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Former Coal Lobbyist Confirmed as Pruitt’s Deputy at EPA
Both are running for re-election this year in states won by President Donald Trump.
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He made the surprise announcement Wednesday that he would not seek re-election. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)Starting Gate Bye Bye Ry: Speaker Paul D.
“It’s over,” one GOP operative who’s worked on House and Senate races said.
Watch: Ryan Announces He Will Not Seek Re-Election [jwp-video n=”1″] “For me to ask them to vote to re-elect me knowing I wasn’t going to stay is simply not being honest,” he said.
But he cited former Speaker Tip O’Neill, who announced his retirement before the 1986 elections but stuck around until the end of his term, and former Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid, who announced
More than 40 members, Ryan included, are not running for re-election.Threading POTUS needle: Between Trump’s racially charged remarks, lewd comments and moving-target policy positions, Ryan never quite
Ryan’s announcement that he will not seek re-election and the ensuing race to determine who will lead House Republicans after his departure.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., conduct a news conference in the Capitol on the passage of the omnibus spending bill in the House.
Trump, of course, has been making that claim for months, complaining about “the swamp” in Washington, Democratic “obstruction,” “arcane rules” that paralyze the Senate (such as the filibuster), the
Rick Scott made his long-expected announcement for Senate on Monday. “Some say as governor I’ve never fit in,” Scott said in a video message. “Well that’s true. I never plan to fit in.
He got a high-profile Republican challenger for his re-election bid and he was face-to-face with the Silicon Valley executive at the center of what was one of the biggest stories of the day.
Over 600 former staffers have signed a letter urging Senate leadership to consider legislation that would address sexual harassment on Capitol Hill. That number continued to grow Friday morning.
He won a special election later on that year to serve the rest of Matsunaga’s term, then re-election in 1994, 2000 and 2006, and retired after the 2012 elections.
Burr also responded to criticism that the National Rifle Association spent $5.5 million against Burr’s Senate opponents, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, the second-highest amount
Elizabeth Esty, announced Monday via Facebook that she will not run for re-election following bipartisan criticism of her handling of an abusive staffer.
O’Rourke’s total is the highest among Democratic Senate candidates for the last filing quarter, his campaign noted in a press release.
Republican and Democratic aides are already handicapping the outcomes and say at least one of the recent nominees is likely to not clear the Senate.
Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley is launching a new digital ad Friday, foreshadowing one of his arguments in his campaign for Senate against Democratic incumbent Claire McCaskill: her vote against
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But would Republicans, who now control the House and Senate, really adopt term limits? And would further tax cuts have any chance of being enacted after a massive spending bill?