Texas Democrats are sorting through what went wrong after their shining hopes turned to ash in November — and what it means for their long-term plans to take power.
The party was optimistic it could make pivotal gains across the state, especially in the hard-fought race between Sen. Ted Cruz (R) and Democratic Rep. Colin Allred.
But in the end, the party “woefully underperformed,” according to state Sen. Roland Gutierrez (D), the latest gut p...
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What a GOP trifecta means for health care
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Here are the GOP’s top legislative priorities under Trump
Hill Republicans have ambitious legislative plans for the first months of total GOP control of government under President-elect Trump, with a sweeping tax package at the top of the to-do list.
While Republicans are not yet officially projected to win enough seats to secure the House, it looks likely that they will keep a slim majority.
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) has been working with Senate Republican leaders and Trump for months on items they can quickly push thro...
Here are the GOP’s top legislative priorities under Trump
Hill Republicans have ambitious legislative plans for the first months of total GOP control of government under President-elect Trump, with a sweeping tax package at the top of the to-do list.
While Republicans are not yet officially projected to win enough seats to secure the House, it looks likely that they will keep a slim majority.
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) has been working with Senate Republican leaders and Trump for months on items they can quickly push thro...
Large Senate GOP majority strengthens Trump’s hand
Republicans have at least a 52-seat Senate majority and are looking to expand it to 54 seats, as GOP candidates are leading the vote counts in Pennsylvania and Nevada. Such a cushion would strengthen Donald Trump's hand as he fills a Cabinet and other executive and judicial branch positions.
A narrower Senate GOP majority would have put a lot of power in the hands of Republican moderates who didn't support Trump, namely Sens. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Susan Collins (R-Main...
Warren calls for pressing forward, taking ‘opportunities to fight back’
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) called on Democrats to press ahead and take “opportunities to fight back” despite President-elect Trump’s triumph in the 2024 U.S. presidential election against Vice President Harris.
“Right now, Donald Trump won an election, and the consequences will be real and devastating, but I'm reminding myself and you that on the road ahead, there will still be opportunities to fight back,” Warren said in a video released Wednesday.
“I ca...
Five takeaways from a fiery Wisconsin Senate debate
Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) and Republican challenger Eric Hovde squared off on a debate stage Friday evening in Madison in a fiery exchange of attacks that showed how intense this race has become after largely flying under the radar for months.
Hovde wasn’t as highly touted a Senate Republican candidate as some others trying to knock off Democratic incumbents, but the race in Wisconsin has become extremely tight in recent weeks, mirroring the small margin of difference betwee...
Cruz and Scott, both McConnell critics, get cold shoulder amid tough races
The Senate Leadership Fund (SLF), a big-dollar fundraising group affiliated with Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.), isn’t helping two of McConnell’s biggest critics in the Senate GOP conference — Sens. Ted Cruz (Texas) and Rick Scott (Fla.).
This has prompted grumbling from conservatives who say McConnell has too much power over Senate Republican fundraising and point out that Cruz, in particular, a longtime McConnell critic, will be heavily outspent by h...
Republicans fear new ObamaCare war
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Annie Clark: Communications director, Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine); Republican communications director, Senate Appropriations Committee
Annie Clark is a key adviser to Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), one of the Senate’s most effective bipartisan dealmakers, who is expected to take over as chair of the powerful Appropriations Committee if Republicans win back control of the chamber in November.
As the top Republican spokesperson for the Appropriations Committee, Clark will be in the center of the storm when the debate over the annual spending bills takes center stage this fall.
Reporters know that Clark...