Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) is pressing red state voters to join local “No Kings” protests Saturday and put pressure on their GOP legislators to end the government shutdown through his outreach with social media influencers and creators in Florida and North Carolina.
The outreach, which was first shared with The Hill, includes interviews with content creators and influencers Sara Wiles in Florida, Sander Jennings in Florida and Kate Barr in North Carolina, whose total follow...
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Jeffries on Thune’s ACA vote offer: GOP ‘can’t be trusted on a wing and a prayer’
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said Thursday Senate Majority Leader John Thune’s (R-S.D.) offer of a vote on extending Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies was not firm enough to move Democrats to end the government shutdown.
Thune told MSNBC on Wednesday that he was willing to guarantee a vote on ObamaCare subsidy extensions, though he said reforms to the program were needed and he could not assure the outcome of the process. He had made a similar proposal...
Sanders: Marjorie Taylor Greene is a ‘good’ Republican
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Wednesday defended Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) and referred to her as a "good" Republican at a CNN town hall.
The Vermont senator suggested that elected Republicans are "doing less of representing their districts and their states than just swearing allegiance to the president of the United States."
“So I never thought that I would say this, but you have somebody like Marjorie Taylor Greene saying, ‘You know what, I was electe...
GOP seeks to wrest back momentum from Democrats in shutdown fight
Republicans are trying to win back political momentum in the government shutdown fight from Democrats, putting their rivals on the defensive and taking solace from polls showing Americans are starting to shift more blame to Democrats for the funding stalemate.
After struggling through a bad last week that highlighted their divisions on health care, Republicans have showed signs of regrouping.
They’ve forced Democrats to vote twice on a House-passed government fund...
Moulton announces bid for Senate in Massachusetts
Rep. Seth Moulton (D-Mass.) on Wednesday launched a U.S. Senate bid in Massachusetts, setting up a generational challenge as he looks to unseat incumbent progressive Sen. Ed Markey (D).
Moulton, a moderate 46-year-old veteran, focused on age in his announcement video, saying his party has “clung to the status quo, insisted on using the same old playbook, and isn't fighting hard enough.”
“We're in a crisis, and with everything we learned last election, I just don't...
GOP amps up shutdown pressure at 2-week mark
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GOP sets the stage for extended shutdown
Republicans and the Trump administration are bracing for a lengthy government shutdown, taking steps to alleviate any political pain that might boomerang on them while seeking to make life difficult for Democrats.
The White House is taking steps to redistribute funds to ensure the military gets paychecks during the shutdown.
Doing so in this way takes care of a constituency important to the GOP and Trump, but it deprives Democrats of a vote to fund the military.
Poll finds more people are starting to blame Democrats for shutdown
Americans are more likely to blame Republicans than Democrats for the ongoing government shutdown, but a new YouGov/The Economist poll shows that gap is beginning to narrow.
Only 6 points separate the parties in this week’s poll, which shows 39 percent of surveyed Americans blame President Trump and the Republicans in Congress for the shutdown, while 33 percent blame the Democrats in Congress.
Last week, 11 points separated the two sides, with 41 percent of respon...
GOP seeks to ramp up political pain for Democrats on shutdown
Senate Republicans are ramping up pressure on Democrats over the shutdown, taking away a vote on a Democratic alternative to open the government and blaming the party for worsening hardships for military families.
In a now familiar scene Tuesday night, the Senate rejected a House GOP measure to open the government by a 49-45 vote. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) and Sen. Angus King (I-Maine) were the only members of the Democratic caucus who voted to advance it. Sen. J...
Shutdown to enter third week after Senate rejects bill to reopen government
The Senate rejected a bill to reopen the government for the eighth time Tuesday, ensuring the shutdown will enter its third week with lawmakers nowhere close to finding a resolution.
Senators voted 49-45 on the GOP's House-passed continuing resolution, which would fund the government through late November. It needed 60 votes to advance.
Sens. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) and Sen. Angus King (I-Maine) voted with Republicans, as they have for nearly two wee...