Nov 25, 2010 – In these areas, Republicans picked up one House seat anchored in Staten Island, two in New Hampshire and one in Washington state, and … In southwest Virginia, a 28-year veteran Democrat was beaten after voting for Henry Waxman's cap-and-trade bill. … They captured five House seats in Pennsylvania, five in Ohio, two in Indiana, four in Illinois and two in Michigan.…

Nov 24, 2010 – Interesting:Will GOP leader John Boehner get a Democratic vote for House speaker?Rep. … Boehner was endorsed last week by his Republican colleagues to replace Democrat Nancy Pelosi for speaker.…

Nov 23, 2010 – Co-chairmen Erskine Bowles, a Democrat, and Alan Simpson, a Republican, threw everything they could into a plan that they have presented … Republicans have taken a strong hold of the House and are now in the process of plotting their agenda strategies. … Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Democrat of New York, crafted as head of a commission to save the system from bankruptcy.…

Nov 23, 2010 – In the wake of Republicans’ takeover of the House, many pundits are convinced that the federal government will be at a stalemate for … That’s not a Republican or Democrat solution. That’s an American solution.…

Nov 22, 2010 – One came from Clinton White House chief of staff Erskine Bowles and former Sen. … Incoming House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said the Bowles-Simpson plan was "simply unacceptable," and other Democrats indicate no … It was hammered out in tough and protracted bargaining by House Democrat Dan Rostenkowski, Republican Sen.…

Nov 21, 2010 – Pete Sessions of Texas stood before the House Republican conference at a fundraising dinner in Washington. … Sessions said he would consider it a failure if he did not retire Nancy Pelosi and make John Boehner the Speaker of the House in 20 … Ten states, mostly in the Democrat-leaning Rust Belt and Northeast, are slated to lose seats.…

Nov 19, 2010 – Roll Call looks at the 2012 Senate battle in Wisconsin, and tosses out an intriguing possibility: [Incumbent Democrat Herb] Kohl may … However, Ryan is term-limited by House GOP rules and would need to seek a waiver to keep the budget gavel beyond 2012. … Ron Kind, who barely won his re-election bid in 2010, has been mentioned as a Democrat who might run if Kohl decides to retire.…

Nov 19, 2010 – Republicans are giddy about House Speaker Nancy Pelosi becoming Minority Leader of House Democrats. … Nancy Pelosi and the Democrat majority defeated Pence's amendment by a vote of 247-183. … The House passed the bill in 2005 despite Pelosi's opposition, but it failed in the Senate.…

Nov 19, 2010 – He got an amendment through the House in June 2009 that forbid the body scanners be used as the primary form of screening, but the … legislation hasn’t made it through the Democrat-controlled Senate.…

Nov 18, 2010 – A senior staffer for the House Democratic leadership told me this week that "the House Democrats' position has not changed" on plans … More than 60 House Democrats lost their seats on Election Day, 43 House Democrats voted to replace Pelosi as minority leader with a … But now that the House Democrat caucus has been cut down to a much more liberal minority, Pelosi and her gang are in no mood to compromise…

Nov 18, 2010 – As a member of the House, Kirk voted against repealing Don't Ask, Don't Tell. … Joe Manchin, a Democrat who is viewed as a social conservative. … Jim Webb, a Democrat who voted with Republicans on Don't Ask, Don't Tell in the Senate committee.…

Nov 18, 2010 – it's fair to say that in this month's elections voters rejected the alternative approach, best articulated by soon-to-be-former House … Let me nominate Marco Rubio, a Republican from Florida, Mark Kirk, a Republican from Illinois, and Joe Manchin, a Democrat from West … Members of the House of Representatives don't vote on treaties.…

Nov 18, 2010 – But how does Moore explain whites like Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, with an approval rating at less than 30 percent, and … "White America" does not even like voting for a white president -- if he is a Democrat.…

Nov 17, 2010 – Over the course of the last sixty years the electorate has displayed an odd tendency to flip from Democrat to Republican every two … Eisenhower won crushing landslides for the GOP in 1952 and 1956; in 1958 the Democrats took an amazing 15 Senate seats and 43 seats in House … In 1976, Jimmy Carter brought the Democrats back to the White House and captured a mammoth two-thirds majority of the House of Representatives…

Nov 17, 2010 – Tea Party favorite Joe Walsh is the winner of the surprisingly close House race in Illinois' 8th Congressional District.  … Prior to the election, few national prognosticators -- including yours truly -- gave Walsh much of a shot at picking off incumbent Democrat … Republicans picked up Barack Obama's old Senate seat and four House seats.…

Dec 6, 2010 – Many within the White House seem fearful about the intentions of Darrell Issa. … Henry Waxman developed the playbook for many Democrat-led show trials during the Bush Administration. … So that may be why the White House is nervous.…

Dec 5, 2010 – Asked about House Speaker Nancy Pelosi blasting the deficit panel’s proposed entitlement-spending cuts as “simply unacceptable,” Rendell … Senate campaign between Democrat Bob Casey Jr. and Republican Rick Santorum. … In a particularly bad year for anyone who is a Democrat, he understands political competition is never-ending – and that if you don't…

Dec 4, 2010 – In 50 districts, the Democrat won with 55 percent of the vote or less. … We must not miss this incredible opportunity to finish the task of 2010 and convert a vast number of House seats to the Republican…

Dec 4, 2010 – House of Representatives. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had a hard time in Kyrgyzstan recently. … a women's restroom by the House floor back in Washington. … And the House parliamentarian will lose his convenient-to-the-floor spacious office.…

Dec 3, 2010 – But the plan's tax-rate cuts, designed by the panel's co-chairmen -- Democrat Erskine Bowles and Republican Alan Simpson -- are to … Like Reagan, Bowles (Bill Clinton's White House chief of staff) and Simpson, a cagey and cunning former senator from Wyoming, want … House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio, who will be the next speaker, has endorsed the idea of closing tax loopholes and other…

Dec 3, 2010 – around the internet (while I was supposed to be working) and came across an item which was headed: Joe Biden Passes Up Senate Democrat … The notion that he would not come up to the Hill to meet with Democrat leaders to discuss the Administration's negotiation position … All of this does not portend a positive future in the White House for Mr. Biden.…

Dec 3, 2010 – They have become the unwelcome house guest, staying and staying and indifferent to every hint the host can give to clear out. … Try naming five House members from prior to 2000. Got that, did you? OK, try from prior to 1990. … Democrat.…

Dec 2, 2010 – (BP)--Illinois is set to legalize same-sex civil unions after its House and Senate passed a bill on consecutive days that will grant … Needing 60 votes in the House, the bill passed in that chamber Nov. 30 by a margin of 61-52, and then the next day in the Senate, 32 … James Meeks -- was the only Senate Democrat to vote against it.…

Dec 1, 2010 – Congress and White House enacted legislation raising the minimum wage law, in steps, from $5.15 an hour to $7.25. … My question to you is why would a Democrat-controlled Congress pass a measure (HR 3940), and a Democrat president sign it, that would … The White House didn't return a call seeking comment, nor did the AFL-CIO, the chief umbrella group for labor unions."…

Nov 30, 2010 – House of Representatives will return to complete its unfinished business. … One piece of such business the entire chamber, both Democrat and Republican, is dreading. … For when the People's House reconvenes, it must publicly punish Rep.…