With a fight brewing between Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and Tea Party ringleader Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) over the practice of requesting earmarks in the Senate, most Republican Senators have been desperately hoping to avoid picking sides. But Tea Party groups, which are eagerly monitoring a closed-door Republican More…
Mark Kirk, the Republican senator-elect from Illinois, could be sworn in as early as Nov. 29 due to special circumstances regarding his seat, which used to belong to President Obama but was handed over to Sen. Roland Burris (D-Ill.) when Obama took office. Kirk will serve in the More…
Obama chided Republicans Saturday for filibustering the defense authorization bill that could have included the DREAM Act and other reform-minded measures like a repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell. Obama said he hoped Republicans would “come to their senses” on the DREAM Act after the November elections.
It has been close to four months since Gov. Rick Perry soundly defeated Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison for renomination in the Texas Republican gubernatorial primary. When the two appeared together June 11 — the first time since the primary — The Dallas Morning News noted that “You could More…
With the 2012 GOP presidential field wide open, it’s only natural that the eyes of some Republican strategists would turn to the popular governor of a state that has already produced three modern presidents. But don’t hold your breath for a President Rick Perry.
Following more than two dozen interviews More…
Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) will head the conference committee charged with reconciling the House and Senate versions of financial regulatory reform. The committee is comprised of legislators who worked on the initial bills, from the Senate Banking Committee, House Financial Services Committee and Senate Agriculture committee. The Senate might name More…
During her unsuccessful campaign to replace Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R), four-term Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas) said repeatedly that she would resign from her post in the nation’s capitol regardless of the outcome of that race.
But as Dave Weigel pointed out earlier this morning, she’s apparently changed More…
The senior senator from Texas is set for an 11 a.m. announcement on whether or not she’ll retire from the Senate, setting up what, for now, would be a Republicans-only race to replace her. Texas Railroad Commissioner Michael Williams has been running hard all year in the expectation More…
Aaron Blake has the news — shortly after Dick Cheney’s former aides began drumming up opposition to Kentucky U.S. Senate candidate Rand Paul, Cheney has now endorsed Paul’s opponent, Trey Grayson. Cheney:
I’m a lifelong conservative, and I can tell the real thing when I see it. I have
The new Public Policy Polling numbers on the Texas gubernatorial primary have first-time candidate Debra Medina surging against Gov. Rick Perry (R-Texas) and Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas), from nowhere to 24 percent support.
Medina is clearly riding the wave of discontent with the Republican establishment. Among primary voters
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