WASHINGTON - For all the evidence of a divided Republican Party, the Democratic Party has its own widening cracks that could make a potentially bleak election year even more dour. In just the past two weeks, Arkansas Sen. Blanche Lincoln became ...Read More
WASHINGTON - President Obama slammed the health insurance industry and Republicans yesterday as the enemies of health care overhaul. But the president's immediate roadblocks to achieving his top domestic priority are within his own Democratic Party, as congressional lawmakers remain ...Read More
Americans have come to detest Congress ever more deeply as it nears the end of a nasty fight over health care. But more than half still back President Barack Obama, a bright spot for a Democratic Party counting on its ...Read More
TOKYO -- In September Japan's renaissance prime minister, Yukio Hatoyama, promised he would, transform his sickly island economy into a nation at the heart of Asia that would lead the rest of the world to a green utopia of ecological ...Read More
A "salty" comment made in the company of drunken staff members at a wedding reception on New Year's Eve was all the Democratic "forces that be" needed to push him out of the House of Representatives and prevent him from ...Read More
The church has often disagreed with Ebrard's Democratic Revolution Party. An editorial published Sunday on the Archdiocese of Mexico's Web site accused Ebrard of "following the line set down by foreign groups" in approving legalized abortion and same-sex marriages. Ebrard is viewed ...Read More
Rep. Eric Massa caved to Democratic Party pressure Friday, announcing in a message awash with self-reproach and shame that he's quitting to avoid a sexual harassment investigation. Massa, a western New York freshman, also insisted he's stepping down because of cancer, ...Read More
The retirement of seven-term Rep. Bill Delahunt (D) of Massachusetts hands Republicans yet another opportunity to take over a Democratic House seat – and potentially moves the GOP another step closer to taking control of the House. In a normal election ...Read More
The measure passed, 217-201, on a mostly party-line vote. The bill also extends federal highway programs through the end of the year. Some Democrats think the approximately $35 billion bill - blending $15 billion in tax cuts and subsidies for infrastructure ...Read More
WASHINGTON (AP) - Despite doubts among many lawmakers that it will create many jobs, the House on Thursday passed legislation giving companies that hire the jobless a temporary payroll tax break. The measure passed 217-201 on a mostly party-line vote. ...Read More
