House retirements pile up in California as Democrats scramble to keep control of Congress

Ranking Member Devin Nunes (R-CA), speaks during the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence annual World-Wide Threat Hearing at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, April 15, 2021. Tasos Katopodis | Pool | Reuters Former GOP Rep. Devin Nunes and five

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Democrats Still Haven’t Fixed All the Abortion-Funding Problems in Their Reconciliation Bill

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) speaks during her weekly news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., October 28, 2021. (Al Drago/Reuters) Congressional Democrats have dropped the new ‘Medicaid-like’ program that would fund abortion, but other issues remain. West Virginia

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Ilhan Omar Says Senate Democrats Obstructing Effort to Eliminate Filibuster ‘Are Killing our Democracy’

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) talks to reporters at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., September 27, 2021. (Elizabeth Frantz/Reuters) Progressive representative Ilhan Omar has claimed that moderate Democratic senators, namely Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema, obstructing the effort to kill

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Biden Says Democrats Are ‘Not Going to Get $3.5 Trillion’ for Reconciliation Bill

President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the economy at the White House in Washington, D.C., October 8, 2021. (Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters) President Biden said his administration’s proposed $3.5 trillion reconciliation bill would probably have a lower price tag, in remarks to

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Virginia Democrats Voted to Allow Schools to Refrain from Reporting Sexual Battery in 2020

Gov. Ralph Northam (D., Va.) speaks at a news conference in Alexandria, Va., May 28, 2021. (Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters) Democrats in the Virginia General Assembly voted for — and Governor Ralph Northam signed — a law allowing schools to refrain from

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Schumer Thanks Democrats for Solving ‘Republican-Manufactured Crisis’ after Debt-Ceiling Hike Passes

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaks to reporters following the Senate Democrats weekly policy lunch at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., September 28, 2021. (Elizabeth Frantz/Reuters) Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.) railed against Republicans in a

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