Redistricting Spurs Debate Over Voting Rights Act
The colorful and controversial party chairman, who is an attorney, passionately argued in an interview with Roll Call over the summer that the GOP used the Voting Rights Act as cover for packing
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Craig James Enters Texas Senate Race
“He’s throwing his hat in the ring,” James’ longtime friend Roy Bailey told Roll Call. Bailey is a former Republican state party official.
N.J. Mapmakers Hope for Redraw This Week
The tiebreaker this year is Farmer, the dean of Rutgers School of Law-Newark. Farmer is politically unaligned. He served in the administration of Gov.
Appropriations Rider Would Block D.C. Abortion Funding
The omnibus spending bill unveiled very early this morning would also include funding for Speaker John Boehner’s school voucher program for D.C., which Del.
John Dingell Deplores House Climate
John Dingell told Roll Call in a wide-ranging interview on the eve of the 56th anniversary of his 1955 entry to Congress.
Elizabeth Warren’s Last Major Primary Rival Ends Bid, Endorses Her Senate Run
Warren, a Harvard Law School professor, now faces three non-credible candidates and may avoid a primary all together.
House GOP Offers Sweeping Unemployment Reforms
In 2010, 11.7 percent of UI recipients — or 1.4 million people — did not have a high school diploma.
Website Seeks Robocall Revenge
Last winter, Titus made robocalls to board members of his children’s school district after being woken up early in the morning by a robocall weather advisory.
Barrow Faces Tough Election Cycle After Redraw
There’s no early frontrunner, but in interviews with Roll Call, each candidate already had a narrative that they’ll tell primary voters.
National Democrats Eye Arizona Senate Clash
Not folks in Washington,” Bivens later told Roll Call in an interview.
Michele Bachmann: Upbringing Influences Candidacy
Michele Bachmann likes wearing dresses on the campaign trail in part because they remind her of her grandmothers, who would sew a new dress for her twice a year — Easter and the first day of school.
In Wisconsin, Conservatives Find New Target
If you don’t have principles to stand on, we won’t support you,” spokesman Barney Keller told Roll Call.
Tommy Wells Represents the Representatives
Councilmember Tommy Wells once received a phone call from a U.S. Senator, calling on behalf of his neighborhood about a rat infestation.
Elizabeth Warren Sells Her Upbringing in First TV Ad (VIDEO)
I got married at 19, had two kids, worked my way through college, taught elementary school, then went to law school,” she says, as photos of her early life flash on the screen.
Campus Notebook: D.C. Statehood Push Goes Grass-Roots
There ought to be “a chapter of the New Columbia movement in every neighborhood and every university and every school,” he said. But Brown said the campaign is all about its visibility.
Two Texas Republicans Square Off for Senate
Cruz “has the heart,” one non-aligned Republican told Roll Call. “If the war is going to be won by who wants it more, it’s going to be Cruz.”
O’Malley and Mead: First Responders Need Dedicated Spectrum
It could allow police responding to a hostage situation in a school to download building blueprints and access security camera footage before arriving on the scene.
Duncan, Shriver Among Names Floated in Maryland
“I will win the Democratic nomination for Congress because the Annapolis insiders and old school politicians have already lost,” she wrote on her website.
Elizabeth Warren, Scott Brown Post Big Third-Quarter Money in Massachusetts
Roll Call rates the Massachusetts race, expected to be one of the most competitive Senate contests in the country next year, as a Tossup.
Sen. Mark Udall Conquered Many Mountains Before Climbing Capitol Hill
“There isn’t a Coloradan out there who doesn’t cycle, hunt, hike, golf, ski, fish or climb,” the Democrat told Roll Call. “We’re an outdoor state.