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Democrats Aim to Revive a Campaign Finance Watchdog

WASHINGTON — Even in a dysfunctional capital, the Federal Election Commission has long stood out for monumental dysfunction. It has endured years without full membership, months without a quorum and persistent deadlocks between its three Democratic and three Republican commissioners over whether to even begin inquiries into campaign law violations — not to mention open […] More

by Tonya Frazier April 17, 2021, 4:00 am
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Ilhan Omar and House Democrats Call on Biden to Formally Raise Refugee Cap

Representative Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and a group of House Democrats have called on President Joe Biden to formally raise the refugee cap to 62,500 after delaying the increase. “Having fought for four years against the Trump Administration’s full-scale assault on refugee resettlement in the United States, we were relieved to see you commit to increasing […] More

by Tonya Frazier April 16, 2021, 9:42 am
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How Democrats Who Lost in Deep-Red Places Might Have Helped Biden

Democrats in the state are gearing up to try to re-elect Gov. Laura Kelly, and Ben Meers, the executive director of the Kansas Democratic Party, said he hoped to test the theory. He said that having Democrats campaign in deep-red districts required a different type of field organizing. “There are some counties where if the […] More

by Tonya Frazier April 16, 2021, 4:00 am
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Democrats’ Supreme Court Expansion Plan Draws Resistance

Champions of the bill hope to use it to generate more support for an eventual overhaul. Representative Jerrold Nadler, Democrat of New York and the chairman of the Judiciary Committee, said it made sense to enlarge the court given its complex workload and the growth of the federal court system since the makeup of the […] More

by Tonya Frazier April 16, 2021, 12:11 am
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Pelosi Will Not Yet Bring Bill to Expand Supreme Court to the Floor So Democrats Can Focus on Passing Infrastructure Bill

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said during a press conference that she will not bring a bill to expand the Supreme Court to the floor, saying that while the bill is “not out of the question,” the Democratic Party’s focus should for the time being remain on passing President Joe Biden’s $2.25 trillion infrastructure plan. “No. […] More

by Tonya Frazier April 15, 2021, 11:25 am
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Overwhelming Majority of Democrats, Few Republicans Approve of Biden’s Performance in Office

President Joe Biden’s approval rating is sky-high among Democrats though few Republicans are on board with his administration, according to the latest Gallup poll. The poll, which was based on data collected from phone interviews with a sample of 2,937 adults and a sampling error of plus or minus 2 percentage points, found that 96% […] More

by Tonya Frazier April 15, 2021, 10:55 am
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House and Senate Democrats Propose Bill to Expand the Supreme Court

A group of House and Senate Democrats on Thursday introduced legislation to expand the Supreme Court from 9 members to 13, trying to spur momentum for the first change in the makeup of the court in 150 years. The Democrats and progressive activists said the change was necessary to restore balance to the court after […] More

by Tonya Frazier April 15, 2021, 10:31 am
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Biden And Democrats Were Right About Stimulus As Retail Sales Grow 9.8%

The American people are getting vaccinated and spending their stimulus checks as retail sales grew by 9.8% in March. CNBC reported: Advance retail sales rose 9.8% for the month, the Commerce Department reported Thursday. That compared to the Dow Jones estimate of a 6.1% gain and a decline of 2.7% in February. …. A separate […] More

by Tonya Frazier April 15, 2021, 10:04 am
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Democrats To Introduce Bill To Expand Supreme Court To 13 Justices

Congressional Democrats are expected to introduce legislation Thursday to expand the Supreme Court from nine to 13 justices, likely intensifying the debate over the future of the high court and potential for its reform. The effort targeted at adding justices to the Supreme Court and comes after Senate Republicans filled three vacant seats on the […] More

by Tonya Frazier April 15, 2021, 7:07 am
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New Poll Shows Biden Can’t Shake Voters’ Belief That Democrats Cheated In 2020 Election

Democrats and the media have created an environment where no one is allowed to suggest that the 2020 election was illegitimate in any way. People have been suspended or even expelled from social media for saying it. This campaign of suppression has not changed public perception, however. A new poll from Rasmussen found that a […] More

by Tonya Frazier April 15, 2021, 4:23 am
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Democrats To Introduce Bill To Add 4 New Supreme Court Justices

House and Senate Democrats will introduce a bill to expand the Supreme Court from nine to thirteen justices. NBC News reported: Congressional Democrats will introduce legislation Thursday to expand the Supreme Court from nine to 13 justices, alongside progressive activists pushing to transform the high court. …. The Democratic bill is led by Sen. Ed […] More

by Tonya Frazier April 14, 2021, 8:30 pm
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Supreme Court: A new bill adds 4 seats to the Court, giving Democrats a majority

Four Democratic members of Congress plan to introduce legislation that would add four seats to the Supreme Court, which would, if passed, allow President Biden to immediately name four individuals to fill those seats and give Democrats a 7-6 majority. The bill, which is being introduced by Reps. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Hank Johnson (D-GA), and […] More

by Tonya Frazier April 14, 2021, 8:00 pm