Democrats
Democrats Won't Let Republicans Speak In Coronavirus Hearings If They Don’t Wear Masks
“We’re not going to have another meeting in a confined space if we’re not going to abide by this,” Democratic Rep. Jim Clyburn told Republicans.
Kadia Goba
Symbolic Gestures Are Not Enough
As Black Lives Matter protests yield results, it’s become harder to ignore the gulf between well-meaning but ultimately worthless gestures and real, radical change.
Shannon Keating
House Democrats Are Pushing To Remove The Names Of Confederate Officers From Military Bases After Trump Defended Them
Rep. Yvette Clarke’s bill would require the government to rename 10 military bases. Trump defended the “Magnificent and Fabled Military Installations” named for Confederate officers.
Kadia Goba
Democrats Want $3 Trillion In New Coronavirus Relief. Republicans Say It’s Too Soon To Do More.
The two parties are miles apart on what to do in the next wave of coronavirus relief. Republicans say they do not expect anything to pass for a long time.
Paul McLeod
Democrats Are Pleading With The Trump Administration To Update Voting Safety Guidelines During The Coronavirus Pandemic
27 Democrats, led by Sens. Amy Klobuchar and Patty Murray, told the CDC that guidance issued in March is not enough.
Dominic Holden
A Top Democrat Says The State Department Has Sent Republicans Thousands Of Pages For Their Biden Investigation While Ignoring Democratic Requests
“It is wholly inappropriate for the State Department to dedicate its limited resources to voluntarily complying with Republican requests,” Sen. Ron Wyden wrote.
Emma Loop
The Coronavirus Is Forcing The Progressive Movement To Rethink Its Entire Strategy
“The message of our campaign — that we are all as vulnerable as the most vulnerable among us — has been crystallized by this crisis.”
Addy Baird
Some Republicans Oppose Letting Congress Vote Remotely During The Coronavirus Pandemic
House Democrats plan to let members who cannot travel to Washington due to the coronavirus to vote by proxy — allowing another member to cast their vote for them.
Kadia Goba
The Wisconsin Supreme Court Ruled In-Person Voting Must Proceed Tuesday Despite The Coronavirus Pandemic
Democrats had tried to postpone the primary election, citing low voter turnout and the potential to spread the virus.
Dominic Holden
A Republican Senator Is Asking The Ethics Committee To Investigate Himself For Selling Stocks After A Private Coronavirus Briefing
Burr and other senators have come under fire for collectively selling millions in stocks after a private briefing with health officials in mid-February.
Emma Loop
Members Of Congress Are Asking Nancy Pelosi To Let Them Vote Remotely Amid The Coronavirus Pandemic
“The image of over 430 members and approximately 100 staffers clustered together on the House floor during votes is inconsistent with public health guidance.”
Kadia Goba
A Progressive Challenger Has Beaten One Of The Last Anti-Abortion Democrats In Congress
Marie Newman, who lost to Rep. Dan Lipinski by just two points in 2018, just beat the incumbent.
Addy Baird
Mitt Romney Wants The Government To Give Every American Adult $1,000 During The Coronavirus Outbreak
A rare Mitt Romney–Andrew Yang alliance.
Addy Baird
A Senator From The State Hit Hardest By The Coronavirus Is “So Angry And Frustrated” With Trump For Not Responding Sooner
Washington Sen. Patty Murray has been pushing the Trump administration to take action to fight the coronavirus since January.
Kadia Goba
Members Of Congress Are Furious At The Lack Of Information On Coronavirus Testing
"Can I tell my constituents that if a doctor recommends, that they can get [a coronavirus test]? We still don't know that, and that's the important question."
Kadia Goba
Black Democrats Know They Saved Joe Biden’s Campaign
In Mississippi and Missouri, black voters said they’d carefully considered the options but felt Biden was the “safe” choice to beat Trump in November.
Nidhi Prakash
Mike Bloomberg Once Again Called Transgender People “It” And “Some Guy Wearing A Dress”
Bloomberg suggested transgender rights would sink Democratic campaigns in comments recorded last year in New York. He’s tried to distance himself from similar comments he made in 2016.
Dominic Holden
Democrats Call On The State Department To List White Supremacist Groups As Foreign Terrorist Organizations
“We have got to start to identify those foreign terrorist organizations in the same manner that we would identify ISIS and al-Qaida," Rep. Max Rose said of the new resolution.
Kadia Goba
One Of The Last Anti-Abortion Democrats In Congress Defeated A Progressive Challenger Backed By Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Jessica Cisneros, who had been backed by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and other progressives, lost to incumbent Rep. Henry Cuellar, a conservative Democrat.
Addy Baird
Opinion: Bernie Sanders Is A Straight White Man. Does That Matter?
Voters don’t have to identify with Bernie Sanders to believe he’ll do the best job representing people like them — and people completely unlike them, too.
Shannon Keating
She Used To Be His Intern. Now She’s Trying To Kick Him Out Of Office.
Jessica Cisneros once interned for Rep. Henry Cuellar. Now her race is a big test for a progressive group trying to shape Congress.
Addy Baird
Someone Is Trying To Help This Republican Win A Democratic Seat In California — He Just Has No Idea Who
“The scary part for me is just that somebody is sending out stuff with my face all over it, you know, pretty much speaking on my behalf, and I didn't allow it.”
Addy Baird
A Powerful Court Sided With Trump And Said His Former Lawyer Can Ignore A Congressional Subpoena
House Democrats had demanded that former White House general counsel Don McGahn testify about the Russia probe and thought he could help their impeachment case.
Dominic Holden
Opinion: Why Pundits Can't Comprehend Bernie Sanders
It's the last gasp of a political elite that’s been radically out of touch with the lives of normal people for most of the 21st century.
Waleed Shahid
Nancy Pelosi Isn’t Going Anywhere, But The Race To Replace Her Has Already Begun
Pelosi has never had to face another Democrat in a general election. Two candidates hope to change that next week and set themselves to replace her when she retires.
Addy Baird
The Coronavirus Outbreak And The 2020 Presidential Primaries Could Be On A Collision Course
US citizens living in China and South Korea have been told they won’t be able to cast their vote in person for the Democratic primary next month — and will instead need to vote online.
Zahra Hirji
The NAACP Paid $100,000 To A Woman Who Accused Him Of Sexual Harassment. Now He's Likely Headed To Congress.
House Democrats say they can't do anything about the years-old allegation against Kweisi Mfume.
Addy Baird
This Democrat Tried To Oust A Republican From Congress. She Blames Michael Bloomberg For Her Loss.
“Had we not had Mike Bloomberg fundraising for ... the other side, we very well might have taken that seat.”
Kadia Goba
26 Of The Best Tweets About The Drama At The Democratic Debate
"For someone who hates socialism Bloomberg sure loves getting publicly owned."
Amber Jamieson
A Shady New Website Has Outed Women Who Accused Former Rep. Ruben Kihuen Of Sexual Harassment
“I cannot possibly understand how anyone has enough evil in their heart to publicly out harassment victims and push a smear campaign against them,” one of the women who accused Kihuen of sexual harassment told BuzzFeed News.
Lissandra Villa
