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President Trump gave an early look Saturday at how he intends to help Republicans maintain control of Congress in 2018. Trump delivered his midterms message during a campaign rally near Pittsburgh, Penn., - a rally that he held to help a Republican struggling to hold onto a House district Trump won by double digits in 2016.
President Donald Trump told western Pennsylvania voters Saturday night that his new tariffs were saving the steel industry and urged them to send a Republican to the House so he can keep delivering those kinds of results. The president lent his weight to Republican Rick Saccone in the final days of a surprisingly competitive special election outside Pittsburgh that could reverberate nationally ahead of the November midterm elections.
President Donald Trump told Pennsylvania voters Saturday night that his new tariffs were saving the steel industry and urged them to send a Republican to the House so he can keep delivering those kinds of results. The president lent his weight to Republican Rick Saccone in the final days of a surprisingly competitive special congressional election outside Pittsburgh.
In this March 7, 2018, photo, Democrat Conor Lamb, goes on a campaign walk through a neighborhood in Carnegie, Pa. Lamb is running against Republican Rick Saccone in a special election being held on March 13 for the PA 18th Congressional District vacated by Republican Tim Murphy.
President Trump is lending the weight of the White House to a congressional candidate who hopes to keep a Pittsburgh-area House seat in Republican hands. Trump was holding a rally in Moon Township, Pa., on Saturday night for Rick Saccone, a state representative in a tight race against Democrat Conor Lamb, a former Marine and federal prosecutor who has never run for office before.
Just days before western Pennsylvania's special election, his campaign informed some residents that he may knock on doors that morning in this critical GOP stronghold. It's almost 11 a.m., and they're still waiting.
National Democrats are now backing Rep. Dan Lipinski, D-Ill., in a competitive primary after first giving the incumbent the cold shoulder. Lipinski, a socially conservative Democrat who is facing a tough primary from the Left, told the Washington Examiner on Thursday that he is now receiving support from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.
This Jan. 4, 2007, file photo shows then-Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi waving the Speaker's gavel, while surrounded by her own grandchildren and the children of other members of Congress, after being elected as the first woman Speaker at a swearing-in ceremony for the 110th Congress in the House Chamber of the U.S. Capitol. Rep. Nancy Pelosi, the first female elected to House speaker, helped celebrate Women's History Month by donating her suit and gavel to the Smithsonian on Wednesday.
Today we welcomed a new first into our collection, with objects donated by Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, who in 2007 became the first woman to serve as Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. Gavel Nancy Pelosi received and used at the 2007 ceremony in which she was sworn in as the first woman to serve as Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Gov. Charlie Baker's move to add Massachusetts to a multi-state gun safety network amounts to "an admission of guilt by our government for not doing their jobs to stop criminal gun traffickers," according to the Gun Owners Action League, but the administration said it has been sharing data with other states and will continue working to improve those relationships. Baker last month announced he would join the States for Gun Safety Coalition, an information-sharing effort launched by the Democrat governors of New York, New Jersey, Rhode Island and Connecticut.
Less than two years after Donald Trump won Pennsylvania by double digits, a special election race between a young Democrat and a deeply conservative Republican is now closer than either side had expected. The congressional race is being run in Pennsylvania's 18th district, but the March 13 election is expected to offer clues about how voters will turn out in the November midterms.
A coalition is seeking to unseat anti-LGBT Democrat Rep. Dan Lipinski , but he has support from House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi . The nation's largest LGBT advocacy group is spearheading a $1.3 million effort to unseat from Congress a nearly extinct animal - an anti-LGBT Democrat - in an upcoming primary, but that effort runs contrary to the position of House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi .
Hundreds of activists gathered on Wednesday outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building here to protest the arrests of more than 150 undocumented immigrants in recent days. Local activist groups organized the "emergency rally" to respond to the mass arrests in Northern California, just two weeks after more than 200 people were arrested in similar raids in the Los Angeles area.
Days after the California Democratic Party decided not to endorse Sen. Dianne Feinstein, the senior senator from the Golden State seems barely to have noticed the insult. It's hard to take offense when you've won statewide five times, and maintain a double-digit lead in the polls for a sixth.
When the Republican-controlled Congress first approved its tax bill in December, most Democrats believed it would be a political loser for the GOP. Indeed, a New York Times poll found that just 37 percent of Americans approved of the plan.
When the Republican-controlled Congress first approved its tax bill in December, most Democrats believed it would be a political loser for the GOP. Indeed, a New York Times poll found that just 37 percent of Americans approved of the plan.
"No one is talking about taking away your guns," say those who claim "all" they want is "commonsense gun safety laws." Someone forgot to tell some publications with opinion pieces belying that.
House Democrats see a big opportunity this year to seize control of the chamber after years in the wilderness, but the favorable landscape has emerged as a double-edged sword for Nancy Pelosi - putting high expectations on the House minority leader to deliver or face a resurgent effort to unseat her. The California Democrat has held onto her leadership post for roughly a dozen years, brushing aside past challenges and touting her political acumen all along, despite her party being relegated to the minority since the 2010 midterms.