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</p> Democrats were aided by flawed opponents who ran on Republican legislative priorities that poll poorly among independent voters — including the 2017 tax bill and the prolonged push to strip protections
Those include the Government by the People Act, a campaign finance overhaul measure designed to incentivize small donations; the DISCLOSE Act, a bill to require public disclosure of super PAC donors; the
Bill Nelson on Tuesday night. As of 12:30 p.m., Wednesday, Scott led Nelson by less than 35,000 votes with all precincts reporting.
McConnell put finishing up the fiscal 2019 spending bills and a House-Senate agreement on the farm bill on the top of the “lame duck” legislating list.
But as chief executive, he has yet to sign a single major bipartisan bill other than one last month to combat the opioid crisis — and that one was mostly hashed out by lawmakers.
“We have a lot in common on infrastructure,” he said, stopping short of saying he expects to sign a bill to upgrade roads, bridges, airports, tunnels and seaports.
</p> “Millions of Americans exercised their right to vote in this election.
</p> Such characterizations are not supported by data, said Lindsey Cormack, a political scientist and author of “Congress and U.S. Veterans: From the GI Bill to the VA Crisis.”
</p> Watch: Now That That’s Over (Mostly) Roll Call Looks Ahead to 2020</p> [jwp-video n=”1″]</p> But key Democrats did not support that effort and have made only cautious comments when talking about
</p> That translated into a good night for Republicans in the Senate and for Democrats in the House.</p> Democratic Sens.
</p> [A Defiant Trump Declares Midterm Outcome a Historic Event]</p> “It’s all about deal-making.
</p> The Florida Senate race appears to be an upset of incumbent Democrat Bill Nelson. The seat will go to Republican Gov. Rick Scott who spoke from his election night party in Naples, Fla.
</p> As the election draws to a close, here’s a look back at the best photos of the 2018 cycle:</p>Aruna Miller, who ran for the Democratic nomination in Maryland’s 6th District but was defeated by David
She’d worked to distance herself from Trump and her party, voting against the Republican health care bill last year. But that didn’t stop Democrats from tying her to the president on health care.
</p> In 2017, Democrats voted “100 percent” against the House GOP’s repeal of the 2010 health care law, Pelosi said.</p> The GOP passed its replacement bill anyway.
</p> Take, for instance, the pending farm bill.
(Manchin filmed an ad of him shooting a copy of the lawsuit, which was reminiscent of a 2010 spot in which he shot the cap-and-trade bill.)
</p> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">Wexton party right now as CNN calls the race pic.twitter.com/b435r47YWZ</p> — Alex Gangitano (@AlexGangitano) November 7, 2018<p/>var rcrdTwitter = 1; “Woo!”
</p> [Live Blog: Updates from Trump’s Final Day on Campaign Trail]</p> Trump appeared to know he had to do something.