2 California newcomers differ in bids to upend House races
In this May 28, 2014, file photo, California state Sen. Steve Knight, R-Palmdale, speaks at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif.
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McConnell says Senate ‘not broken’ after Kavanaugh fight Source: AP
Picking up the pieces after a contentious nomination battle, the Senate's majority leader said Sunday that the chamber won't be irreparably damaged by the wrenching debate over sexual misconduct that has swirled around new Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh. While Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said Kavanaugh's confirmation was a shining moment for the GOP heading into next month's pivotal elections, GOP Gov. John Kasich of Ohio predicted "a good year" for Democrats and said he wonders about "the soul of our country" in the long term after the tumultuous hearings.
Prof who called for senatorsa a miserable deatha to take leave
A Georgetown University associate professor's tweets that white Republican men should die a "miserable death" for supporting Judge Brett Kavanaugh's nomination for the Supreme Court is more than just about free speech, said the head of Students for Life of America. "Recommending violence, death and mutilation for members of Congress is not a simple 'free speech' moment," Kristan Hawkins told Catholic News Service in an email late Oct. 3. "It's a debasement of our free market place of ideas and a recommendation for criminal conduct."
‘I will not be intimidated.’ Senator Susan Collins says she made the right decision on Kavanaugh
The end of a trying process was finally here for Senator Susan Collins. The Maine Senator cast her official 'Yea' vote to confirm Judge Brett Kavanaugh as the next Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
The Latest: GOP Senate could act on 2020 high-court nominee
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., speaks to reporters following the final vote to confirm Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, at the Capitol in Washington, Saturday, Oct. 6, 2018.
Do political candidates campaign ‘on the clock?’
This is a topic politicians from both parties usually don't like to talk about, and that's why we're talking about it. We wanted to find out how "work time" as a public servant is balanced out with "campaign time," so you, the taxpayer, don't get shortchanged.
Most Powerful Images From Kavanaugh Protests in Washington D.C.
As the Senate voted to confirm alleged sexual assaulter Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court on Saturday, October 6, protesters took to the streets of Washington D.C. to make themselves heard. Equipped with signs, banners, and most notably, their own voices, people who opposed Kavanaugh's confirmation made their way to the Senate gallery , where they shouted, fists raised, interrupting the roll call several times.
Heidi Heitkamp talks to North Dakotans about her no vote on…
As Sen. Heidi Heitkamp hustled down the main drag in Sunday's Uffda Day parade, Elizabeth Ritter, a middle-aged woman in a pink coat and matching hat, stepped off the curb, pulled the lawmaker close and spoke into her ear, carving out a private moment amid the blaring music and cheers. "I said I was proud of her and God bless her," Ritter said later.
Taylor Swift bashes Blackburn in favor of Tennessee Dems, breaking political silence
"As much as I have in the past and would like to continue voting for women in office, I cannot support Marsha Blackburn," Swift stated. "Her voting record in Congress appalls and terrifies me."
Trump seeks to energize Kansas base
President Donald Trump's campaign rally for Kansas Republicans on Saturday celebrated confirmation for U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and toasted the prospects of a surge toward victory by GOP candidates for governor and Congress struggling for a clean edge in red-state Kansas.
Pitts: Republicans making difficult confessions
Republicans may bristle at the verb, but it's used advisedly. The lady admitted her party affiliation the way you would some personal failing.
University offers credit to protest against Kavanaugh
The University of Southern Maine is being criticized for having briefly offered a tuition-free "pop-up" credit to students enrolled there to be transported to Washington, D.C. to call on Sen. Susan Collins to vote against confirming Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. Two employees at the university discussed in an email the academic credit for what was called an "Engaged Citizenship" course.
Judge Kavanaugh is one step closer to crucial confirmation vote
Republican Sen. Jeff Flake of Arizona said on Friday that he plans to vote to confirm Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. This came after the Senate passed a procedural vote in the morning that put the embattled nominee one step closer to his new job on the high court.
Pat Buchanan: who are the ‘deplorables’ now?
Four days after he described Christine Blasey Ford, the accuser of Judge Brett Kavanaugh, as a "very credible witness," President Donald Trump could no longer contain his feelings or constrain his instincts. With the fate of his Supreme Court nominee in the balance, Trump let his "Make America Great Again" rally attendees in Mississippi know what he really thought of Ford's testimony.
Strong Reactions on Both Sides of Kavanaugh Confirmation
The feelings of protesters and supporters of Judge Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation to the nation's highest court centered, in Connecticut, on the swing vote of Maine's Republican Senator Susan Collins. Dozens of people gathered on the steps of New Haven's Superior Court following the Senate vote on Saturday boo-ed Sen. Collins, whose vote pushed Kavanaugh's nomination over the top in a 50-48 margin, one of the narrowest ever for a Supreme Court nominee.
Newt Gingrich: what the mid-term elections are really about
Many Americans want to keep building on the tremendous results we have seen since Republicans took control in Washington. Others who are seeing their power and elite status wane are bitterly fighting to resist, obstruct and distort the Republicans' success.
The Trump trap: Republicans duck president in key House races
Leonard Lance is a Republican congressman seeking re-election in a Republican district. But he has little to say about the Republican president.
As Kavanaugh joins Court, Trump, GOP try to seize election momentum Source: Cox Media Group
Hours after the U.S. Senate confirmed Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court on Saturday, President Donald Trump implored his supporters to turn out in large numbers for the November mid-term elections, both to punish Democrats for their opposition to Kavanaugh, and to ensure that Republicans keep control of both the U.S. House and Senate. "We'll have a chance in just four weeks to render your verdict on the Democrats' conduct at the ballot box," the President said to loud cheers at a campaign rally in Topeka, Kansas.
Kavanaugha s Supreme Court nomination heads for final Senate vote
The U.S. Senate voted on Friday to move forward Brett Kavanaugh's nomination to the Supreme Court, despite allegations of sexual misconduct that further inflamed a bitter partisan fight about the judge, but a few lawmakers could still derail his confirmation. Lawmakers backed President Donald Trump's nominee Kavanaugh by 51 to 49 in a procedural vote that moved the Republican-controlled Senate toward a definitive decision, likely to take place on Saturday.
Donald Trump’s pick Brett Kavanaugh confirmed to the US Supreme Court
Washington : Brett Kavanaugh has been sworn in as the 114th judge on the United States Supreme Court after a rancorous confirmation process that exposed the deep divisions within the country and the political establishment. The US Senate on Saturday confirmed Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, as Republicans dismissed sexual assault accusations against the conservative judge and delivered a major victory to President Donald Trump.