Democratic Senators

Democratic Senators Summoned To White House

ABC News | Jake Tapper | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics


ABC News has learned that President Obama will be meeting with 16 Democratic senators (and one "Independent Democrat") this afternoon at the White Hou...

Schumer Privately Urging Dem Senators To Lay Political Groundwork For Dem-Only Health Care Bill

The Plum Line | Greg Sargent | Posted 09.24.2009 | Politics


Senator Chuck Schumer is privately urging fellow Dem Senators to aggressively argue in the media that the GOP is wholly committed to blocking reform, ...

Sam Stein

Progressive Groups Team Up To Keep Health Care Ad Pressure On Dems

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 08.16.2009 | Politics


A progressive ad campaign pushing a public option for health insurance and calling out Democratic senators for their ties to special interests is gett...

GOP Dead Set Against 59th Democratic Senator, Especially If It's Franken

Politico | MANU RAJU | Posted 03.17.2009 | Politics


Having just seen what President Barack Obama can do with 58 Democrats in the Senate, Republicans are more determined than ever to keep him from gettin...

Thomas B. Edsall

The Notoriously Cheap Democratic Senate

HuffingtonPost.com | Thomas B. Edsall | Posted 11.29.2008 | Politics


On the cusp of winning a filibuster-proof 60 vote majority, Democratic Senators are hoarding their personal campaign chests, demonstrating more self i...

The Group of 15

Cenk Uygur | Posted 07.04.2008 | Politics


Cenk Uygur

The Democrats who voted with the Republicans on FISA are actually worse than Joe Lieberman. Why? Because at least we know what we're getting with Lieberman.