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Michael Cohen Agrees to Spill the Beans in Public Congressional Testimony Donald Trump’s former fixer will speak to the House Oversight Committee on February 7.
government shutdown
1/7/2019
Democrats Say They’ll Shut Down the Senate Until It Reopens the Government Trump’s got his “national emergency” alternative, but Democrats could stop regular Senate business until the chamber deals with the shutdown.
2020 elections
12/10/2018
Trump Better Get Used to a Democratic House The odds of Republicans regaining the House in 2020 even if Trump is reelected aren’t great.
With One Final Democratic Victory, Midterms End All in all, it was a good year for donkeys, and a good start on their 2020 goals.
Cindy Hyde-Smith Joins a Rare Club: Women Elected to High Office in the South Mike Espy’s election would have been truly historic. But Cindy Hyde-Smith made some modest history of her own.
Lucy McBath Declares Victory in Bid for Newt Gingrich’s Old Congressional Seat McBath came to national prominence after her son, Jordan Davis, was shot and killed by a racist motorist in Florida in 2012.
Democrats Take the House: All the Key Results While Tuesday didn’t bring the blue wave Democrats hoped for, they managed to pick up 27 seats thanks largely to urban and suburban voters.
Why Trump’s Culture War Lost the Suburbs — But Held the Senate The president’s singular strength in rural areas will help Republicans consolidate power over the least majoritarian parts of our government.
Where All the Key Races Stand, 2 Days Before the Midterms While Democrats are favored to win the House, the size of the blue wave remains unclear — and an unusual number of races remain too close to call.
House Republicans Are Trying to Thwart Dem Russia Probe House Intel chairman Devin Nunes is denying Democrats use of conference rooms, among other things, in hopes of crippling their Russia probe.
Democrats Looking Good Again on Key Midterm Polling Numbers After some pro-Republican trends in the late spring and early summer, the generic congressional ballot and Trump’s approval ratings are stabilizing.
Washington Lobbyists Anticipating Democratic House Denizens of the swamp are hiring Democrats to shore up their relationships with the potential bosses of the next Congress.
House GOP’s Immigration ‘Compromise’ Was a Bigger Flop Than Their Last Bill The more House Republicans negotiate with each other over immigration policy, the less they seem to agree.
Bloomberg to Spend $80 Million to Help Democrats in the Midterms Properly concentrated, Bloomberg’s big bucks could make a big difference in suburban swing districts in November.
The House’s Post-Parkland School Safety Bill Ignores Guns Lawmakers respond to the massacre with a bill to buy more metal detectors.
The GOP Is Serious About Impeaching P.A. Judges for Reversing Their Gerrymander Republican legislators in Pennsylvania have the power to impeach and remove judges. But could that backfire in the court of public opinion?
Senate Votes Down Every Immigration Proposal Trump’s own proposal and a bipartisan compromise that he angrily opposed both went down in the Senate.
Pennsylvania Court Kills Gerrymandered Pro-GOP Congressional Map In really bad timing for Republicans, a state court applying state law overturns a congressional map and requires new districts this year.
Exactly How High Could That 2018 Democratic Wave Rise? Yes, Republicans have some institutional advantages in their efforts to hang onto the House. But they only help so much in a wave election.
The Right (and Wrong) Lessons to Take From Doug Jones’s Win in Alabama Be careful of over-interpretation by partisans. But Jones’s win shouldn’t be under-interpreted, either.
The Democrats Really Can Win the House in 2018 There’s a long way to go, but Trump’s approval ratings, the generic ballot, and the 2017 results all point to huge blue gains.
Democratic Challengers to House GOP Incumbents Raising Some Serious Dough It’s one of many straws in the wind for 2018, but an awful lot of House GOP incumbents are drawing opponents who are raising money. Some will retire.
GOP Retirements May Determine Whether Democrats Take Back the House in 2018 There are many things Democrats need to take back the House next year. One they don’t yet have is abundant GOP retirements.
Surge in House Democratic Candidates Could Fuel a 2018 Wave Election It’s too early to tell whether Democrats have a real shot at winning back the House next year, but a big jump in candidates running is a good sign.
Some 2016 House GOP Landslide Winners May Not Be Safe in 2018 A new analysis shows incumbents from the White House party usually lose a lot of points in midterms.
Lawsuit Targets California’s Million-Person Legislative Seats Some California legislators represent about 300 times as many people as some New Hampshire legislators. Does that violate the U.S. Constitution?
Trumpcare Could Help Build a House Democratic Wave for 2018 Whatever else it means, passage of Trumpcare spells trouble for the House Republicans — especially Californians — in tough districts who voted for it.
House Passes Controversial GOP Health-Care Bill by an Eyelash There was no room for error, but a comeback led by Fred Upton enabled House Republicans to enact Trumpcare as Democrats sang “Good-bye!”
Don’t Assume That the Senate Will Bury Zombie Trumpcare The House really could pass it. There are scenarios where the upper chamber could too.
Shakedown Artists Are Taking Over Republican Health-Care Bill Now that the House leadership has cut a deal with upstate New Yorkers to produce local tax cuts, there’s no end to the demands senators will make.
