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Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.), the top Democrat on the House Armed Services committee, said U.S. military readiness is a “huge problem” as global tensions heighten and the war in Ukraine rages on. “This is a huge problem. And we don’t have the industrial base. And we don’t have the ability to ramp up that industrial […]
Rep. Veronica Escobar (D-Texas) said in an interview ahead of President Biden’s planned trip to the southern border that immigration policies and infrastructure in the U.S. are “outdated.” “What we are seeing… is an historic refugee crisis in our Western Hemisphere, and our infrastructure is outdated,” Escobar said on CBS News’s “Face The Nation.” Biden’s […]
ATLANTA, Dec 6 (Reuters) – A Tuesday runoff election in Georgia between Democratic U.S. Senator Raphael Warnock and Republican former football star Herschel Walker will determine whether President Joe Biden’s party can expand its razor-thin majority in the Senate. The race will also serve as a final test of Donald Trump’s clout with midterm election […]
WASHINGTON, Nov 17 (Reuters) – U.S. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer will step down from the Democratic leadership but will remain in Congress, Punchbowl News reported on Thursday, adding that Hoyer will back Representative Hakeem Jeffries to lead House Democrats. Reporting by Susan Heavey; writing by Rami Ayyub Our Standards:
LOS ANGELES, Nov 16 (Reuters) – Karen Bass, a Democratic U.S. congresswoman, was projected on Wednesday to beat Rick Caruso in the race for Los Angeles mayor, becoming the first woman to lead the nation’s second-largest city. Bass, 69, was leading real estate developer Caruso by a margin of 53.1% to 46.9% on Wednesday evening […]
Judy Woodruff: Thank you for joining us. So, your predecessor, Governor Larry Hogan, has already given you a tour of the state capitol. Tell us, what shape is he leaving the state of Maryland in for you? Wes Moore (D), Maryland Governor-Elect: Well, I’m thankful that the governor has been great about making sure that […]
Trump ally Kari Lake loses to Democrat Katie Hobbs in Arizona governor race BBC Source link
“I’m Al Lawson. I need your help,” he’d been repeating all day. But Belgard wasn’t offering any as she criticized Democrats and President Joe Biden. Lawson countered that he steered millions of federal dollars to the area and made a vow: “I won’t give up on you for nothing.” “If you became a Republican, I’d […]
But many other moderate Democrats viewed its passage, coming as late as it did, as a Pyrrhic victory at best. “Not pushing the infrastructure bill in the House immediately was the biggest mistake of Biden’s term because it essentially said a couple things,” Al From argues. “One, it said progressives still drive the Democratic Party […]
WASHINGTON, June 16 (Reuters) – The lead Republican negotiator in U.S. Senate efforts to craft a bipartisan gun safety bill walked out of the talks on Thursday, while the lead Democrat remained optimistic that lawmakers could vote on legislation before leaving for a two-week July 4 recess. “It’s fish or cut bait,” Senator John Cornyn […]