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Dec 20, 2007 DCCC targets 40 GOP seats DCCC Targets 40 GOP Seats December 20, 2007 By David M. Drucker, Roll Call Staff The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, convinced that its vulnerable incumbents are now well-positioned for re-election, is shifting... more...
Dec 18, 2007 DemClips - Tuesday, December 18, 2007 more
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Dec 13, 2007 A galling grasp for power The decision by the Maryland State Board of Education to reappoint state schools Superintendent Nancy S. Grasmick more than six months before her contract expires is both puzzling and galling. more...
Dec 6, 2007 Poll: Twice as many Hispanics prefer Dems to Republicans WASHINGTON (CNN) � More than twice as many Hispanic voters say they favor Democrats as Republicans � the lowest level of support for President Bush�s party since shortly before his first White House run, according to a new poll released Thursday.

Fifty-seven percent of registered... more...
Nov 29, 2007 Memorial Services Scheduled for Delegate Jane E. Lawton �We have lost both a rising legislative star and a long-time Democratic pillar of energy and strength in Montgomery County. Jane Lawton became a Delegate in 2005 but she was one of the most remarkable members of the Democratic Party�s long-time community of experienced and enthusiastic volunteer... more...
Nov 7, 2007 Beshear Unseats Fletcher in Landslide Beshear easily wins victory nearly 60% to 40% more
Oct 26, 2007 Baltimore Sun column on our October 24 Presidential Candidates Surrogates' Forum more
Sep 24, 2007 Florida Democrats Affirm an Early Primary PEMBROKE PINES, Fla., Sept. 23 � The Florida Democratic Party announced Sunday that it would move ahead with its plan to hold its presidential primary on Jan. 29 despite the national party�s decision to block the state delegation from the 2008 Democratic convention. State party leaders said... more...
Sep 6, 2007 'I am back' Sen. Johnson vows to keep working for S.D. more
Aug 31, 2007 Justice Dept. Probing Whether Gonzales Lied By Dan Eggen and Paul Kane Washington Post Staff Writer and washingtonpost.com Staff Writer Friday, August 31, 2007; Page A01 The Justice Department 's inspector general indicated yesterday that he is investigating whether departing Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales... more...
Aug 27, 2007 DNC Strips Florida Of 2008 Delegates No Convention Slots Unless Later Primary Is Set By Michael D. Shear Washington Post Staff Writer Sunday, August 26, 2007; Page A01 The Democratic National Committee sought to seize control of its unraveling nominating process yesterday, rejecting pleas from state party... more...
Aug 12, 2007 War Protesters March on Cheney�s Home in Wyoming more
Aug 9, 2007 Minorities Now Form Majority in One-Third of Most-Populous Counties By SAM ROBERTS Published: August 9, 2007 In a further sign of the United States� growing diversity, nonwhites now make up a majority in almost one-third of the most-populous counties in the country and in nearly one in 10 of all 3,100 counties, according to an analysis of census... more...
Aug 8, 2007 Edwards Makes Courting Labor a Key Strategy in Bid for Nomination Backing Meant Little for 2004 Candidates By Dan Balz Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, August 7, 2007; Page A05 CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, Aug. 6 -- Former senator John Edwards of North Carolina came to a labor hall here Monday morning for a speech on trade policy, but he had... more...
Jul 17, 2007 Obama Faces the Test Dean Failed: Broadening Support By Anne E. Kornblut and Perry Bacon Jr. Washington Post Staff Writers Tuesday, July 17, 2007; Page A01 He raises tens of millions of dollars over a few months. His supporters are passionate, almost fanatical. And his grass-roots movement threatens a more established... more...
Jul 17, 2007 Richardson courts women voters in N.H. By PHILIP ELLIOTT | Associated Press Mon Jul 16, 2007 3:23 pm CONCORD, N.H. � Presidential hopeful Bill Richardson said he will not concede the women�s vote to rival Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and opened his courtship of the important Democratic voting bloc Monday by pledging... more...
Jul 17, 2007 Obama�s Camp Cultivates Crop in Small Donors By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK , MIKE McINTIRE and JEFF ZELENY Published: July 17, 2007 WASHINGTON, July 16 � Senator Barack Obama was the guest of honor at a dinner at the luxurious Mark Hopkins Hotel in San Francisco this spring with a few hundred lawyers, executives and investors.... more...
Jul 3, 2007 Only Libby smiling today Robert Novak column - President Bush's commutation of Scooter Libby's sentence pleased but did not fully satisfy restive conservatives, while enraging his liberal critics. Libby himself can breathe a sigh of relief that he does not have to serve prison time, but hardly anybody else is all that... more
Jun 26, 2007 GOP blocks Union Bill in Senate The outcome was not a surprise, with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., saying for months that he would stop the legislation in the Senate. The White House also made it clear that if the bill passed Congress it would be vetoed. more
Jun 20, 2007 Coal-to-Liquid Provision Stalls The Senate yesterday rejected two additions to an energy bill that would have pumped billions of federal dollars into efforts to ramp up production of a coal-based fuel for cars and trucks, which proponents had called an important alternative to petroleum. more
May 22, 2007 Richardson's Bid Is Now Official LOS ANGELES, May 21 -- New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson established another landmark in the 2008 campaign Monday, becoming the first Hispanic Democrat to seek the presidency of the United States. Richardson, 59, the son of a Mexican mother and half-Mexican father, made his candidacy official at... more...
May 22, 2007 Richardson's Bid Is Now Official LOS ANGELES, May 21 -- New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson established another landmark in the 2008 campaign Monday, becoming the first Hispanic Democrat to seek the presidency of the United States. Richardson, 59, the son of a Mexican mother and half-Mexican father, made his candidacy official at... more...
May 16, 2007 Clinton, Obama to Back Vote to Cut Off Funding for Troops in Iraq By Shailagh Murray Washington Post Staff Writer Wednesday, May 16, 2007; Page A04 Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton ( N.Y. ) and Barack Obama ( Ill. ) announced yesterday that they will support a symbolic vote to cut off funding for combat troops in Iraq within a year, an... more...
May 11, 2007 Mr. Bush Alone The difference between mainstream hawks and mainstream doves on Iraq seems to have boiled down to two months, with House Democrats now demanding visible progress by July while moderate Republicans are willing to give White House policies until September, but no longer, to show results. Then... more...
May 11, 2007 Michelle Obama's Career Timeout By Anne E. Kornblut Washington Post Staff Writer Friday, May 11, 2007; Page A01 CHICAGO -- For the first time in her adult life, Michelle Obama is about to be unemployed. She never aspired to be a stay-at-home wife or mother. For years she wrestled with the issues that... more...
May 8, 2007 How Big a Stretch? For Barack Obama, Winning the White House Would Mean Bridging The Biggest Gap Of All By Lynne Duke Washington Post Staff Writer Monday, May 7, 2007; Page C01 They watch him. They listen to him talk. Is he the kind of person they think he is? The kind of black man? The stakes... more...
May 8, 2007 On Poverty, Edwards Faces Old Hurdles Critics Say He Brings Few Fresh Ideas to Signature Issue By Alec MacGillis Washington Post Staff Writer Monday, May 7, 2007; Page A01 ALLENDALE, S.C. -- His rivals for the Democratic presidential nomination were busy April 26 preparing for their first televised debate, but... more...
May 6, 2007 O'Malley Taps Adkins to Head Veterans Affairs Gov. Martin O'Malley (D) is scheduled to announce the appointment of James Adkins as his new secretary of Veterans Affairs tomorrow, say several sources with knowledge of the decision. more...
Apr 29, 2007 Young aide's link to Abramoff sheds new light on Marianas bill
The guilty plea last week by a former senior committee aide to Rep. Don Young sheds new light on the circumstances surrounding Young�s success seven years ago in blocking reforms of the sweatshop industry on the Mariana Islands.

But the plea also raises new questions about why... more
Apr 25, 2007 Abramoff Scandal Closes in on Young more
Apr 20, 2007 Wolfowitz Backed Friend for Iraq Contract in �03 By THOM SHANKER and STEVEN R. WEISMAN Published: April 20, 2007 WASHINGTON, April 19 � Paul D. Wolfowitz , while serving as deputy secretary of defense, personally recommended that his companion, Shaha Ali Riza, be awarded a contract for travel to Iraq in 2003 to... more...
Apr 17, 2007 Final War Funding Bill in Works: U.S. Divided on Pullout, Favor Congress to Set Policy, Poll Finds Democrats appear to be standing on firm political ground, as they work toward a final bill. A Washington Post-ABC News poll of 1,141 adults, conducted April 12-15, found that 58 percent trusted the Democrats in Congress to do a better job handling the situation in Iraq, compared with 33 percent... more
Apr 5, 2007 Dispatch - Boehner, Hobson clash on Pelosi trip; Ohio Republicans disagree on mission to Syria Rep. David L. Hobson of Springfield, who joined Pelosi and other lawmakers in a meeting yesterday with Syrian President Bashar Assad, disagreed with Boehner that Pelosi "came here to embarrass Bush. I think she came here to reinforce certain policies, understand the region better and have the... more
Mar 30, 2007 Ex-Aide Says He�s Lost Faith in Bush
AUSTIN, Tex., March 29 � In 1999, Matthew Dowd became a symbol of George W. Bush�s early success at positioning himself as a Republican with Democratic appeal.

A top strategist for the Texas Democrats who was disappointed by the Bill Clinton years, Mr. Dowd was impressed by... more
Mar 27, 2007 Maryland Primary Date Now February 12 February 12th "mid-Atlantic Primary" Bill Passes House and Senate; MD Senate votes 46 - 1 for Final Passage; Maryland and Virginia Link with DC Expected to Join more...
Mar 8, 2007 Unions To Delay Supporting A Candidate By Dan Balz Washington Post Staff Writer Thursday, March 8, 2007; Page A14 Leaders of the AFL-CIO pledged yesterday to consult more widely with workers before making a decision about endorsing a candidate for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination and strongly urged... more...
Mar 8, 2007 Inquiry Into Ouster of U.S. Attorneys Moves Toward Subpoenas at Justice Department By DAVID JOHNSTON Published: March 8, 2007 WASHINGTON , March 7 � The Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday took the first step toward issuing subpoenas to five Justice Department officials whose names have surfaced in Congressional testimony about the dismissals of eight... more...
Feb 6, 2007 Dispatch - Audit of Blackwell office requested The shredding of documents before J. Kenneth Blackwell left office as secretary of state is one reason his successor wants a complete audit of the office. The new secretary of state, Jennifer L. Brunner, hand-delivered a letter yesterday to Auditor Mary Taylor seeking a top-tobottom review of... more
Jan 22, 2007 N.M. Governor Joins Presidential Race New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson began a run for the Democratic presidential nomination yesterday, betting that his long r�sum� and Hispanic heritage will boost his chances in a field already stocked with better-known candidates. "I am taking this step because we have to repair the damage... more...
Jan 17, 2007 Race and Gender Make Democrats' Field Historic Democrats moved a step closer yesterday to what shapes up as one of the most historic and compelling contests ever for their party's presidential nomination, a study in contrasting styles and candidacies in which race and gender play central roles in the competition. At center stage stand Sen.... more...
Jan 17, 2007 Race and Gender Make Democrats' Field Historic Democrats moved a step closer yesterday to what shapes up as one of the most historic and compelling contests ever for their party's presidential nomination, a study in contrasting styles and candidacies in which race and gender play central roles in the competition. At center stage stand Sen.... more...
Jan 1, 2007 U.S. death toll in Iraq reaches 3,000 WASHINGTON (AP) -- The day after Saddam Hussein's execution, the death toll for Americans killed in the Iraq war reached 3,000 as President Bush struggles to salvage a military campaign that has scant public support.
The death of a Texas soldier, announced Sunday by the Pentagon, comes as... more...
Dec 6, 2006 O'Malley's brother to join Smith's staff
Governor-elect Martin O'Malley's brother will be Baltimore County Executive Jim Smith's chief of staff, Smith announced in a statement today. Peter O'Malley will replace Ann Beegle effective January 2, 2007
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Nov 29, 2006 Feds to Toughen E-Voting Standards? more
Nov 28, 2006 Reid: Ethics, Stem Cells Atop Senate Agenda more
Nov 17, 2006 Carville Simply Wrong on Howard Dean and DNC I find it difficult to express my severe disappointment with my former hero, James Carville. When Carville appeared on the national political scene, he was a real breathe of fresh air. more...
Nov 11, 2006 O'Malley got boost from Baltimore County Executive
O'Malley's campaign said that Baltimore County Democrats - most prominently Smith and east-side County Councilman John Olszewski Sr. - were instrumental in the win.
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Nov 10, 2006 Democrats Take Control of U.S. Senate As Allen Concedes to Webb in Va. Democrat James Webb, who campaigned for Virginia's U.S. Senate seat by opposing the war in Iraq and calling for economic fairness, yesterday succeeded in his improbable bid to unseat Republican George Allen, giving the Democrats a 51-seat majority and control of both houses of Congress. more
Nov 9, 2006 A Steele Democrat Looks Back
The ugly, last-ditch efforts by Republicans Bob Ehrlich and Michael Steele to win over black voters in Prince George's County were "over the top," "foolish," "counterproductive," and "an unnecessary attempt to confuse voters," says one of the five prominent black Democrats who switched sides... more
Oct 25, 2006 Bushism research more
Oct 10, 2006 Poll: Dems gain big lead more
Oct 6, 2006 Democrats say 2004 Election Data was Altered JUNEAU, Alaska � Alaska Democratic Party officials say the 2004 election data they sued the state to get may have been changed this year, and they want to know why. more
Aug 31, 2006 New York Times - Ohio to Delay Destruction of Presidential Ballots With paper ballots from the 2004 presidential election in Ohio scheduled to be destroyed next week, the secretary of state in Columbus, under pressure from critics, said yesterday that he would move to delay the destruction at least for several months. Since the election, questions have been... more...
Aug 14, 2006 Dispatch - Liberal, moderate faith groups team to counter religious right Liberals and moderates who feel their faith has been co-opted are organizing to counter what they say is the religious right's overemphasis on hot-button topics at the expense of other social justice matters. more...
Jul 24, 2006 Bush violating Constitution The president has overstepped his authority in attaching challenges to hundreds of new laws. more
Jul 14, 2006 Most Americans Plan to Vote for Democrats Republicans are in jeopardy of losing their grip on Congress in November. With less than four months to the midterm elections, the latest Associated Press-Ipsos poll found that Americans by an almost 3-to-1 margin hold the GOP-controlled Congress in low regard and profess a desire to see... more...
Jul 12, 2006 Ivins: Republicans feed politics of greed while poor go hungry I don't get it. What's the percentage in keeping the minimum wage at $5.15 an hour? After nine years? This is such an unnecessary and nasty Republican move. Congress has voted seven times to raise its own wages since last the minimum wage budged. Of course, Congress always raises its own salary... more...
Jul 7, 2006 Beacon Journal - Democratic flag bearers Ohio-bound Sen. John Edwards and Sen. Hilary Clinton will be featured speakers at a national convention starting this weekend in Columbus. more...
Jul 5, 2006 Deeds and Words Michael Steele, the lieutenant governor, is currently a man of few words, and it's easy to see why. Nearly every time he opens his mouth in public, something slips out that shows either willful ignorance or breathtaking insensitivity.
Steele has estimated that he will need some 25 percent of... more
Jun 13, 2006 Post - Democrats closing fundraising gap with Republicans A surge in small, individual contributions is lifting Democratic campaigns this year and is helping close a Republican fundraising advantage that has existed for years in national politics. more...
Jun 13, 2006 Biden Effort Creates �Special Envoy� to Help End Genocide in Sudan Today Congress approved the establishment an office for a Special Envoy for Sudan at the Department of State. The provision, authored by Senator Joseph R. Biden, Jr., was approved as part of the FY 2006 Supplemental spending bill. more...
Jun 10, 2006 Dems pamper neglected reds Holland said the DNC's resources have already allowed the party to reach rural parts of the state where it has been absent for years, it has revived atrophied local party organizations and recruited a record number of candidates.
Specifically, Holland cites progress in building the... more...
Jun 9, 2006 Dems hold united rally after divided primary The state�s top Democrats, including a few former rivals, joined hands Thursday morning to show support for gubernatorial nominee Chet Culver and lay out a plan of attack against Republican opponent Jim Nussle. more...
May 24, 2006 Daily News - Democrats unveil TV ad against Blackwell The Ohio Democratic Party has launched a TV ad attacking Republican J. Kenneth Blackwell right where Blackwell is supposed to be strongest � as a man of strongly held beliefs who sticks to them. more...
May 22, 2006 A Restive Base Throws the GOP Off Balance Dismay, and hints at rebellion, in the party's conservative core don't bode well for November. more...
May 17, 2006 Confidence In GOP Is At New Low in Poll Democrats Favored To Address Issues more...
May 3, 2006 Dispatch - It's Blackwell vs. Strickland Congressman Ted Strickland rolled to an easy primary victory, setting the stage for what will be an expensive, highly contested general election battle against Ken Blackwell. more
May 1, 2006 Dean's Broad Brush Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean's much-debated "50 state strategy" made its national debut on Saturday with more than 1,000 voter-canvassing events across the country, designed to spread the party's message through neighbor-to-neighbor contact. more...
May 1, 2006 Blade - Dems push for takeover in U.S. House The push to take back the U.S. House begins in Ohio, as Democrats are targeting up to five Congressional seats for victory. more
May 1, 2006 Can Techie Oust Orrin Hatch? This has all the makings of a classic Old West showdown between Hatch -- seemingly beholden to the entertainment companies who contribute to his campaigns -- and... more...
Apr 20, 2006 White House Shifts Into Survival Mode In a White House known for both defiance and optimism, yesterday's senior staff changes represent a frank acknowledgment of the trouble in which President Bush now finds himself. more
Apr 19, 2006 White House spokesman stepping down White House spokesman Scott McClellan says he's "ready to move on." more
Apr 18, 2006 Biden, Democratic Senators Blast Bush for Gasoline Prices WASHINGTON, April 18, 2006 (AFP) - Democrats on Tuesday accused President George W. Bush of an "absence of leadership" for failing to slow the rapid rise of US gasoline (petrol) prices, which now have breached the three dollars per gallon mark in parts of the country. more
Apr 18, 2006 Democrats File Lawsuit To Get 2004 Election Records Anchorage - The Alaska Democratic Party filed suit in Superior Court today seeking to force the Division of Elections to release public records needed to verify the 2004 election results. more...
Apr 17, 2006 E-Mails Tie chief of staff to Rep. Chris Cannon (R-Utah), to Abramoff In April 2002, when Safavian was chief of staff to Rep. Chris Cannon (R-Utah), he and Abramoff exchanged e-mails about Safavian's interest in working for Abramoff's law firm, Greenberg Traurig. Then, on April 17, Safavian e-mailed: "you and I need to talk. I was just offered the chief of staff... more...
Apr 17, 2006 Local office seekers get pointers on campaigning Political candidates are made rather than born, according to Joseph Casados, a New Mexico State Democratic Party regional organizer. more...
Apr 17, 2006 Anger at Bush May Hurt GOP At Polls; Turnout Could Favor Democrats Intense and widespread opposition to President Bush is likely to be a sharp spur driving voters to the polls in this fall's midterm elections, according to strategists in both parties, a phenomenon that could give Democrats a turnout advantage over Republicans for the first time in recent years. more...
Apr 11, 2006 Records in N.H. Election Phone Jamming case show White House ties Democratic National Committee spokesman Damien LaVera said Monday: "With every development in this case, there are new questions about the extent to which key national Republicans had knowledge of or were involved in a criminal scheme to keep New Hampshire voters from getting to the polls. The... more...
Apr 2, 2006 Gen. Clark: Bush took U.S. on 'path to nowhere' more
Mar 27, 2006 Dispatch - Bush showing signs of losing support among Ohio Republicans Almost a third of Ohio�s registered Republicans now dis-approve of Bush�s handling of Iraq, a new Dispatch Poll taken in the days surrounding the war�s third anniversary shows. more...
Mar 24, 2006 Some GOP flee from Bush, but not his money Even as some Republicans are becoming increasingly defiant on a range of issues, they're still lining up dutifully for the president's campaign dollars. "I would be shocked if a legitimate Republican candidate, not just a fringe candidate, who got word that the president was coming to do a... more...
Mar 23, 2006 Democrats create website critical of Republican Jim Nussle Last year Republicans created a website to criticize Democrat Governor Tom Vilsack's out-of-state travel. Now, Democrats have created a website to criticize the Republican candidate for governor's actions in Washington, D.C. more...
Mar 22, 2006 New Mexico Democrats call for Bush impeachment ALBUQUERQUE (AP) - The New Mexico Democratic Party is calling for President Bush's removal from office. Party Chairman John Wertheim said Tuesday that delegates to Saturday's state party convention supported a call for the president's impeachment largely because of "perceived abuses of power... more...
Mar 22, 2006 Spend-and-spend Republicans Our Position: U.S. can't afford any more 'get tough' pledges. more...
Mar 14, 2006 Grassroots movement sets Democratic record for Phil Avillo�s Congressional candidacy YORK, PA � Phil Avillo, candidate for the 19th Congressional District, said he was humbled and honored by the record number of nominating signatures gathered for a Democratic candidate for this office in recent history. �This was a real grassroots effort,� said the York College professor, a... more...
Mar 13, 2006 Blue Crab Newsletter, March 13, 2006 Steele's Deal, Regulating Ehrlich, Comcast Networks, Letters to the Editor more...
Mar 7, 2006 CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll - Democrats Stretch Lead in Vote for Congress Fourteen-point Democratic lead is among the widest since 1994 more...
Feb 26, 2006 Democrats Look for Historic Shift in Governors' Races Republicans face a potential upheaval in the states this November, with Democrats positioned to capture a majority of the governorships for the first time since 1990 and seize an early advantage in the 2008 presidential contest. more...
Feb 6, 2006 Handful of Races May Tip Control of Congress Not since 1994 has the party in power -- in this case the Republicans -- faced such a discouraging landscape in a midterm election. more
Feb 4, 2006 Coretta Scott King honored About 50 honor King's widow Tribute recalls ways she served more
Jan 31, 2006 Democrats offer $111 million energy plan House Democrats proposed Monday the state invest more than $111 million in an alternative energy and renewable fuels plan that would expand the use of ethanol and biodiesel, create jobs, invest in research and development and establish a renewable fuel standard. more...
Jan 19, 2006 Support he Democratic Honest Leadership and Open Government Act End ALL Gifts from Lobbyists. Skyboxes at football games. Steak dinners at the most expensive restaurants in town. Golf trips at the finest courses in the world. Such are the perks that have greased the wheels of Republican corruption, and it ends now. more...
Jan 19, 2006 Enquirer - Howard Dean calls Ohio the center of corruption DNC Chairman Howard Dean called Ohio the national center of corruption scandals during a visit to the Statehouse Wednesday to unveil an eight-point congressional ethics petition. more...
Jan 5, 2006 Women's Groups Launch Campaign Against Alito Nomination NEW YORK - Leading women's rights groups in the United States are starting a nationwide campaign this week to block the Supreme Court nomination of a conservative judge who is known for his extremist views on women's reproductive rights. more...
Jan 5, 2006 3 GOP Senators Blast Bush Bid to Bypass Torture Ban WASHINGTON -- Three key Republican senators yesterday condemned President Bush's assertion that his powers as commander in chief give him the authority to bypass a new law restricting the use of torture when interrogating detainees. more
Dec 2, 2005 Stench of sleaze rises from Congress It takes two to commit bribery � the person who takes the bribe and the person who gives it. more...
Nov 20, 2005 What I Knew Before the Invasion By Former Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Bob Graham more...
Nov 16, 2005 Wellstone Action For Change Wellstone Action is a national training center for people interested in progressive change. Our goal is to help activists win on issues and elect progressive candidates. more
Nov 14, 2005 Shreveport Times: Abandon cuts to student loans (Editorial) Proposed cuts to student loans are a tiny part of the overall federal budget but a really big issue for the poor college student struggling to make ends meet and looking toward post-graduation expenses. more
Nov 14, 2005 CNN: Poll: Bush approval mark at all-time low (CNN) -- Beset with an unpopular war and an American public increasingly less trusting, President Bush faces the lowest approval rating of his presidency, according to a national poll released Monday. more
Nov 14, 2005 Supreme Court Refuses to Lift Ban on Voting Rights for Convicted Felons more
Nov 13, 2005 Washington Post: The Right Way in Iraq (Op-Ed) An op-ed by former Senator and 2004 Vice Presidental nominee John Edwards (D- NC) more
Nov 12, 2005 Times-Picayune: Vote of Confidence (Editorial) New Orleans has long been a contender for national political conventions; making the short list for both parties in recent years and hosting the 1988 convention that nominated the first President Bush. more
Nov 10, 2005 Democrats score election victories across U.S. NEW YORK - Democrats made strong gains in the United States' off-year elections, sinking a state governor's candidate who embraced U.S. President George W. Bush in the final days of the campaign. They also turned back the efforts of California's Republican Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to... more
Nov 10, 2005 Kaine Puts Roads at Top of Agenda, Says Virginia GOP's Ads 'Backfired' Kaine savored the latest Democratic win in a state known for its fidelity to the GOP in recent years. At a morning news conference in Richmond, he declared that voters had rejected the Kilgore campaign's attacks on his record. more
Nov 10, 2005 For GOP, 2006 Now Looms Much Larger Tuesday's election results intensified Republican anxiety that next year's midterm contests could bring serious losses more
Nov 9, 2005 AP - Democrats win elections in NJ, VA., California Democrats cleaned up big in off-year elections from New Jersey to California, sinking the candidate who embraced President Bush in the final days of the Virginia governor's campaign. more...
Nov 9, 2005 Voters reject Schwarzenegger initiatives In a stinging rebuke from voters who elected him two years ago, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's efforts to reshape state government were rejected during a special election that darkened his prospects for a second term. more
Nov 9, 2005 Democrats celebrate governor wins; Republicans look ahead The head of the Democratic Party says voters "want the nation to go in a different way." more
Nov 7, 2005 Daschle: Democrats must offer fresh ideas Former U.S. Sen. Tom Daschle of South Dakota told Iowa Democrats Saturday their party must offer fresh ideas in 2006 if it hopes to capitalize on what he called the �incompetence�� of the Republican Party. more...
Nov 4, 2005 CNN: 'Can I quit now?' FEMA chief wrote as Katrina raged; E-mails give insight into Brown's leadership, attitude WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A Louisiana congressman says e-mails written by the government's emergency response chief as Hurricane Katrina raged show a lack of concern for the unfolding tragedy and a failure in leadership. more
Nov 3, 2005 The Hill: The Democrats stand for change (Op-Ed) An op-ed by DCCC Chairman Rahm Emanuel (D-Ill.) more
Oct 30, 2005 Deal Near on Democratic Presidential Schedule A plan to shuffle the 2008 Democratic presidential calendar -- placing several states between the traditional Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire primary -- is gaining momentum on a commission studying the party's nominating process. more...
Oct 27, 2005 Miers withdraws nomination to Supreme Court President Bush on Thursday accepted the withdrawal of Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers, according to a statement from the White House. more
Oct 24, 2005 Biden seeks support in Ky. a visit here Saturday by Sen. Joe Biden, a Delaware Democrat testing the waters for a possible 2008 presidential run, attracted a large crowd of supporters that included some of the party's top state and local leaders. more
Oct 21, 2005 Students protest potential cuts in aid On a brisk, sun-filled afternoon, students wearing black-and-white striped shirts informed passersby of a chilling proposal. Introduced by Rep. Jim Nussle, R-Iowa, and Sen. Judd Gregg, R-N.H., the Budget Reallocation bill proposes to eliminate $9 billion in student aid programs, according to the... more...
Oct 20, 2005 Rep. DeLay to appear in Texas for booking Rep. Tom DeLay is expected to turn himself in to the sheriff's office in his home county of Fort Bend, Texas, on Thursday for booking on state conspiracy and money-laundering charges. more
Oct 14, 2005 Bush approval rating dips to 39 percent President George W. Bush's job approval rating has fallen to a new low of 39 percent in an NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll released on Wednesday. more...
Oct 13, 2005 Democrats See Dream of '06 Victory Taking Form Suddenly, Democrats see a possibility in 2006 they have long dreamed of: a sweeping midterm election framed around what they describe as the simple choice of change with the Democrats or more of an unpopular status quo with the Republican majority. more...
Oct 5, 2005 Can This Nomination Be Justified? washingtonpost.com Can This Nomination Be Justified? By George F. Will Wednesday, October 5, 2005 ; A23 Senators beginning what ought to be a protracted and exacting scrutiny of Harriet Miers should be guided by three rules. First, it is not important... more...
Sep 28, 2005 Breaking News: House Majority Leader Tom Delay Indicted Republican House Majority Leader Tom DeLay Indicted on Criminal Charges DCCC 9/28/2005 Tom DeLay, the most powerful Republican the House has ever seen, is under indictment for criminal conspiracy related to illegal corporate fundraising. Senate Leader Bill Frist and White House... more...
Sep 16, 2005 New Challengers in Missouri, Arizona Two vulnerable incumbent Republican senators in key states are sweating in the late summer heat this week after exciting new Democratic challengers announced bids to unseat them in 2006. more...
Jul 12, 2005 GSA/FDA Dedicate Center for Drug Evaluation And Research (CDER) Office Building I in White Oak, Maryland GSA/FDA Dedicate Center for Drug Evaluation And Research (CDER) Office Building I in White Oak, Maryland Tuesday July 12, 11:35 am ET Ceremony Marks Completion of the Largest Building on Campus more...
Jun 24, 2005 At Blair, local Democrats hold press conference to counter President Bush When the presidential motorcade, the long line of buses carrying audience members, and most of the protesters left the vicinity of Blair, high-profile Maryland Democrats including Senator Ida G. Ruben set up their own press conference to voice their opposition to President George W. Bush's Social... more
Dec 13, 2004 MD Democrats Elect Lierman Chairman The Maryland Democratic Party�s Central Committee unanimously elected Terry Lierman, a Bethesda businessman and community activist, as its new party chair to kick off the next election cycle. Mr. Lierman thanked the Democratic state committee for their support, heaped praise on outgoing Chair... more...
Dec 13, 2004 MD Democrats Elect Lierman Chairman The Maryland Democratic Party�s Central Committee unanimously elected Terry Lierman, a Bethesda businessman and community activist, as its new party chair to kick off the next election cycle. Mr. Lierman thanked the Democratic state committee for their support, heaped praise on outgoing Chair... more...
Nov 29, 2004 Where�s the Truth? Ehrlich caught in web of misinformation. Last Monday, Nov. 22nd, on WBAL�s Chip Franklin show, Governor Ehrlich accused Baltimore Sun reporter David Nitkin (the author of a series of articles detailing Ehrlich�s secret land deal) and columnist Michael Olesker of journalist fraud. �When a series of stories is written with incredibly... more...

Arlington Community News

Nov 7, 2007 Democrats Seize Control of Virginia Senate Democrats wrested control of the Senate from the Republicans in yesterday's legislative elections, picking up the four seats they needed to give them a majority of at least 21 to 19 and end a decade of GOP dominance in the chamber. more
Sep 14, 2007 Democratic Reform Committee �On the Right Track' It's a delicate political balancing act: Finding a way to impose a code of civility on political campaigns without being accused of censoring candidates. And it's the Arlington County Democratic Committee up on the high wire. The party's Electoral Practices Commission held a public forum Sept. 12... more

Campaign News

May 24, 2007 Democrats Banking on a Bush vs. Kaine Turnout Virginia Democrats are hoping two men will become the face of the party's efforts to make substantial inroads in the General Assembly this year. The first is a popular Democratic governor who has just completed a remarkable series of high-profile events. The second is a Republican president who... more...

Civil Rights

Mar 14, 2008 Democratic Party embracing the faithful With a Pentecostal minister at the helm, the committee planning the Democratic National Convention in Denver this August is determined to demonstrate that the party has overcome its squeamishness about religion, and that its big tent will accommodate religious believers. Some Democratic... more
Nov 17, 2006 With new majority in House & Senate, Democrats find their teeth again. U.S. Senator Patric Leahy requests new documents from Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez regarding U.S. interrogation procedures and potential abuse of prisoners in U.S. custody around the world. more...
Jan 17, 2006 Gore Assails Domestic Wiretapping Program Former Vice President Al Gore called Monday for an independent investigation of President Bush's domestic spying program, contending the president "repeatedly and insistently" broke the law by eavesdropping on Americans without court approval. Speaking on Martin Luther King Jr.'s national... more
Jan 7, 2006 Poll: Most Say U.S. Needs Warrant to Snoop A majority of Americans want the Bush administration to get court approval before eavesdropping on people inside the United States, even if those calls might involve suspected terrorists, an AP-Ipsos poll shows. Over the past three weeks, President Bush and top aides have defended the electronic... more
Dec 20, 2005 Both Parties Call For Bush Spy Probe Five members of the Senate Intelligence Committee called Tuesday for a major Senate investigation into President Bush's approval of electronic spying on American citizens, reports CBS News' Tom Foty. California Democrat Dianne Feinstein wants the Intelligence and Judiciary committees to jointly... more
Dec 20, 2005 Democrats say briefings on domestic wiretapping weren't approvals Some Democrats in Congress say the briefings they got on domestic wiretaps shouldn't be interpreted as approvals. They're taking issue with suggestions by President Bush and his senior advisers that the plan to eavesdrop without warrants was fully vetted. West Virginia Senator Jay Rockefeller,... more
Nov 10, 2005 The Inconsistency of the Morally Dizzy--by Sister Joan Chittister An Episcopalian church in Pasadena is being investigated by the Internal Revenue Service for violations of its tax-exempt status because last year during presidential election season, its former rector, the Rev. George Regas, gave a sermon against war. The IRS has not taken action, however, in... more

Crime and Justice

Jul 3, 2007 Bush Commutes Libby's Prison Sentence By Amy Goldstein Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, July 3, 2007; Page A01 President Bush commuted the sentence of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby yesterday, sparing Vice President Cheney 's former chief of staff 2 1/2 years in prison after a federal appea