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The Atlantic Democrats Are Short on Votes and Long on Irony The party’s signature election-reform bill faces long odds in Congress, in part because of the problems it seeks to address. 6:30 AM ET Alamy / Getty / Adam Maida / The Atlantic Call it a catch-535: Democrats in Congress are trying to pass a huge slate of voting-related reforms, under the name of the For the People Act, or H.R. 1, that could aggressively reshape U.S. elections, change the way Americans vote, and also go a long way toward alleviating the Democratic Party’s structural electoral disadvantages. But the Democrats have...

The Atlantic In the contemporary American political system, the parties are always changing—but they don’t simply disappear. March 10, 2021 Paul Spella / The Atlantic After the 2002 midterm elections, in which Republicans defied history and added to their House majority, excited GOP figures began speaking of a “permanent majority,” or at least one that would last a generation. George W. Bush’s reelection victory two years later affirmed that Democrats were in disarray: The era of big government was over, Bill Clinton had left a vacuum behind, and Republicans were ascendant. The 2006...

♪. ed: as the impeachment push continues in congress we'll look at how it affects the balance of power in the house. democrat hold majority by 36 seats. advertising analytics says, republicans and their allies spent $8 million so far on impeachment related tv ads. that is three times as much as democrats and their supporters. let's bring in national republican congressional chair, minnesota congressman tom emmert. congressman, good to have you in. >> good morning, ed. thanks for having me. ed: you are outspending democrats big time which might surprise people because democrats might capitali...

By outside groups. that's quite a lot. $571 million on house races. the money making more difficult to keep these races focused on what you really want to do for your community. it is about immigration. it's about healthcare an it is about president trump. >> it is. it is intentionally about president trump. both parties, i don't know parties, but president trump and the democrats made it their strategic imperative to nationalize this election. for donald trump, to bring those voters back out that he won in 2016. for the democrats, because donald trump is the number one issue for democratic vo...

Have i not personally democrats -- if they're doing anything, it's wrong. this is awful message that they're sending out. ryan, why do you think this republican pac felt empowered to release an ad like this. >> one thing and alice can speak to this, correct me if i'm wrong, alice but arkansas hasn't sent a democrat to washington in over a decade now. >> right. >> the house or senate. and representative hill is actually in a surprisingly difficult race so there's a lot of money being spent on the race by outside groups. and let's be clear, the ad is note intended to gin up black support for hil...