Democratic Party

Democrats make major push to hold Massachusetts Senate seat

2013-06-10 13:12:00

WASHINGTON�— With two weeks before Massachusetts votes in another special election for U.S. Senate, national Democrats are making a major play to retain the seat as a new poll shows a competitive race. As part of the closing push, President...

Senate rejects move to tie immigration overhaul to border security

2013-06-13 21:05:00

WASHINGTON — In the first and only vote Thursday on the immigration bill, senators turned back a Republican measure that would have delayed a path to citizenship for those in the country illegally until after the border with Mexico is fully secure....

New Republican senator could be key vote on guns

2013-06-10 15:04:00

WASHINGTON – Even before New Jersey’s new U.S. senator took the oath of office, Democrats seemed to be lobbying the Republican for his vote on a key legislative priority: expanded background checks on gun buyers. Jeffrey Chiesa, appointed...

Frank Lautenberg dies at 89; Democratic senator from New Jersey

2013-06-03 18:23:00

WASHINGTON — Sen. Frank R. Lautenberg of New Jersey, the last World War II veteran in the Senate and a stalwart Democrat who led congressional battles over three decades to toughen gun laws, ban smoking on planes and crack down on drunk driving,...

Obama: Lautenberg 'improved the lives of countless Americans'

2013-06-03 11:08:00

WASHINGTON -- Sen. Frank R. Lautenberg of New Jersey, the last World War II veteran in the Senate and a stalwart Democrat who led fights to ban smoking on airplanes and to crack down on drunk driving, died Monday at age 89. His death opens the way for...

New Jersey Sen. Lautenberg dead at age 89

2013-06-03 07:17:00

U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg, a multimillionaire New Jersey businessman and the last World War II veteran remaining in the Senate, has died at age 89. His office said Lautenberg died shortly after 4 a.m. EDT on Monday at a New York hospital after...

A liberal mayor takes on the San Diego establishment

2013-06-01 16:16:00

SAN DIEGO — Under a pro-business Republican mayor, it was a no-brainer: allocating millions of dollars each year to buy national advertising for the tourism industry — a major economic driver in this vacation mecca. Then Bob Filner got...

Dream Act immigration amendment imposes graduation requirement

2013-06-05 11:40:00

WASHINGTON – Part-time college student Ray Jose arrived at Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin’s office this week with an overriding goal: To convince the West Virginia Democrat to back off his proposal to stiffen the educational requirements in the...

Senate immigration bill teeters as it tilts rightward

2013-06-05 18:34:00

WASHINGTON — The Senate immigration bill is poised to undergo a decidedly rightward shift in an attempt to attract more Republican votes, but that threatens to erode bipartisan consensus. Democratic and Republican authors of the bill have...

With Michele Bachmann out of congressional race, Democrat gives up too

2013-05-31 10:17:00

WASHINGTON -- With Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann opting against a reelection bid, the Democrat who nearly unseated her last November and was gunning for her again is now out of the race too. Jim Graves, a St. Cloud businessman, told the local...

Joe Biden: Vice president of the nation, but king of the eulogy

2013-06-06 06:00:00

WASHINGTON – Say what you will about Vice President Joe Biden – the man can deliver a eulogy. Just ask him. “I’ve spoken at more eulogies than I’d like to remember,” he said Wednesday at a service for Frank R....

Mayors Against Illegal Guns targets first Democrat

2013-05-24 14:02:00

The Michael Bloomberg-backed group Mayors Against Illegal Guns is following up on its promise to hound Senate Democrats who voted against gun control legislation in April. In an ad that launched Friday, Sen. Mark Pryor (D-Ark.) is implored by a...

Trending on: Baltimore Twitter, National Twitter Why: A new Congress takes office Thursday, and many of the same difficult issues that snagged the last one will fall into its lap.

2013-01-03 00:00:00

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden arrives for a closed-door meeting with Senate Democrats to urge them to support a tentative tax agreement with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) on Capitol Hill in Washington DC.

2012-12-31 00:00:00

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) announced Sunday that a Republican offer on the "fiscal cliff" has effectively been rejected by Democrats.

2012-12-30 11:32:05