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Reporters Carl Hulse and Robert Pear teamed up in the New York Times to lament the decline of cooperation in Congress -- a hypocritical stretch in particular for Hulse, whose reporting invariably has a partisan Democratic tone. The slant was clear in this survey of wisdom from four retiring congressmen, two Democrats and two Republicans. While dubious talk of compromise emanated from the mouths of fiery liberals Rep. Henry Waxman and Sen. Tom Harkin, painting themselves in flattering fashion, th...

The Democrats for Border Security Task Force speak during a press conference, urging Congress to work together on bipartisan border security solutions.

In 2002, John B. Judis and Ruy Teixeira made a prediction. In their book The Emerging Democratic Majority, they famously argued that demographic changes in the American electorate would, over time, naturally deliver consistent majorities to a Democratic Party that dominated growing voting blocs like urban dwellers, people of color, and the educated professional class. The key caveat to their 2002 prediction was that Democrats would also need to retain a little under half, give or take, of the wo

Mr. Bliley, a former Richmond mayor elected to the US House as a fierce Republican ally of the tobacco industry but who later helped force the release of internal company documents on health risks that led to landmark legal settlements, died Nov. 16 at his home in Henrico Country, Va.

Similar proposals to restrict lawmakers’ tenures that the party pushed in the 1990s went nowhere. In this new Congress, the result is likely to be the same.

In a recent CNN interview, Senator Sanders criticized the midterms focus on abortion over wealth inequality. His rationale ignores the cost of having children.

If you think there is no avenue to remove a case when one of the parties is a forum defendant, think again. A process known as “snap removal” has gained the approval of all of the...

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Progressive immigration attorney Jessica Cisneros is calling for a recount after finishing a fiercely contested South Texas Democratic primary runoff 281 votes behind longtime congressman Henry Cuellar.

The pro-Israel group, which is involved with direct political spending this year for the first time, has opposed progressive candidates backed by Mr. Sanders.