[ad_1] CNN — A week-long early voting period begins Saturday in some Georgia counties as Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock and Republican challenger Herschel Walker enter a week-and-a-half, post-Thanksgiving sprint to their December 6 runoff election. Unlike the 2021 runoffs, control of the Senate is not on the line, with Democrats …
Read More »Dueling probes into Trump and Biden could define the 2024 campaign
[ad_1] CNN — A storm of investigations targeting leaders of both political parties will shape the 2024 campaign, but risks angering voters who just showed their frustration with their priorities being ignored. Republicans wasted no time after finally crawling last week to the 218 seats needed to win the House …
Read More »Hakeem Jeffries launches bid to be Nancy Pelosi’s successor
[ad_1] CNN — House Democrats appear likely to choose New York Rep. Hakeem Jeffries to succeed Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a potentially historic move to elect the first Black person to lead a party in Congress. Jeffries launched his bid for House Democratic leader on Friday, promising his colleagues in a …
Read More »Nancy Pelosi announces she won’t run for leadership post, marking the end of an era
[ad_1] CNN — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced on Thursday that she will relinquish her leadership post, after leading House Democrats for two decades, building a legacy as one of the most powerful and polarizing figures in American politics. Pelosi, the first and only woman to serve as speaker, said …
Read More »Republicans will control the House, but they can’t do much to fix the economy quickly
[ad_1] CNN — Congressional Republicans have repeatedly blamed President Joe Biden and their Democratic counterparts for the surge in inflation and the rocky economy. But though the GOP has captured control of the House in the midterm election, albeit by a very slim margin, there’s not much the party can …
Read More »A recipe for gridlock: Lawmakers brace for partisan feuds and legislative stalemate
[ad_1] CNN — Michigan Democratic Sen. Debbie Stabenow has seen this before. Nearly a dozen years ago when Barack Obama was president, a newly emboldened House GOP majority came to power, promising to rein in the Democratic agenda, cut spending and investigate a White House they believed had run rampant. …
Read More »Opinion: She had the most endangered seat in the US Senate. Here’s how she held onto it
[ad_1] Editor’s Note: Sheila Leslie, a long-term Nevada resident, served as a Democrat in the Nevada state legislature for 14 years. She is a columnist for the Reno Gazette-Journal and a retired human services professional. The views expressed in this commentary are her own. Read more opinion on CNN. CNN …
Read More »What to know about upcoming House leadership elections
[ad_1] CNN — A new Congress won’t be sworn in until January and control of the House has not yet been determined, but Republicans appear on track to recapture the chamber and the race to determine who will serve as the next speaker is underway. House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy …
Read More »Opinion: Nevada may be a blessing in disguise for GOP
[ad_1] Editor’s Note: David Axelrod, a senior CNN political commentator and host of “The Axe Files,” was a senior adviser to President Barack Obama and chief strategist for the 2008 and 2012 Obama presidential campaigns. The opinions expressed in this commentary are his own. View more opinion on CNN. CNN …
Read More »Pelosi says ‘horrible’ GOP reaction to husband’s attack may have turned off some voters
[ad_1] CNN — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi suggested Sunday that Republicans’ “horrible response” to the politically motivated attack on her husband last month might have turned off some voters in last week’s midterm elections. “It wasn’t just the attack. It was the Republican reaction to it, which was disgraceful,” the …
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