Cornyn Expected to Be Named Senate GOP’s No. 2
John Thune — the current GOP conference chairman — decided to run for re-election to his current leadership post.
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John Thune — the current GOP conference chairman — decided to run for re-election to his current leadership post.
Last week, Walsh, one of the House GOP’s most outspoken and controversial conservatives, lost re-election to Democratic Rep.-elect Tammy Duckworth.
Jean Schmidt, R-Ohio, and Silvestre Reyes, D-Texas, saw their re-election bids end even earlier when opponents seized on alleged ethical lapses during primary campaigns.
Mead Treadwell and 2010 Senate nominee Joe Miller are making calls and lining up support for potential Senate bids. Former Lt. Gov.
The Senate resumes consideration of the motion to proceed to a bill that would increase access to federal lands for hunters and fishermen. The measure is sponsored by Sen.
President Barack Obama was re-elected to a second term. The Senate remains in Democratic control and the House in Republican control, with the ratio of Republicans to Democrats barely changed.
If Senate Republicans are looking for a dream candidate to improve the National Republican Senatorial Committee’s fortunes, they won’t get much of a choice Wednesday, despite their private grumbling.
Hastert and former Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott.
. | President Barack Obama has defeated Mitt Romney and won re-election, capping the most expensive and divisive national campaign in memory, according to network news and Associated Press projections.
Claire McCaskill’s (D-Mo.) re-election took two more pickup opportunities off the map for Republicans and left the GOP without enough states left to complete its quest for the majority.
The majority plans to first re-elect party leaders — including Reid of Nevada, Majority Whip Richard J. Durbin of Illinois and Caucus Vice Chairman Charles E.
But Donnelly’s circuitous road to the Senate was far from over.
To be sure, the investigations subcommittee post does not have the same cachet as being Senate Armed Services ranking member.
In the Empire State, two Republican freshmen lost re-election: Nan Hayworth and Ann Marie Buerkle. Rep.
Senate Democrats could be on a collision course with Senate Republicans when it comes to using the lame-duck session to confirm 19 judicial nominations that have been held up this Congress.
President Barack Obama was re-elected to a second term. The Senate remains in Democratic control and the House in Republican control, with the ratio of Republicans to Democrats barely changed.
That was evident for Republicans in races across the country, as President Barack Obama won re-election convincingly and Democrats gained seats in both the Senate and House.
Those numbers would all appear to point to a sticky path to re-election for Kay Hagan, the Tar Heel State’s junior senator and one of Republicans’ top targets for 2014.
Taking full advantage of this, the Senate consistently concluded its pro forma sessions in less than one minute and conducted no legislative business throughout the seven-week break.
At the same time that President Barack Obama was winning a second term and Senate Democrats were winning 25 of 33 races (for a gain of two seats), House Democrats were falling well short of winning