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Senate Democrats say there’s no appetite in their caucus for forcing another government shutdown if Republicans refuse to agree to an immigration deal by a March 5 deadline. Democratic senators who are mulling presidential bids in 2020 haven’t yet entirely backed away from shutdown threats, which could help them rev up support among the party base, but other Democrats have soured on it as a tactic. Senate Democratic Whip MORE (R-Ky.) stall next month. “We’re not talking in those terms. We’re talking in positive terms,” Durbin said.

Senate Majority Leader on Tuesday that he will give an immigration bill a vote, but it won't be attached to a spending deal. "It is still my view that I will call up a DACA related immigration bill that ... the president will sign and that it will not be a part of any overall spending agreement," McConnell told reporters, referring to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. Congress has less than two weeks to meet a Jan.

Amid the sea of signs and rose-colored hats at the New Jersey Women's March in Morristown, Mikie Sherrill, there with her daughter, is one of the latest women to throw her hat into the political ring. She's a Democrat running for New Jersey's 11th District Congressional seat. "Right now we are taking on a fight for the very soul of this country," Sherrill told ABC News.

Sharing her own #MeToo experience, 84-year-old U.S. Supreme Court Justice

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court Monday ordered that the state’s congressional map be redrawn in a move that could have major implications for the midterm elections. In the order from the court, which ruled 4-3, the judges found that the “Congressional Redistricting Act of 2011 clearly, plainly and palpably violates the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania” and mandated a ne

Following passage in the Senate and House, President Donald Trump on Monday night signed a bill to fund the government for three weeks and end the three-day-long federal government shutdown. Congress had agreed to the short-term funding bill earlier Monday after Senate Republicans provided assurances to Democrats that immigration reform and other contentious issues would be addressed in the near future. Late Monday night, Trump took to Twitter to laud the bill as a "big win for Republicans" while "Democrats

The TAKE with Rick Klein President Donald Trump and congressional leaders bought themselves 17 days to solve a set of thorny issues that haven’t been figured out for more than 17 years. (One of those days is Groundhog Day.) The president clearly gets more out of the end of the shutdown, on terms agreed to by Senate Democrats, than Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer.

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Capital Source The administration is seeking a replacement.  capital source Gabriel Gomez is sending out signals he is considering changing his Republican Party affiliation and running against Warren as an independent.   capital source Jay Gonzalez has hired Healey’s pollster. Healey has repeatedly affirmed she is running for reelection as attorney general.  That fund-raising cements his status as a serious contender for the seat that US Representative Niki Tsongas is vacating.   Capital Source Joseph Gargan, Kennedy’s close cousin, died Dec.

As he heads toward a reelection fight, Governor Baker used the address to further distance himself from President Trump’s hardline policies and harsh rhetoric.  The government shutdown may have ended, but Congress and the White House have only 16 days to work out a complex immigration bill.