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Words and Deeds Can Come Back to Haunt Incumbents in Tight Races
The rhetoric and attacks in some of the most competitive races for the House and Senate reveal just how much a position can haunt an incumbent, such as Rep.
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The rhetoric and attacks in some of the most competitive races for the House and Senate reveal just how much a position can haunt an incumbent, such as Rep.
Democrats had a strong incentive to reach agreement with Republicans to speed up consideration of the nominees since it’s mostly their incumbents who are up for re-election this cycle.
He said only the “natural haters” criticized him for stumping for GOP candidates — and his own 2020 re-election — as Americans were in Michael’s path.
Fresh off a divisive Supreme Court battle, Senate Judiciary Chairman Charles E.
At several campaign rallies in recent weeks, the president has painted a portrait of an ungovernable country if “rage-filled” Democrats retake the House or Senate or both.
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A new Republican poll of the West Virginia Senate race shows a tighter race between Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin III and Attorney General Patrick Morrisey.
[Trump Largely Focuses on Own Re-Election at Iowa Rally for GOP Incumbents] “It’s like a big tornado, a massive tornado,” said Trump, who already has taken the step of declaring a disaster in
Marsha Blackburn, who is running for Senate in Tennessee, snapped back at music superstar Taylor Swift for criticizing her record on women’s and LGBT issues.
But I feel I can do more good for the country and help President Trump more effectively by being in the Senate. I’ll help him where I can and say no when I have to.”
Rosen outpaced the Senate candidates in the Silver State at the same point in the 2016 cycle.
Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, speaking on the floor right before the 50-48 vote, said the country needs to have a reckoning on Kavanaugh and the Senate process.
Manchin faced protesters shouting “shame, shame, shame,” when he returned to his Senate office after releasing his statement.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Republicans said they were trying to work out a mid-morning cloture vote on the nomination, but one was not officially announced when the Senate adjourned
As the final vote on the Senate floor on whether to confirm Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh looms, Democrats’ odds of recruiting two more lawmakers to their side to foil the confirmation have dwindled
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Sherrod Brown of Ohio and Bob Casey of Pennsylvania are favored to win re-election even though they are running in states that backed President Donald Trump in 2016.
Take the West Virginia Senate race.
Medicare negotiation passed the House in 2007 with unanimous support from Democrats, but stalled in the Senate.
A number of Republican senators received police escorts Tuesday afternoon to get them past demonstrators gathered in the basement of the Russell Building near the terminus of the Senate subway.