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WASHINGTON — Democrats won the majority. Now they just need a speaker of the House. The standoff over Nancy Pelosi’s bid to regain the gavel intensified as Democrats left Washington for the Thanksgiving break in what has turned out to be an unsettling finish to an otherwise triumphant week that saw them welcome a historic class of newcomers to Capitol Hill and prepare to take control from Republicans. Pelosi, speaker from 2007 to 2011 and the first woman to hold that job, was certain she will hold it again. Her foes were equally confident they have the votes to stop her ascension.

Democrats will be the majority party in the House of Representatives, and Nancy Pelosi is again vying to be speaker. But some members of her party are adamant that they won’t vote for her.   The hearing underway in California comes as thousands of Central Americans are waiting in Tijuana to apply for permission to enter lawfully.  Senators Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island and Richard Blumenthal are two of the three plaintiffs.  It’s a tradition: If a New England Democrat runs in the New Hampshire presidential primary, he or she wins it.

Democrats will be the majority party in the House of Representatives, and Nancy Pelosi is again vying to be speaker. But some members of her party are adamant that they won’t vote for her.   The hearing underway in California comes as thousands of Central Americans are waiting in Tijuana to apply for permission to enter lawfully.  Senators Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island and Richard Blumenthal are two of the three plaintiffs.  It’s a tradition: If a New England Democrat runs in the New Hampshire presidential primary, he or she wins it.

Democrats will be the majority party in the House of Representatives, and Nancy Pelosi is again vying to be speaker. But some members of her party are adamant that they won’t vote for her.   The hearing underway in California comes as thousands of Central Americans are waiting in Tijuana to apply for permission to enter lawfully.  Senators Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island and Richard Blumenthal are two of the three plaintiffs.  It’s a tradition: If a New England Democrat runs in the New Hampshire presidential primary, he or she wins it.

SAN ANTONIO — For a quarter-century, Republicans have dominated Texas politics so much that the Democratic minority has often been an afterthought.

Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R) has defeated Sen.

Broward County, Fla., election chief Brenda Snipes submitted her resignation on Sunday after weeks of criticism from Republican officials who accused her of illegal activity during the Florida recounts, according to multiple reports. A Snipes representative confirmed the initial report to NBC 6 on Sunday.

Democrats made major gains across the Sunbelt in the midterm elections, changing the political landscape in states like Arizona and Nevada ahead of the 2020 elections. The party netted many of those gains by winning over Republicans in the suburbs and aggressively courting minority voters, a coalition that could spell trouble in Southwestern states for MORE's reelection prospects and Republicans protecting their Senate majority. In Arizona, Rep.

The Senate is bracing for an end-of-the-year brawl over MORE's judicial nominations. Republicans view filling the lifetime court seats as their top priority and are expected to confirm as many nominees as possible before the Senate adjourns for the year, infuriating Democrats and their allies who are powerless to stop Trump’s picks. Majority Leader MORE (R-Ky.) is already teeing up votes for two nominations — Jonathan Kobes to be an 8th Circuit Court judge and Thomas Farr to be a district court judge — for when senators return from their Than

In March, President Donald Trump’s administration announced they would put the citizenship question back on the census. It has not been included since 1950.