Obama Senate

Obama To Be Central Player In Melding Health Care Bills

The Plum Line | Posted 10.06.2009 | Politics


That's the message senior Senate Democrats are sending to the White House in this Roll Call piece (sub only), which details the ways Obama and White H...

Jason Linkins

Reid Gives Burris A Pass On Race-Card Playing (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 02.07.2009 | Media


Roland Burris path to getting some new resume details to engrave on his graveside monolith got a little less obstructed today. President-elect Barack ...

Sam Stein

Dem Aide: Obama Team Pushed To Seat Burris

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 02.07.2009 | Politics


The apparent decision to seat Roland Burris came after aides to President-elect Barack Obama contacted senior Senate Democrats and suggested that they...

Sam Stein

All 50 Dem Senators Call On Blagojevich To Step Down

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 01.10.2009 | Politics


Update 12/11 - 3:59PM ET: Democratic National Committee chair Howard Dean issued a statement calling for Blagojevich's resignation: The arrest of an...

Hill Dems Annoyed, Feel Ignored By Obama

Politico | Posted 07.23.2008 | Politics


After a brief bout of Obamamania, some Capitol Hill Democrats have begun to complain privately that Barack Obama's presidential campaign is insular, u...

Nico Pitney

Dems Not Backing Obama? Rahm Will Deal With It

HuffingtonPost.com | Nico Pitney | Posted 06.21.2008 | Politics


As the man who guided (and pressured and arm-twisted) Democrats to historic congressional gains in 2006, what is Rep. Rahm Emanuel doing now about par...

Obama And Clinton Embellish Their Roles

Washington Post | Shailagh Murray and Jonathan Weisman | Posted 04.01.2008 | Politics


After weeks of arduous negotiations, on April 6, 2006, a bipartisan group of senators burst out of the "President's Room," just off the Senate chamber...