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Arizona's new senator says he'd vote to repeal the nation's health care law. That's one additional Republican ready to obliterate the statute because his predecessor, the late Sen. John McCain, helped derail the party's drive with his fabled thumbs-down vote last year.
Arizona's new senator says he'd vote to repeal the nation's health care law. That's one additional Republican ready to obliterate the statute because his predecessor, the late Sen. John McCain, helped derail the party's drive with his fabled thumbs-down vote last year.
In this Sept. 5, 2018, photo, Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., waits to be sworn-in by Vice President Mike Pence during his ceremonial swearing-in at the Old Senate Chamber on Capitol Hill, in Washington.
WASHINGTON A super PAC aligned with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is unleashing a $6.4 million advertising onslaught on Tuesday as the fall midterm campaign begins in earnest. The spending blitz by the Senate Leadership Fund includes $1.1 million in advertising in Tennessee, a deep-red state President Donald Trump won by 26 percentage points in 2016.
And this summer, Heinrich signed on with little fanfare as a co-sponsor of the Marijuana Freedom and Opportunity Act, which would remove the drug from the federal government's list of Schedule I narcotics. Of course, one of Heinrich's two challengers, former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson, a Libertarian, has been calling for legalizing marijuana since the 1990s, before it was cool.
Indicted Republican Rep. Chris Collins said it was "the shock of all shocks" when he learned from two federal agents that he was under criminal investigation, and he acknowledged reports that he had rejected a plea deal. In an interview airing Monday, the three-term New York lawmaker told Buffalo television station WIVB that he thought the agents came to him in April to talk about an ongoing congressional ethics probe related to his ties to a biotechnology company.
Recall that President's Trump's poodle Ron DeSantis was widely condemned for saying that he didn't think his African American opponent for the governorship of Florida should be allowed to "monkey up" the state. If you lie down with racist dogs you get racist fleas Rep. Ron DeSantis , a gubernatorial nominee who recently was accused of using racially tinged language, spoke four times at conferences organized by a conservative activist who has said that African Americans owe their freedom to white people and that the country's "only serious race war" is against whites.
Indicted Republican Rep. Chris Collins said it was "the shock of all shocks" when he learned from two federal agents that he was under criminal investigation, and he acknowledged reports that he had rejected a plea deal. In an interview airing Monday, the three-term New York lawmaker told Buffalo television station WIVB that he thought the agents came to him in April to talk about an ongoing congressional ethics probe related to his ties to a biotechnology company.
Exactly one month since Congressman Chris Collins suspended his re-election bid after his indictment by the FBI for insider trading, voters in New York's 27th Congressional District have made their voices heard supporting the Democratic and Working Families Party candidate Nate McMurray who has been campaigning ceaselessly in every corner of the district, hearing the concerns of voters. "Hardworking," "genuine" and "a young, fresh face" are just some of the words voters are using to describe McMurray in the pages of at least half a dozen newspapers across the district.
Rep. Mo Brooks said in a radio interview that counting of illegal aliens when establishing congressional seats and electoral college votes violates the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution. The state of Alabama has joined with Brooks to sue the federal government for its counting of illegal aliens, rather than only American citizens, in congressional district apportionment and votes for the Electoral College.
Add Midterm Elections as an interest to stay up to date on the latest Midterm Elections news, video, and analysis from ABC News. Florida Rep. Ron DeSantis, the Republican nominee in the state's high-profile gubernatorial race, sent a letter to House Speaker Paul Ryan Monday informing him that he is resigning from Congress in an effort to "serve Florida taxpayers."
Florida Republican governor candidate in ANOTHER race row over speeches at event whose organizer says black Americans owe their freedom to whites Horowitz has a list of racially charged comments in his past, including a tweet that read: 'the country's only serious race war against whites' DeSantis is in a tough fight with Andrew Gillum, who would become the state's first African American governor if he wins in November Republican candidate Ron DeSantis has resigned his seat in Congress as he faces yet another race row in his quest to be the next governor of Florida .
President Donald Trump has canceled a rally in Mississippi due to the imminent arrival of Hurricane Florence, The Hill reported on Monday. "Regrettably, we must cancel the planned Make America Great Again rally in Jackson, Mississippi, this Friday, Donald J. Trump for President Inc. chief operating officer Michael Glassner said in a statement.
"What is this damn fool doing coming out of retirement to break with the tradition of not attacking sitting presidents? That was my first thought." - Former New Hampshire Gov. John Sununu (R), quoted by The Hill , on Barack Obama's return to the campaign trail.
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Republicans say in a television ad that Montana U.S. Sen. Jon Tester has taken more money from lobbyists than any other member of Congress as he seeks to fend off a challenge from Republican State Auditor Matt Rosendale. Tester, a third-generation farmer and former president of the Montana Senate, has a reputation as a populist.
In this March 8, 2016, file photo, Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Republicans got it right that Tester for a time topped all other members of Congress in campaign contributions from lobbyists.
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