Belying the expectations of some Democrats, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has indicated that the Senate will not punt on the issue of the Bush tax cuts until after midterm elections and will instead debate the matter shortly after the August recess. It’s a clear sign that
Caucus night in Iowa is over 18 months away and no presidential candidates have officially declared, but it’s still something of a surprise to Iowa politicians how little attention from potential 2012 candidates the state has been getting.
National Republicans are slowly starting to trickle into the state for campaign More…
For a quick look at where senators stand on the climate and energy bill, take a look at Politico’s “whip count.”
If leadership can get the support of all 33 “yes” votes, the 16 “probably yes” votes and the 10 lawmakers listed as “on the fence” (which is a More…
The Senate just voted down Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s (R-Alaska) resolution to overturn the Environmental Protection Agency’s finding that greenhouse gas emissions pose a danger to public health. The final vote was 53-47, with six Democrats joining all Republicans in voting for the resolution.
The EPA was required by the Supreme More…
Today’s noon filing deadline to run for U.S. Senate in Indiana came and went. And thanks to Sen. Evan Bayh’s (D-Ind.) last-minute retirement announcement, no Democrat appears to have qualified to run in his absence. So what happens now?
Bayh gave would-be successors virtually no time to gather the More…
Fringe candidate Tamyra D’Ippolito, obviously enjoying her moment in the sun, is telling anyone who asks that she’ll turn in enough signatures to become the Indiana Democratic Party’s nominee for U.S. Senate. (She’s also informing anyone who asks that she’s got a tenuous grip on reality, accusing Democrats of More…
Jonathan Martin writes about the possible, if unlikely, “nightmare” scenario of cafe owner Tamyra D’Ippolito succeeding in her fringe campaign to get on the Democratic ballot to replace Sen. Evan Bayh (D-Ind.). D’Ippolito has not reported any campaign funds raised and has not provided a clear estimate of More…
One of the big surprises of Democratic rule — perhaps it shouldn’t have been such a surprise — has been the degree to which Republican opposition has ground down the party’s agenda. While the Democrats only had a supermajority for four months, the 58-41 majority with which they began More…
So, here’s my understanding of how Indiana law works in a situation like the one Evan Bayh has created. Tuesday — tomorrow — is the last day that a candidate can start collecting signatures for a Senate race. By Friday, that candidate needs to have 500 valid signatures in all More…
Indiana’s Democratic senator announces that he won’t seek re-election despite raising $13 million for the contest and leaving his party four days to find a replacement — which creates a similar problem in the districts of congressmen tipped as replacement candidates, like Rep. Brad Ellsworth (D-Ind.) and Rep. Baron More…
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