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The House Democratic leader, Nancy Pelosi , strolled before the cameras on Thursday with defeat at her back once more, projecting a well-worn swagger - brash, defiant, more than a little off key - as she insisted that her moment had not passed. "I think I'm worth the trouble," she told reporters, parrying renewed questions from Democrats about her stewardship after yet another Republican congressional candidate, this time in Georgia, found success by making Ms.
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee declared a third special session on Wednesday and said it was time to "crack the whip" on lawmakers to get a budget deal and avoid a July 1 government shutdown. Unless lawmakers can agree on a budget, the state of Washington is just days away from a first-ever government shutdown.
'Not my president' is not a formula for political revolution or expansion, it's just sour grapes by people who already vote Democratic. Trump resistance will never be a Tea Party for Democrats 'Not my president' is not a formula for political revolution or expansion, it's just sour grapes by people who already vote Democratic.
A psychologist who helped design the CIA's harsh interrogation methods in the war on terror says his participation in the program that involved torturing suspects caused him "great, soulful torment." . A psychologist who helped design the CIA's harsh interrogation methods in the war on terror says his participation in the program that involved torturing suspects caused him "great, soulful torment."
Defiant House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that she's maintained marked unity among Democrats, fending off carping from rank-and-file members after yet more election defeats this week. Mrs. Pelosi said flatly she's not giving up her leader's post, and said the losses in four special congressional elections this year, which cost the party millions of dollars yet earned no gains in their House ranks, are actually a good sign.
Texas Republican Rep. Louie Gohmert unloaded on the media and Obama-era holdovers at the Department of Justice on Wednesday after the FBI announced that it was treating last week's attempted mass assassination of Republican congressmen as "assault" rather than terrorism. Gohmert said that the FBI's refusal to label the attack as terrorism indicates that there are too many officials from the previous administration in the DOJ and charged that the left-wing shooter, James T. Hodgkinson, was conditioned by "hate-filled propaganda" from the media and some Democrats.
Former Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson defended the Obama administration's decision to delay publicly commenting on Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election on Wednesday. "We have to carefully consider whether declassifying the information compromises sources and methods," Johnson said under grilling in a hearing before the House Intelligence Committee, adding, "There was an ongoing election.
President Donald Trump on Wednesday night held a campaign-style rally in Iowa, at which he congratulated the Republican winners of Tuesday's special elections in South Carolina and Georgia. He also sent his well wishes to Rep. Steve Scalise, who was injured in last week's shooting in Alexandria, Virginia.
House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., said Thursday that he hopes the Senate can quickly pass its version of the healthcare reform bill moments after the bill was released, but admitted that he has not seen the details of the plan. "I have not.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., speaks during a weekly news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, June 9, 2017. Democratic Party divisions are on stark display after a disappointing special election loss in a hard-fought Georgia congressional race.
The Democratic Party does not have a clear economic message, and while social issues are important, it's the economy that will tie the party together nationally, Rep. Tim Ryan said Thursday. "When I was growing up, and you'd ask my grandfather, my grandmother, you know, why are we Democrats, and it was the Democrats are for working-class people," the Ohio Democrat told MSNBC's "Morning Joe" program .
Senators on the Intelligence Committee pressed administration officials Wednesday to disclose more about the extent of Russian hacking attempts during last year's election after the government disclosed that 21 states had been targeted. Senator Mark Warner of Virginia, the committee's top Democrat, unsuccessfully pressed government officials to disclose which states were the victims.
Republican Karen Handel's victory in the House race in Georgia and GOP wins in three other special elections have given a boost to President Donald Trump's legislative agenda, The Hill reported. Handel beat Democrat Jon Ossoff on Tuesday in a hotly contested race seen as a referendum on Trump and his policies.
A group of demonstrators held a rally and delivered postcards, signed by about 1,000 Arkansans, to the Little Rock offices of U.S. Sens. Tom Cotton and John Boozman on Wednesday, asking them to oppose efforts to cut Medicaid and other government health care assistance. Cotton is one of 13 members of a Republican working group assigned to write Senate legislation aimed at dismantling the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Don Benton, a former Republican Washington state senator, talks about his new job leading the U.S. Selective Service System, which registers men for a nonexistent military draft. He also talks about why he likes taking the metro in Washington, D.C. , why he no longer works at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and what really happened when he allegedly called another lawmaker "a trashy, trampy mouthed little girl."
This was supposed to be a huge Democratic victory, a vindication of past disappointing defeats; Democrats had to win this race, but fell short again. The Georgia U.S. House seat was up for grabs after it was vacated by President Donald Trump's newly appointed Health and Human Services Secretary Mr. Tom Price.
Two Webster County High School students, Colin Young and Jay Stiltner, received the Highlands Scholarship to Davis & Elkins College during the school's annual awards ceremony.
House Majority Whip Steve Scalise recently received a special visitor to the hospital in which he is recovering: U2 lead singer, Bono. The Irish singer and philanthropist visited and signed a get well card for the Congressman on Wednesday.
U.S. officials have outlined the threat Russia posed to the 2016 vote for the White House, describing efforts to hack into election systems in 21 states and to fill the internet with misinformation. Officials also revealed what appeared to be a breakdown in communications about how severe the threat appeared, and they reported tensions the Obama administration faced in trying to publicly warn of meddling in the face of a skeptical Donald Trump .
Medicaid cuts included in House and Senate Republicans' proposed Affordable Care Act replacement bills could disproportionately harm children from low-income families, according to Vancouver Public Schools. As the U.S. Senate appears poised to vote on its version of the health care bill Thursday, school officials are letting Washington's congressional delegation know about the direct impact Medicaid rollbacks could have on students.