Errin Haines Originally published by The 19th This week in #2024Watch came what felt like a seismic development: Reps. Katie Porter and Barbara Lee both signaled their intentions to run for the Senate seat currently held by fellow Democrat Dianne Feinstein — whether she decides to run again or not. The …
Read More »Katie Porter Announces Senate Bid For Dianne Feinstein’s Seat
Democratic Rep. Katie Porter on Tuesday announced that she’s running for the Senate seat currently held by Sen. Dianne Feinstein in California, potentially setting up a showdown in 2024 between the Senate’s oldest current member and a rising star in the Democratic Party. “California needs a warrior in the Senate — …
Read More »Senate Opens A New Session With A Record Set By McConnell
Ariana Figueroa, Pennsylvania Capital-Star U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer welcomed reelected and newly elected senators Tuesday afternoon to a new session of Congress, highlighting the bipartisan success of the previous two years and outlining his optimism for a continued approach. “There’s no reason why the success of the last …
Read More »Georgia Voters Get Final Say On Senate Race, Balance Of Power On Election Day
Stanley Dunlap, Georgia Recorder A busy early voting period wrapped up Friday with more than 1.8 million Georgians having cast in-person votes in the runoff pitting Democratic U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock against Republican Herschel Walker. A large turnout is also expected at the polls Tuesday as Georgia voters have their …
Read More »Senate Averts Freight Rail Strike, But Bid To Include Worker Sick Leave Fails
Ariana Figueroa, Nebraska Examiner The U.S. Senate on Thursday voted to codify an agreement the White House brokered between rail unions and freight companies in order to avoid a catastrophic rail strike, but fell short of enough votes to include paid sick leave for workers. The Senate backed the rail …
Read More »McConnell Re-Elected Senate GOP Leader, Fending Off Bid By Florida’s Rick Scott
Jennifer Shutt, Georgia Recorder Senate Republicans overwhelmingly re-elected Mitch McConnell on Wednesday as their leader for the next Congress, though nearly a dozen members backed Florida Sen. Rick Scott’s attempt to usurp McConnell. Scott’s bid, which he launched Tuesday during an hours-long discussion among Senate Republicans about the future of …
Read More »Democrats Sue Over Lack Of Saturday Early Voting In Georgia’s Senate Runoff
Stephen Fowler, GPB News A coalition of Democratic groups announced they are suing the state of Georgia over its interpretation of a state law that disallows an optional Saturday of early voting before the Dec. 6 U.S. Senate runoff. In a press release, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, the Warnock …
Read More »Ted Cruz Lashes Out At Senate GOP Leadership After Democrats Retain Control
Stephen Neukam and Matthew Choi, The Texas Tribune A fight is brewing between Senate Republicans as they prepare to pick their leader for the next Congress — and Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas is among a loud cohort voicing their discontent with leadership after the party failed to retake control …
Read More »With Cortez Masto’s Victory In Nevada, Democrats Retain Control Of U.S. Senate
April Corbin Girnus, Nevada Current In a nailbiter watched all over the country, Nevada Democratic Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto prevailed over challenger Republican Adam Laxalt and secured Democratic control of the U.S. Senate in the process. Cortez Masto was considered by many to be one of the most vulnerable U.S. …
Read More »Congress Heads Back To D.C. For A Hectic Lame-Duck Session
Jennifer Shutt, Georgia Recorder Congress returns to Capitol Hill and a lengthy to-do list next week, following a six-week midterm elections break that saw Democrats outperform expectations and Republicans barely inch toward the U.S. House majority. On the agenda are same-sex marriage legislation, a huge defense bill, changes in how …
Read More »Which Party Controls Congress? It Could Be Days Or Weeks Before We Know
President Joe Biden and Democrats exulted Wednesday in outperforming expectations in the midterm elections, even as vote-counting was still in progress and control of both chambers of Congress remained unknown. The U.S. Senate will go to the winner of two of the last three races where party control is still …
Read More »Georgia U.S. Senate Race Headed For A Dec. 6 Runoff
Ross Williams, Georgia Recorder Control of the U.S. Senate once again might hinge on Georgia, as voters in the Peach State will head back to the polls next month in a runoff election. Democratic U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock and former professional football player and GOP nominee Herschel Walker are in a …
Read More »Warnock, Walker push to avoid runoff in Senate showdown
Stephen Fowler, GPB News Next week’s election offers a now-familiar story for Georgia voters in this new battleground state: an expensive Senate contest with expected close margins and outsized national importance that could decide which party controls the upper chamber. But unlike the 2020 races that were resolved in January …
Read More »Critics Warn GOP Midterm Victory Would Be Disaster for Working Class, Democracy, and Planet
Jon Queally, Common Dreams Progressive leaders and Democratic Party supporters are raising last-minute alarms over the unparalleled catastrophe that would result if the Republican Party—an organization many see as a creeping fascist force in the United States and on the world stage—manages to win control of one or both chambers …
Read More »Obama Rallies Democrats For Fetterman In Pittsburgh
Kim Lyons, Pennsylvania Capital-Star President Barack Obama was in vintage form during a rally here on Saturday, as he urged a crowd of hundreds to cast their votes for Lt. Governor John Fetterman, the Democrat running for U.S. Senate. “This election requires every single one of us to do our …
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