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Reid Goes 'Nuclear'

The Huffington Post | Gabrielle Dunkley | Posted 05.17.2013 | Politics

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has told top advisers that he is prepared to take action if Senate Republicans block three upcoming nominat...

Reid Goes 'Nuclear'

The Washington Post | Posted 05.17.2013 | Politics

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is increasingly focused on the month of July as the time to exercise the so-called “nuclear option” and revisit ...

Michael McAuliff

Dems Think They Have Shot At Georgia, Kentucky

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 05.11.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Democrats may not be running with one of their top choices in Georgia's U.S. Senate contest, but they still think they have a formula to...

Ryan Grim

The Few Senators Who Stuck Their Necks Out On Gun Vote

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 04.18.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- If North Dakota Democratic Sen. Heidi Heitkamp proved herself to be a standard politician with her vote against gun legislation Wednesda...

Senate Democrats Face Decision On Gun Control Measure

AP | Posted 04.09.2013 | Politics

BY ALAN FRAM, ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats are approaching decision time on whether they should try to get Republican support...

Looking Backwards

Robert Kuttner | Posted 04.01.2013 | Politics
Robert Kuttner

The road to political and economic ruin for the Democrats began in the late spring of 2013, when President Obama agreed to a budget grand bargain that cut deficits by 2.8 trillion dollars over ten years, deflated a fragile recovery, and left no room for more than token domestic spending on jobs or infrastructure. The cuts were somewhat "back-loaded" -- bigger later in the decade. But in 2014 they took $200 billion out of the budget. According to CBO, that cut the growth rate by a full percentage point. As part of the deal, more Medicare costs were shifted to patients, and the cost-of-living adjustment for Social Security was cut. Both changes, proposed in Obama's own budget, reduced purchasing power by over $100 billion among the elderly -- who surprised experts by backing Republicans by a margin of 59-41, according to exit polls. The 2013 budget deal, according to Roger Hickey of Campaign for America's Future, "left the Democrats with bragging rights as deficit hawks, but not on the real economy."

Joe The Plumber Gives Three Lines Of Defense: Pee, Vomit Or Shoot

The Huffington Post | Chelsea Kiene | Posted 04.02.2013 | Politics

Samuel Wurzelbacher -- more commonly known as Joe the Plumber for his role in the 2008 presidential election -- is once again joining the national gun...

Senate Democrats Should Stop Fearing Filibuster

Larry Hirsch | Posted 03.25.2013 | Politics
Larry Hirsch

In many cases this is the legislative process and compromise is needed to get things done. In some cases, such as the Assault Weapons Ban, the Democrats should not be afraid to take on the filibuster head on.

Democrats And Republicans Unite Against One Aspect Of Obamacare

AP | RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR | Posted 03.23.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- It isn't every day that more than half the Democrats in the Senate vote to repeal part of President Barack Obama's health care law. But...

Support Elizabeth Warren in her Biggest Battle for Consumers

Brent Budowsky | Posted 03.22.2013 | Politics
Brent Budowsky

Today in Washington a great battle is unfolding between Republicans preparing to filibuster the nomination of Richard Cordray to lead the new consumer protection agency and Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), who is battling to save the agency from these Republican attacks.

Dem Budget Clears First Hurdle

AP | Posted 03.14.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Senate Democrats have pushed a budget through committee that calls for roughly $1 trillion in new tax revenues over the coming decade an...

Ryan Budget Mocked As 'Hocus Pocus'

The Huffington Post | Michael McAuliff | Posted 03.14.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Senate Democrats are mocking House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan's (R-Wis.) budget plan as "hocus pocus," charging it will actuall...

White House Praises 'Concrete' Dem Plan

AP | Posted 03.13.2013 | Politics

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — The White House says the Senate Democrats' new budget is a "concrete plan" that will boost economic growth a...

Sabrina Siddiqui

Senate Progressives Warn Obama Against Giving Away The Store

HuffingtonPost.com | Sabrina Siddiqui | Posted 03.13.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama took a break during his offensive to charm Republican lawmakers open to a budget deal on Tuesday to assure his fe...

Sam Stein

Senate Democrats' Budget: Read The Details

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.12.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Moments after House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) introduced his federal budget blueprint, Senate Democrats unveiled thei...

U.S. Senator Would Make History With Reelection

Posted 03.11.2013 | Chicago

Senator Dick Durbin is going for the history books, ending months of speculation over whether the popular three-term senator from Illinois will run ag...

Dems Face Daunting Challenge

AP | KEN THOMAS and THOMAS BEAUMONT | Posted 05.08.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON — After a surprising string of victories last fall, Democrats now face a challenging terrain as they look to hold onto their Senate m...

Senate Democrats Unveil Budget Bill

AP | ANDREW TAYLOR | Posted 05.07.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON — Democrats controlling the Senate are moving to give the Obama administration more flexibility in administering automatic spending c...

#StopSequestration: Not All Cuts Are Equal

Edward Headington | Posted 04.29.2013 | Los Angeles
Edward Headington

If ever there was a time to come together and remind ourselves that Peace Through (Economic) Strength is a virtue still embraced, it is now.

Will President Obama Betray Senate Democrats in State of the Union Speech?

Daniel Marans | Posted 04.14.2013 | Politics
Daniel Marans

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has ruled out Social Security cuts in any plan to replace the sequester. President Obama, on the other hand, remains willing to offer the chained CPI Social Security cut as part of a grand bargain.

Dems Crack Down On Looming Cuts

The Washington Post | Posted 02.07.2013 | Politics

Senate Dems are putting together a plan to avert the sequester with new revenues drawn from things like nixing tax breaks enjoyed by oil and gas compa...

Ryan Grim

Senate Loses Another Liberal Lion

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 02.09.2013 | Politics

With the announcement by Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin (D) that he will not seek reelection in 2014, the Senate stands to lose two of the remaining members who...

House GOP Shifts Strategy After Bruising Election

RealClearPolitics | Posted 01.24.2013 | Politics

Recalibrating their strategy after a bruising election and an inauguration that underscored President Obama’s renewed popularity, political savvy an...

Sabrina Siddiqui

Harry Reid, Senate Democrats Urge Obama To Bypass Congress On Debt Ceiling

HuffingtonPost.com | Sabrina Siddiqui | Posted 01.11.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and other members of Senate Democratic leadership issued a letter to President Barack Obama F...

Ryan Grim

Rising Senator Sets Sights On Filibuster Reform

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 12.13.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Sen. Jeff Merkley circulated details of his filibuster reform proposal to Senate colleagues on Wednesday, a copy of which was provided t...