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I think a lot of my colleagues are well-qualified to run for the Senate.
I think a lot of my colleagues are well-qualified to run for the Senate.
That’s even as announced Republican opposition to Lynch continues to mount with the nomination sitting on the Senate calendar , effectively held hostage as part of the dispute between the parties
Bishop of New York, who lost his re-election bid in November. “The good news is that we’ve got a lot of strength on our bench.”
That’s even as announced Republican opposition to Lynch continues to mount with the nomination sitting on the Senate calendar, effectively held hostage as part of the dispute between the parties
Marco Rubio, given he is considering a presidential bid, a move that prevents him from simultaneously running for re-election. Either way, Democrats will heavily target this seat in 2016.
The NRSC is tasked with maintaining control of the Senate with a competitive map. Of the 34 incumbents up for re-election, 24 are Republicans and several are in highly competitive states.
Lopach served as the senator’s chief of staff from 2010 through his competitive 2012 re-election race, until Tester chose to bring him along to the DSCC.
Boehner, R-Ohio, then told reporters the money for defense would be re-added via the Rules Committee, setting up a showdown on the House floor between fiscal hawks and defense hawks before the Easter recess
When his boss lost re-election in November, everyone in the office knew they would be out of a job soon. “My last paycheck was in January,” Jon said.
Debbie Wasserman Schultz will seek re-election to her House seat and will not run for Senate, she confirmed to Roll Call Tuesday in the halls of Congress.
Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s best-laid plans for a Senate renaissance have so far fallen flat — and the gridlock is starting to wear on his conference. Republican Mark S.
Herseth Sandlin, now in the private sector, was considered a top Democratic contender for the open Senate seat in 2014, but opted against a run.
A chance for unlimited amendments and votes in the Senate chamber only comes along once a year — at most.
This week, the Senate will likely begin consideration of a chemical safety bill with bipartisan sponsors (Sens. David Vitter, R-La., and Tom Udall, D-N.M.).
But only two of the most against-the-grain Democrats were re-elected from districts Mitt Romney carried: Collin C. Peterson of Minnesota and Patrick Murphy of Florida.
McConnell’s Senate Republicans rarely side with Obama’s agenda, CQ vote studies reveal.
The Democrat was one who got away last cycle, as Republicans picked up seats in the House and Senate across the country.
They include: State Senate Minority Leader Daniel Blue, whose district is in the crucial Raleigh media market.
Johnson, who faces one of the most hotly contested re-election tests in 2016, had no shortage of barbs for President Barack Obama on foreign policy and the federal budget, but he emphasized that