Rosenstein set to meet with House GOP on Oct. 11
Republican members of the House of Representatives want to meet with Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein on Oct. 11, a Republican congressional source familiar with the matter confirmed to The...
View ArticleModerate Blue Dogs endorse House rules overhaul to break gridlock
A group of conservative-leaning Democrats is throwing its weight behind the growing bipartisan campaign to overhaul House rules in an effort to break partisan gridlock.The Blue Dog Democrats, an...
View ArticlePoll: One-third of voters don't know name of their party's...
One in three voters do not know the name of their party’s congressional candidate for their district, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll released Wednesday.The poll found that 34 percent of...
View ArticleHouse conservatives want ethics probe into Dems' handling of Kavanaugh...
A group of House conservatives is pushing the House and Senate Ethics Committees to launch investigations into Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s (D-Calif.) handling of Christine Blasey Ford’s letter detailing...
View ArticleHoyer: Kavanaugh turmoil is boosting Dems
The controversy swirling around Brett Kavanaugh is firing up female voters to the growing benefit of Democrats in the midterms, Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) asserted Wednesday. Hoyer, the Democratic whip,...
View ArticleGOP sees Kavanaugh as boost for Senate, danger for House
The fight over Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh is energizing the conservative GOP base even as it appears to have thrown the House Republican majority into greater doubt.Republicans say the...
View ArticleHopes for infrastructure deal with Trump rise if Dems win House
Democrats are vowing to fight tooth and nail to oppose President Trump’s agenda if they win back the House. But there is one area where they may try to work with the administration.House Minority...
View ArticleMinneapolis police decline to investigate allegations against Ellison
The Minneapolis Police Department on Wednesday declined to investigate the domestic abuse allegations against Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.), citing an apparent conflict of interest, the Minnesota Star...
View ArticleLiz Cheney: Fighting past wrongs not first duty of elected officials,...
Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) said Thursday that the first duty of elected officials, particularly women in government, is to the Constitution, not righting the wrongs of past generations."I think that all...
View ArticleJim Jordan targeted in campaign ad with ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ narrator
Rep. Jim Jordan's (R-Ohio) Democratic opponent Janet Garrett is targeting the six-term congressman this week with a new ad themed after "The Handmaid's Tale."The ad begins with a video of Jordan...
View ArticleGianforte offers GOP senator plane to return for Kavanaugh vote
Sen. Steve Daines (R-Mont.) says he has a plan for returning to the Senate if his vote is needed on Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination: Rep. Greg Gianforte’s (R-Mont.) plane.“My good friend and...
View ArticleKey lawmaker promises investigation into Kavanaugh if Dems retake House
The top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee says Democrats plan to open an investigation into Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh if they take back control of the House this fall.“It is not...
View ArticleGOP lawmaker reports 'threatening' Twitter messages to police
Rep. Mark Walker's (R-N.C.) office said this week that it reported Twitter messages from a supporter of his Democratic opponent to Capitol Police to investigate. Staff for Walker, the chairman of the...
View ArticleEx-GOP lawmaker: 'There is no moderate wing of the Republican Party'
Former Rep. David Jolly (R-Fla.) tore into the GOP on Friday after Republican senators overwhelmingly voted to advance the embattled Supreme Court nomination of Brett Kavanaugh.Jolly, appearing on...
View ArticleHirono advises Dems to focus on midterms instead of impeaching Kavanaugh
Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) said Sunday that Democrats should be focused on the midterms rather than the possibility of impeaching Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, despite calls on the left to...
View ArticleKasich: I think it will be a very good year for Democrats in midterms
Ohio Gov. John Kasich (R) said Sunday that he thinks Democrats will have a "good year" in the November midterms."How good? I'm not so sure, because if their message is abolish [Immigration and Customs...
View ArticlePoll: College educated white women back Dems by 27 points in battleground...
College educated white women favor Democrats by nearly 27 points in 69 midterm battleground House races, while white women without a college degree favor Republicans by 4 points in those races,...
View Article'Own October': Pelosi tells colleagues to organize, not agonize...
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said this week that Democratic lawmakers need to focus on the midterms after losing a bitter confirmation fight over Supreme Court Justice Brett...
View ArticlePelosi files FOIA request for records related to FBI's Kavanaugh...
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Sunday filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request in an attempt to obtain all of the records related to the FBI investigation into Supreme Court...
View ArticleGOP lawmaker suggests male Dem leaked Ford’s confidential letter
Rep. Barbara Comstock (R-Va.) on Monday suggested that a male Democratic lawmaker or staffer leaked the confidential letter from Christine Blasey Ford detailing sexual assault allegations against...
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