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Iowa Democrat Rita Hall Drops Bid For House Seat She Lost By 6 Votes
Hart blamed her loss on a “toxic campaign of political disinformation” that she said had “effectively silenced the voices of Iowans.”
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Democrats Prepare To Push Biden For A $10 Trillion, Decade-Long Green Infrastructure Plan
As Republicans seek to shrink the White House's $3 trillion package, some powerful Democrats are laying out an even more ambitious vision.
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Democrats Assail Georgia Law, Make Case For Voting Overhaul
“This is Jim Crow in the 21st Century,” Joe Biden said about the law that Georgia's governor signed on Thursday.
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Democrats Initiate Senate Struggle to Broaden Voting Rights
Democrats have intensified their push to push through the most significant reform of U.S. elections in decades
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The COVID-19 Relief Initiative Has a Significant Caveat
The American Rescue Plan is bound to change American lives. But will it also change American politics?
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Ted Cruz To Republicans: Do Not Compromise On Harsher Voting Restrictions
The Texas senator rallied his GOP colleagues around the issue on an invitation-only call heard by The Associated Press.
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South Emerges As Flashpoint Of Brewing Redistricting Battle
Of the 10 new congressional seats expected this year, six are likely to be in Southern states
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Democrats Counting on Relief Assistance to Regain Support from Skeptical Working Class
The $1.9 trillion relief plan significantly increases tax credits for families, strengthens unemployment benefits, and lowers taxes on student loan debt
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Democrats Discover Backing for Biden in America's Smaller Cities
Biden won about 60 counties that President Donald Trump had captured in 2016; many of these areas were centered around midsize or smaller cities that are leaning Democratic
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House Passes Union-Friendly Bill Despite Slim Chances in Senate
The proposal, which union leaders have identified as a remedy for years of stagnant wages among the working class, was passed largely along party lines
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Senate Pulls All-Nighter to Advance Landmark COVID-19 Relief Bill
The pivotal coronavirus relief legislation moved nearer to approval after Senate leaders and influential moderate Senator Joe Manchin reached an agreement on unemployment benefits
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Democrats Reach Deal On Unemployment Benefits In COVID-19 Relief Bill
The agreement paves the way for President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill to move forward in the Senate.
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Republicans Still Struggle to Persuade Many Americans That President Biden Is an Extreme Leftist
Just one-third of Americans believe the president is "too extreme."
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Democrats Once More Restrict Eligibility for Stimulus Checks
Some households with higher incomes could lose the chance to receive partial COVID-19 relief payments valued at thousands of dollars
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Democrats Push Biden To Avoid Major Mistake Of Last Economic Recovery
Ten senators want to make direct payments and unemployment insurance extensions automatic until the economy recovers.
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Republicans are advocating for a series of voting restrictions, while Democrats' main goal would be to prevent these measures
Trump's false claims about the election motivated the implementation of new voting restrictions, which could be overturned if Democrats succeed in passing the For the People Act
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Why Conservatives Are Always Saying The Democratic Party's Name Wrong
"The Democrat Party" is a label that some say goes beyond mere incivility. "It's used as almost like a curse word," said one GOP state judge.
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GOP Senators Suggest Increasing Minimum Wage to $10
Mitt Romney and Tom Cotton's proposal presents a wage significantly lower than what Democrats are aiming for, and it has substantial consequences for undocumented workers
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Democrats Want To Bring Back Earmarks
Earmarks have a long and fraught history in Washington and were banned in 2011 after several high-profile corruption scandals.
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Following Democrats' Emotional Presentation, Trump's Team Takes the Stage
Trump's attorneys are concentrating on legal matters instead of emotional or historical issues and aim to conclude the trial swiftly
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COVID-19 Highlights the Importance of a $15 Minimum Wage
Most Democrats are eager to include a pay increase in the pandemic relief package. All the evidence supports their case
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What To Watch As Trump's Lawyers Deliver Impeachment Defense
Hoping that brevity will appeal to their restless Senate audience, Trump's lawyers are expected to keep their arguments short.
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Bernie Sanders Asks Neera Tanden About Her 'Vicious Attacks' On Progressives
The Senate Budget Committee chairman also pressed Tanden about her independence from corporate donors.
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Impeachment Managers Plan To Introduce New Evidence Against Trump During Trial
Democrats have already referenced Trump's rhetoric, video from the insurrectionist attack on the U.S. Capitol, as well as witness statements.
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House Dems Propose $1,400 Payments As Part Of Biden's Virus Relief Plan
The proposal would also expand tax credits for families with children, lower-earning people and those who buy health insurance on marketplaces created by the Affordable Care Act.