While Republicans have their fun in the Florida primary this evening, Democrats are eying the special election in Oregon’s 1st Congressional District, where they are favored to hold onto the seat vacated by former Rep. David Wu, who resigned in the wake of a sex scandal last year. (more)
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) — the campaign arm of the House Democrats — sent out an email Monday morning urging readers to sign a petition supporting the growing “Occupy Wall Street” protests. (more)
(National Journal) — Democrats are showing the clearest sign yet of concern ahead of next Tuesday’s special election in New York’s 9th District – the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is going up on air with an expensive television buy in the campaign’s closing days. (more)
It was certain to attract this sort of response, but Wisconsin Republican Rep. Paul Ryan released his budget plan going forward that includes some sweeping changes to federal expenditures, including entitlement spending. (more)
January 8 marked a terrible tragedy in Tucson, Arizona. Twenty-two-year-old Jared Loughner, whose incoherent, rambling YouTube clips indicate serious psychological problems, opened fire at a “Congress on Your Corner” event, killing six and injuring fourteen. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was among those seriously injured. (more)
House Democrats’ goal is to make Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) the Speaker of the House again, their campaign chairman said Wednesday evening. (more)
Speaker Nancy Pelosi has an outgoing New Year’s Eve wish, asking House campaign supporters to give money to fight back against “shameful attack ads” that use her to target vulnerable Democrats. (more)
For Democrats, the only thing worse than the shellacking the party suffered Nov. 2 might be the brickbats from relatives of the Republican persuasion during the traditional family congress on Thanksgiving Day. (more)
SPRINGFIELD, PA — If the GOP wave a week from now is smaller than expected, races like the one in Pennsylvania’s 7th District might be one reason why. Republican Pat Meehan was supposed to run away with the race, but it’s now too close to call. (more)
A top Republican House official is voicing an optimistic take on the coming midterm election, vowing that Democratic Rep. Nancy Pelosi’s “days as speaker are numbered” and saying the Republicans are “already” slated to win 40 seats, with many more within reach. (more)
President Obama capped off a four-day campaign swing out west with some frank admissions to supporters, telling them the Nov. 2 midterms are going to be “difficult” and admitting that sometimes he begins “losing hope.” (more)
Rahm Emanuel, widely credited with building a large Democratic majority in the House, says he sees no reason why his party would lose a lot of seats in two weeks. (more)
Democratic lawmakers struggling to find support from a skeptical electorate are using a Republican tactic to win votes by claiming their opponents will raise taxes if elected into office. (more)
Rep. Steve Driehaus is fighting the perception that he can’t win reelection in Ohio’s first congressional district after the national Democratic Party withdrew funding from his race with Republican Steve Chabot. (more)
Democrats can’t seem to wait for Sarah Palin to be back on a ballot. (more)
This is the third in a series of articles looking at the races most likely to determine whether Republicans capture or Democrats hold the majority in the U.S. Senate after Election Day. (more)
Despite months of preparations by the House campaign committees, the latest party spending — largely to fund TV ad buys — demonstrates the Congressional playing field remains relatively fluid three weeks before Election Day. (more)
A top Democrat on Tuesday said the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s “agenda” is to send U.S. jobs overseas. (more)
A couple weeks ago, House Member Eleanor Holmes Norton made a fundraising call to a lobbyist. The lobbyist wasn’t available, so Holmes Norton left a voicemail. (more)
1.) Democrats who hate Democrats and the Democrats who pretend to like them a lot – They may be a minority, but House Democrats who are running for re-election on what amounts to an anti-Pelosi platform are very, very real. TheDC’s Jonathan Strong counts Alabama Rep. Bobby Bright, who joked that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi “might get sick and die”; Rep. Joe Donnelly, the Indiana Dem who took Pelosi over his knee on the carbon tax just one year after supporting a vague list of supposedly quick and painless environmental fixes; as well as Reps. McIntyre, Nye, Altmire, and Childers, each of whom voted a big fat “no” on a piece of legislation close to Madame Pelosi’s heart. Ironically, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has actually given money to some of these people! That’s ironic, right? Maybe Dems are thinking that even the thorniest DINO can be Bart Stupak’d into doing something heinously stupid, making them preferable to an equally ornery but uncontrollable Republican? Meh. Who cares? It’s not like 70 seats are at play! (more)
