List/Grid Tag Archives: democrats
Panel hits Rangel with 13 alleged ethics charges (AP)
WASHINGTON – House investigators accused veteran New York Rep. Charles Rangel of 13 violations of congressional ethics standards on Thursday, throwing a cloud over his four-decade political career and raising worries for fellow Democrats about the fall elections.
Democrats return to drawing board on Wall Street bill (CHICAGOPRESSRELEASE.COM)
WASHINGTON (CHICAGOPRESSRELEASE.COM) – U.S. Democrats on Tuesday went back to the drawing board as they considered stripping out a controversial tax from their landmark financial-reform bill in order to win the swing votes needed to pass it through Congress.
Almost Nine in Ten Americans Give Congress Negative Ratings
Generic Ballot has Democrats ahead by four points NEW YORK, June 28 /CHICAGOPRESSRELEASE.COM/ — Normally in politics the one thing that can be counted on is that Republicans and Democrats will think differently about most issues. But, when it comes to how Congress is doing their job, it does not matter what party label someone has — they all give Congress negative ratings.
BP chief says he wasn’t in loop, enraging Congress (AP)
WASHINGTON – Channeling the nation’s anger, lawmakers pilloried BP’s boss in a withering day of judgment Thursday for the oil company at the center of the Gulf calamity. Unflinching, BP chief executive Tony Hayward said he was out of the loop on decisions at the well and coolly asserted, “I’m not stonewalling.” That infuriated members of Congress even more, Democrats and Republicans alike.
IL: GOP stretches the case in Blagojevich press release
Posted by John Chase at 3:18 p.m. It’s no secret Republicans are looking for ammunition wherever they can find it to tarnish Democrats with the stain of Rod Blagojevich’s corruption trial.
Obama adviser questions legitimacy of SC candidate (AP)
WASHINGTON – A senior adviser to President Barack Obama says the Democratic nominee for the Senate in South Carolina doesn’t appear to be a legitimate candidate. South Carolina Democrats chose a political unknown, 32-year-old Alvin Greene, to run against Republican Sen.
Roll call on jobless benefits, tax breaks (AP)
The 215-204 roll call Friday by which the House voted to continue providing unemployment checks to people out of work more than six months and revive certain tax breaks for families and businesses. A “yes” vote is a vote to pass the bill.
Security-related spending bills are likely to take priority
House Majority Leader Rep. Steny Hoyer, D-Md., said Thursday he plans to pass security-related appropriations bills before the November election, as House Democratic leaders continue to struggle with the decision over whether to pursue a fiscal 2011 budget resolution.
Minn. Democrats want higher taxes for wealthy (AP)
ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Legislature’s top Democrats pushed Monday to send new income taxes for the wealthiest Minnesotans to a tax-averse Gov. Tim Pawlenty as part of their plan to…
German state vote curbs Merkel’s power (AP)
BERLIN – Voters in Germany’s most populous state dealt Chancellor Angela Merkel a painful setback Sunday, erasing her government’s majority in the upper house of parliament and curbing its power after a stumbling start and criticism over the Greek debt crisis. Merkel’s center-right alliance was voted out of power in a state election in North Rhine-Westphalia, a region of some 18 million people that includes Cologne and the industrial Ruhr area.
