al Franken's goodbye note to the Senate. (Senate TV via AP)

‘Ready?’: Democratic senators and staffers shed tears during Al Franken’s resignation speech

Al Weaver · December 7, 2017 7:00 pm