Endangered House Democrats have to get out of town now — and not stick around for votes on tax cuts — if they are going to save their seats, retiring Blue Dog Rep. John Tanner (D-Tenn.) told Democrats at a Caucus meeting Thursday morning. (more)
When Alabama Democratic Rep. Bobby Bright recently joked that Speaker of the House “might get sick and die” – preventing her from another tenure as Speaker – it was only the most outlandish instance of politically vulnerable Democrats suddenly expressing their opposition to their Party’s leadership in Washington. (more)
With his signature health care legislation now law, President Obama has a little under three months to prove that he actually supports free trade. After that, all bets are off. (more)
House Democratic Caucus Chairman John Larson claims that Democrats have clinched the vote, Mike Allen reports. (more)
Democrats hoped Saturday to pick up the final few votes needed to get them over the hump and solidify passage of sweeping changes to the nation’s health care system, but faced questions that developed late Friday over whether they can attract pro-life lawmakers without losing pro-choice support. (more)
John Barrow. Heath Shuler. Allen Boyd. Jason Altmire. John Tanner. Suzanne Kosmas. Lincoln Davis. Glenn Nye. (more)
Democrats appeared to be closing in Monday on achieving support from enough lawmakers in the House to pass a historic and sweeping health-care reform bill, though the outcome was still far from certain. (more)
President Obama’s health-care reform will live or die this week, and Democrats on Sunday had not yet nailed down enough votes for passage, but could see a path to doing so. (more)
House Minority Whip Eric Cantor doesn’t believe the buzz in Washington that Democrats will successfully use reconciliation to ram health care reform through Congress. (more)
Here is the most up to date list of which House lawmakers have said they will retire at the end of this term, or are leaving their seat to run for higher office: (more)
What a difference a year makes. In 2008, voters were sold a bag of goods by Nancy Pelosi and her Democrat puppets. Democrats promised a secure America, both fiscally and physically, but those campaign promises were disregarded before the first month of 2009 even ended. Now with a new decade upon us, Americans have a chance to take back their country by taking back the people’s House. (more)
The Republican road to redemption may well begin in Frog Jump, Tenn., where a gospel-singing farmer with no political experience is running for Congress. (more)
