American families continue to suffer from a weak and jobless economic recovery presided over and hindered by Washington's failed liberal policies. As of late, the majority party in Congress and the White House has shifted its focus to finding a political solution to gloss over the fact that nearly one in 10 Americans is without a job. Democrats are touting their "Recovery Summer" to a skeptical public; meanwhile, proactive initiatives that could help build a foundation for our future prosperity sit dormant. Most notably, three existing free-trade agreements negotiated under the last administration - with South Korea, Colombia and Panama - have been idled under Democratic rule in Washington.
WASHINGTON - The White House's efforts to hold on to a majority in Congress have expanded from the West Wing to the East Wing, where political operatives are calling on Michelle Obama to campaign for endangered Democrats. Unlike her husband, the first lady has maintained her appeal to women, independents, and the new and young voters who helped propel her family into the White House. She has won praise for the issues she has chosen to champion, such as curbing childhood obesity. She has become something of a cultural and fashion icon, drawing a different kind of attention to the White House. And with an approval rating of 66 percent, she is easily the administration's most popular figure.
Buoyed by the election of Barack Obama and a larger Democratic majority in Congress, Latino political and community leaders say the time is right to push for a major overhaul of immigration laws. Rep. Joe Baca, D-San Bernardino, said immigration reform will be "one of our top priorities" after Obama takes office Jan. 20.
... certain local Democratic and Republican political committees filed this action challenging as uncons...Congress can also constitutionally forbid federal employees... 1938 political campaigns, convinced a majority in Congress that the prohibition against taking an...
Can a divided political party at war with itself attract enough popular support to win a majority in either house of Congress? This is the rarely asked question Democrats must confront in this election year on the war in Iraq. It is an unshakable political axiom that parties are successful when they are united behind a clear, compelling agenda. Yet Democrats are anything but united on Iraq. Nor do they have a plan, beyond troop withdrawals, on what they would do to bring about a successful outcome there.
..., and rural legislators held sway in Congress. . Today, however, things have changed, and there ... takes 218 of the 435 Members to have a majority in the House of Representatives, 41 is a step in t...
For years, extreme right-wing groups exacerbated divisions in Congress by applying political pressure to the Republican majority. Now that Democrats are in control, the extreme left is flexing its muscle. If this keeps Congress from a realistic approach to the war in Iraq, the results could be devastating. As a case in point, the left-wing Web site MoveOn.org had the audacity this week to refer in an ad to Gen. David Petraeus as "General Betray Us" and to say he would "cook the books" in his report to Congress in order to favor the Bush administration's line. That's the sort of personal attack that diminishes serious debate as it sullies the reputation of a man who has served his country with honor.
In addition to losing the White House in Tuesday's election, Republicans took another thumping across the country in congressional elections, with Democrats increasing their majorities in both the House and Senate. Despite the immediate buzz about Democrats' big win and expanded dominance, putting the 2008 results into historical context reveals some structural patterns that make their gains less surprising. Recent trends also highlight the political geography the GOP must traverse if it hopes to contend for majority status in Congress again.
SEATTLE (AP) - President Bush darted across the country Friday to raise more than $1 million for a pair of political candidates, part of a stepped-up fundraising pace aimed at helping the GOP retain its majority in Congress. Bush has been the headliner at 39 fundraisers that have brought in $126 million during this midterm election cycle, with more scheduled in the coming weeks, according to the Republican National Committee. At the end of June 2002, he had done 38 events.
Democrats yesterday said that their Election Day victories Tuesday signaled future gains for their party in 2006, an assertion Republicans say they heard in November 2001 - before the GOP went on to strengthen its majority in Congress the next year. As political strategists analyzed the results of yesterday's gubernatorial elections, searching for clues about how the voters responded to the issues that fueled the campaigns, both parties tried to put the best political spin they could on the outcome and what it might portend in next year's national midterm races.
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