Moore Won’t Seek Re-Election in Kansas
Dennis Moore (D-Kan.) is reportedly going to announce today that he won’t seek re-election, making him the first Member of Congress this cycle to announce an outright retirement from the House.
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Dennis Moore (D-Kan.) is reportedly going to announce today that he won’t seek re-election, making him the first Member of Congress this cycle to announce an outright retirement from the House.
Senate seat of Kay Bailey Hutchison (R), will file papers to seek re-election next year but still is interested in succeeding Hutchison.
All are seeking re-election in 2010 except for Hodes, who is running for the Senate.
Senate Democrats sought to push back Monday against GOP charges that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s (D-Nev.) $848 billion health care bill is a costly expansion of the federal government, maintaining
If successful, the filibuster would have prevented the bill from being debated or amended on the Senate floor.
Lincoln, who could face a tough re-election next year and has been under increasing pressure in Arkansas to support a filibuster, addressed the political pressures facing her in an unusually frank floor
Senate Democrats and Republicans were left shaking their heads Saturday at Sen.
The epic battle for health care reform gets its first big test on the Senate floor tonight, with Democratic leaders feeling confident, though not yet assured, of getting the 60 votes necessary to beat
Zaun, who is serving his second four-year term in the state Senate, said in an interview Thursday afternoon that he would make a formal announcement of his political plans after Dec. 1.
With the Senate preparing to vote Saturday on whether to consider a $848 billion health care overhaul bill, national Democrats on Friday launched a rapid response system aimed at blunting each GOP criticism
other Republican operatives said they do not think Toomey has shifted his positions on anything since the 2004 campaign, but instead he has made a conscious choice to focus more on economic issues in the Senate
The memo may be an overt attempt to catch the eye of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, who is often viewed as a king maker in Senate primaries.
Leonard Boswell (D) in the Des Moines-area 3rd district.Zaun, who is serving his second four-year term in the state Senate, said in an interview Thursday afternoon that he would make a formal announcement
to begin debate.Under Senate rules, debate on a bill cannot begin unless there is a motion to do so.
Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.) will be feted on the Senate floor Wednesday when he becomes the longest-serving Member of Congress.Byrd, currently longest-serving Senator and the chamber’s President Pro Tem, will
Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.) will be feted on the Senate floor today as the longest-serving Member of Congress.
By comparison, 14 GOP and five Democratic incumbents were defeated for re-election.
Tom Harkin (D), who was re-elected in 2008. Though Grassley’s approval rating is down from 75 percent in January, he’s still in a strong early position to win a sixth term in the Senate.
On Wednesday, Republican National Committee Chairman and former Maryland Senate candidate Michael Steele will head to the Eastern Shore to join the state Senator for a $250-per-head event in Chestertown
And there remains the distinct possibility that Plouffe might reprise his role as campaign manager for an Obama re-election effort. Accordingly, Plouffe treads carefully.