House Democrats target Hispanic voters in battlegrounds with new barrage of ads
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) on Wednesday announced a seven-figure ad campaign targeting Hispanic voters in battleground districts throughout the country. The digital, print and radio ads seek to promote mail voting and to support candidates in tough races.…
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi clashed with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer over why Democrats haven’t accepted the Trump administration’s $1.8 trillion stimulus offer
© Drew Angerer/Getty Images Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) speaks during a press conference to mark the anniversary of the House passage of the 19th Amendment and women’s right to vote, on Capitol Hill May 21, 2020 in…
White House, Democrats Both Support Coronavirus Stimulus Checks, Kudlow Expects Republicans To Fall In Line
KEY POINTS House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said stimulus talks appear to be at a standstill Larry Kudlow says talks are not dead Kudlow insisted the U.S. is in a V-shaped recovery but certain sectors still need help White House economic…
House Democrats file legal brief opposing Texas’ limits on absentee ballots
The Democratic chairs of two key House committees on Monday filed a legal brief opposing Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s order limiting counties to only one drop-off location for absentee ballots. Reps. Jerrold Nadler of New York, who chairs the House…
Trump’s 2020 polls prove Democrats need to start planning for a Biden White House
Many years ago, George Mitchell, the Senate Democratic majority leader in the 1990s, told me, “The only people who believe the speeches of Republican senators are Democratic senators.” I love my party. And I’m proud of what we stand for:…
House Democrats propose a commission to determine whether the president is fit to govern.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi, elevating questions about President Trump’s fitness to govern, introduced legislation Friday morning that would create a bipartisan group of outside experts to evaluate his mental and physical health and advise Congress whether his powers should be forcibly…
House Democrats will introduce bill creating commission to rule on president’s fitness for office
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Congressman Jamie Raskin will introduce a bill on Friday to form a commission that would rule on the president’s fitness for office in order to “enable Congress to help ensure effective and uninterrupted leadership” in…
Republicans Aim to Flip Minnesota Blue-Dog Democrat’s House Seat
(Bloomberg Businessweek) — Representative Collin Peterson’s reelection campaign got a call this summer about some trouble downstate in Minnesota’s 7th Congressional District. Farmers supporting the 15-term Democratic congressman, who chairs the U.S. House Agriculture Committee, had put Peterson placards up…
House Democrats to unveil bill to create commission on ‘presidential capacity’
Trump responded to Pelosi’s initial comments on Thursday by tweeting that “Crazy Nancy is the one who should be under observation. They don’t call her Crazy for nothing!” Pelosi has repeatedly questioned Trump’s mental health and suggested that he needs…
Oregon House Republicans’ PAC files complaint over Democrat’s incorrect voters’ pamphlet statement
A political action committee controlled by Oregon House Republicans on Wednesday asked the secretary of state to investigate, after the campaign manager for Democratic House candidate Lynnette Shaw of rural Yamhill County acknowledged that Shaw’s voters’ pamphlet statement contained incorrect…