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The Slow Breakup Between Democrats and the NRA
Joe Donnelly — one of the most vulnerable Democrats up for re-election this year — raked in nearly $14,000 in contributions from the NRA.
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Joe Donnelly — one of the most vulnerable Democrats up for re-election this year — raked in nearly $14,000 in contributions from the NRA.
Democratic Senate candidate and former Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen said he and outgoing Republican Sen. Bob Corkerhad “numerous” conversations about the race.
Senate,” said Cochran, currently in his seventh term. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell praised Cochran’s leadership in a statement Monday.
Senate Majority PAC originally made a $900,000 and is adding $500,000. A spokesman for Senate Majority PAC declined to comment on the length of the ad buy.
But Democrats — who can block any spending legislation from passing the Senate — are largely opposed to funding the border wall without a path to citizenship for undocumented “Dreamers,” including
Kevin Cramer, who recently entered the North Dakota Senate race, leads Democratic incumbent Heidi Heitkamp by 5 points, according to a poll commissioned by the National Republican Senatorial Committee
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Senate Republicans are calling for changes to the seldom-employed section of U.S. trade law that the Trump administration used to unilaterally impose steep new tariffs on steel and aluminum imports.
McDaniel had long expressed interest in running for Senate again, but he was waiting to see what Cochran was going to do.
Bob Corker, the chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, will not run for re-election after all, sticking with his decision last fall to retire at the end of this Congress.
The Missouri Democrat had $9.1 million in her re-election account at the end of 2017.
Wealth of Congress: Richer Than Ever, but Mostly at the Very Top] Three GOP senators and 30 House members (22 of them Republicans) have decided to get out of public life rather than campaign for re-election
McDaniel has been eyeing a Senate bid but has been waiting to see whether Sen. Thad Cochran, whom he came close to unseating in 2014, sticks around.
Meehan has announced he would not seek re-election.
“The district judge’s decision unilaterally to re-impose a program that Congress had explicitly and repeatedly rejected is a usurpation of legislative authority.”
He won re-election comfortably. Abby Finkenauer, a Democratic state legislator hoping to challenge Blum, called his ownership of the company “the swamp at its worst.”
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[Trump Re-Ups Criticism of Obama’s Handling of Russia] A senior Democratic House aide said the “proof is in the pudding.”
The Republican and Democratic leaders of the Senate Intelligence Committee quickly expressed their agreement.
The Senate squandered three opportunities on Thursday to advance legislation that would protect so-called Dreamers from deportation and enhance border security measures.