House GOP budget resolution hangs in the balance as hardliners hold out support
The House GOP’s budget resolution is hanging in the balance as a handful of hardliners withhold support for the measure, ...
Once a political powerhouse, Madigan now guilty of bribery and wire fraud — but he's not a racketeer
The verdict capped an unpredictable four-month trial that gave jurors an upfront and uncensored look at the practice of behind-the-scenes politics in Chicago and Illinois in the previous decade.
House GOP releases budget calling for trillions in cuts to taxes and spending
The blueprint conflicts with a Senate budget resolution, which doesn't address taxes or the debt ceiling. It also includes ...
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GOP Likely to Hold Senate, No Matter What Trump Does
A Trump backlash could help Democrats retake the House in 2026, but the Senate landscape is too pro-Republican.
House members running for governor could complicate fight for majority
Decisions by House members to run for governor could have an impact on which party controls Congress after the 2026 midterm ...
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Kontra Daya: Over half of party lists don’t represent poor
More than half of the party list groups seeking seats in the elections do not represent the marginalized and underrepresented ...
Jim Tressel approved to be the new Lt. Gov.
Tressel was approved with a 31-1 vote in the Senate with one Democrat voting no and approved with a 68-27 vote in the House ...
Senate Democrats could be locked out of power for a very long time
Senate Democrats face significant challenges in regaining control of the chamber, as Republican gains in the 2024 elections ...
Splits, fusions and evolutions: how Australia’s political parties took hold
In an extract from The Conversation’s new book on democracy, we chart the origins of the parties that dominate politics today ...
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MAGA Congressman Byron Donalds Committed “Voter Fraud” Fellow Congressman Says, “Republican Backlash Was Insane” Over Rule Change
Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA) took to the House floor this week to chide his Republican colleagues with a "size matters" argument, refuting the oft-repeated narrative that the GOP has been given a mandate ...
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Over 50% of party-list groups not marginalized
More than half or some 55.13 percent of party-list organizations seeking House of Representatives seats in the midterm ...
Bill would delay filling Stefanik's seat in Congress, causing political firestorm
But a bill introduced on Feb. 7 — in the Senate by Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins and in the Assembly by Speaker Carl Heastie, both Democrats — would allow Congressional special elections to ...