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You’ll have to decide on your own whether 2014 was a good year or not. We’re assuming that if you’re a Republican, you’re probably leaning yes, and if you’re a Democrat, you’re trending no. But no matter how you rate it, it was a remarkable year — both here at home and overseas. And thus, …
It’s the time of year when, upon reflecting over the politics of 2014, we also remember those in the political world who passed from the scene. Janet Hook of the Wall Street Journal and Alan Ehrenhalt of Governing magazine sit down with us for our 2014 Political Junkie Remembrances Special, where we listed some of …
With just days to go before they are evicted from majority status, Democrats on the Senate Intelligence Committee, led by Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), released a scathing indictment of the CIA. Their report states that the agency used excessive and illegal tactics against detained terror suspects, covered up the brutality, misrepresented the intelligence from detainees, and …
Republicans learned what they needed to do to score big electoral victories in 2014, and now it seems they’ve also learned that shutting down the government as a tactic against President Obama and the Democrats over funding the government may not be the best approach. Sarah Mimms, a congressional reporter for the National Journal, explains …
Just weeks after his party took a historic drubbing in the midterm election, President Obama turned the tables on the Republicans and said he would use his executive powers to change the nation’s immigration policy. He said he was forced to take that position after months and months of inaction in the Republican-led House. Lauren …
The elections are over and now it’s time for Congress to start governing. At least that’s the plan for the lame-duck session, designed to take up issues the House and Senate failed to get to prior to October, when lawmakers left town to campaign. But aside from working on a spending bill and votes on …
We know, for the most part, the winners and losers in the Nov. 4th elections. Now it’s time to break down the results even more. While it was a great night for Republicans, and an awful one for Democrats, it was less clear of a message for women. In terms of party winners, female Republicans …
The results are in. It’s good news for the Republican Party. And a sweeping repudiation of President Obama and the Democrats. In the Senate, a new GOP majority. In the House, enough pickups to make it a record number for the party. In the contests for governor, Republican victories in states that are solidly blue. …
We’re here. It’s time for the 2014 midterm elections. And so, we have a show for the ages. We start off with Republican Vin Weber and Democrat Anna Greenberg laying out what’s at stake on November 4th, and what it might mean for the final two years of the Obama presidency. And then we go …
Lest we forget, it’s not just candidates whom we’re voting for (or against!) this year. It’s also hundreds of ballot initiatives, propositions and referenda that voters will weigh in on as well — everything from raising the minimum wage to legalizing pot to a tax on high calorie soda. Reid Wilson of the Washington Post …