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It would have been a much clearer path to glory for a couple of Massachusetts Democrats had Hillary Clinton been elected president. If she had she done so she might have rewarded Sen. Elizabeth Warren with a cabinet position, or talked Sen. Eddie Markey into an ambassadorship.
Nov 29 The U.S. lawmakers who helped bring the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau into being rose to defend it on Tuesday, urging the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia to review a ruling that poses an existential threat to the agency. In an amicus brief, 21 current and former members of Congress said the whole court should review a decision reached by three of its judges in October that the CFPB's sole director has too much power and that the President should have power to fire the director.
Nearly final campaign spending and receipt reports to Secretary of State Bill Gardner's office confirm that Democrat Colin Van Ostern was easily going to finish well ahead of Republican Gov.-elect... Democrat Colin Van Ostern, left listens as Republican Chris Sununu, answers a question during the Granite State Debates gubernatorial debates held at ... (more)
Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton held a fundraiser in Provincetown, Massachusetts Sunday afternoon attended by a reported 1000 supporters that featured celebrities Cher and Billie Jean King as well as current and former elected officials including Sen. Ed Markey and former Rep. Barney Frank. The event was held at the Pilgrim Monument and Provincetown Museum.
A ranking Democrat on the House Ways and Means Committee and at least 10 House Republicans who had voted for "fast track" trade promotion authority for the Trans-Pacific Partnership have announced their opposition to the trade deal, joining many Democrats who have already opposed the deal. Rep. Richard Neal "will not vote in favor of TPP as it stands today."
The Democratic National Convention is creating LGBT history in full public view. This will mark the first national political party convention with LGBT participation on every level: the largest number of out LGBT delegates and OUT delegates at every level, from a small country district to super delegate, from county commissioner to U.S. Senator.
Debbie Wasserman Schultz says she is stepping down as Democratic Party chairwoman at the end of this week's convention. The Florida congresswoman has been under fire following the publication of hacked emails suggesting the Democratic National Committee favoured Hillary Clinton in the presidential primaries.
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders on Thursday vowed to work with Hillary Clinton to defeat Donald Trump, but he didn't end his presidential bid or endorse the presumptive Democratic nominee. "The major political task that we face in the next five months is to make certain that Donald Trump is defeated and defeated badly," Sanders said in a much-anticipated live-stream address.
Libertarian vice presidential candidate Bill Weld, right, chats with Joe Hunter, communications director for the Gary Johnson campaign, at the National Libertarian Party Convention on May 27 in Orlando. Bill Weld, the former governor of Massachusetts now running as the Libertarian Party's candidate for vice president, called today for a 1,000-agent task force to combat Islamic State adherents in the United States, and for a tip line where Muslims could inform on radicalism.
The dash for campaign cash in the New Hampshire governor's race is at its peak as an early June filing deadline looms, bringing with it dramatic reductions in how much money candidates can raise from individuals and political committees. But voters won't get a full look at who's giving to whom - or how the candidates are spending their money - until mid-August, a mere three weeks before they cast primary votes.
Democratic officials have rejected Bernie Sanders' request to remove two high-profile Hillary Clinton supporters from leadership positions at the party's summer convention. Sanders' presidential campaign said in a letter Friday to the Democratic National Committee that Dannel Malloy, Connecticut's governor, and Barney Frank, a former Massachusetts congressman, couldn't be relied upon to perform their roles "fairly and capably while laboring under such deeply held bias."
The Bernie Sanders campaign is calling to remove Connecticut Gov. Dan Malloy and former Massachusetts Rep. Barney Frank from leadership positions on Democratic committees at the national convention, arguing that their allegiance to Hillary Clinton will compromise their neutrality. In a letter to the Democratic National Committee, Brad Deutsch, counsel to the Sanders campaign, called Malloy and Frank "aggressive attack surrogates for the Clinton campaign."
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has moved to oust two high-profile Democrats from their posts as chairmen of important committees at the national party convention. Sanders dubbed Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy and former Mass.