As floods drown the Midwest and fires scorch the West Coast, renewable energy like solar and wind power will become an essential part of combating climate change. As experts emphasized Thursday that lawmakers must act quickly, Republicans pushed back and said proposals like the Green New Deal are far too costly.
Read moreMargaret Hunter, the wife and campaign manager of U.S. Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., pleaded guilty Thursday to one charge of conspiracy for converting campaign funds to personal use, agreeing to testify against her husband if called upon by prosecutors.
Read moreThe Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled late Tuesday to reinstate most of the GOP-controlled Legislature’s lame-duck laws limiting the powers of the new Democratic governor and attorney general, handing another significant victory to conservatives in the Badger State.
Read moreA border wall will not stop the surge of asylum seekers at the U.S.-Mexico border, Senator Lindsey Graham said Tuesday in a hearing where he encouraged Democratic colleagues to send his bill aimed at fixing the ongoing immigration crisis to a full vote on the Senate floor.
Read moreNew York voters for years have experienced some of the longest wait times in the nation on Election Day. Attempts to fix the problem routinely became casualties of the divided politics of the state Legislature.
Read moreThe Republican leader of the West Virginia Senate is once again angering teachers in the Mountain State by calling for a special legislative session on Saturday in an attempt to pass a bill that would allow for an unlimited amount of charter schools.
Read moreCompromise is often seen as a four-letter word on Capitol Hill but in a rare show of bipartisanship, Republican Ted Cruz and Democrat Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said they will join forces to draft legislation banning former members of Congress from becoming corporate lobbyists.
Read moreFor the third time in less than a week, a Republican lawmaker in the House blocked passage of a $19 billion disaster relief package, objecting to Democrats’ effort to force a vote while most members of Congress are in their home districts on recess.
Read moreFunding for disaster relief has been put on hold yet again as another Republican lawmaker objected Tuesday to the approval of a $19.1 billion emergency spending package during an abbreviated legislative session.
Read moreColorado Republicans exercised every power they could through the 2019 legislative session, refusing to be counted out as the minority party as they packed hundreds of constituents into committee meetings, filed lawsuits, and revived the tradition of reading full bills out loud. Will it be enough to keep the swing state’s pendulum in motion?
Read moreAbortion providers backed by the American Civil Liberties Union filed an anticipated lawsuit Friday morning challenging the constitutionality of Alabama’s near-total ban on the procedure, kicking off a legal battle that supporters of the ban hope will land in the nation’s highest court.
Read moreWith Alabama’s restrictive new abortion law stirring divisions on the right, President Donald Trump implored anti-abortion activists to stay united heading into the 2020 election even as he laid out where his personal views differ from the legislation.
Read moreAmid a wave of new abortion restrictions across the country, Missouri’s GOP-dominated Legislature passed a bill Friday banning the procedure at eight weeks of pregnancy.
Read moreBacklash against the Obama administration led a band of conservatives to form the tea party and help take control of the House in 2010. Though the faction has largely dissipated, its ideological allies are some of President Donald Trump’s strongest supporters, according to an analysis released Thursday.
Read moreTensions were high Wednesday in a packed courtroom at the Wisconsin Supreme Court for oral arguments in one of several lawsuits challenging the GOP-controlled Legislature’s lame-duck laws limiting the powers of the new Democratic governor and attorney general.
Read moreAbortion providers represented by the American Civil Liberties Union filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday over Ohio’s new law banning abortions once a fetal heartbeat is detected, which mirrors legislation passed recently in several other states.
Read moreRepublican voters in North Carolina returned to the polls on Tuesday for a do-over election, determining which candidate will face the Democratic contender for the state’s vacant 9th Congressional District seat.
Read moreThe Republican-controlled Ohio Legislature, joined by several state congressional representatives, failed Thursday in its attempt to stay an injunction that requires it to draw a new electoral map before the 2020 election.
Read moreGeorgia Governor Brian Kemp signed one of the country’s strictest abortion bills into law Tuesday morning, limiting a woman’s ability to get an abortion in the Peach State after six weeks of pregnancy.
Read moreA group of activists are attempting to shift awareness to a specific aspect of the electoral process itself that they say is equally if not more determinative in who occupies the presidency and the rest of the highest offices in the land.
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