Virginians are headed to the polls on Nov. 4 to choose between a slew of candidates campaigning for seats in the House of Delegates.  In Democrats’ fight to hold on to their razor-thin 51-49 majority in the state House, the party is running candidates in all 100 districts for the first time in recent history. […]

Republican congressional leaders held firm Friday in their support for the Senate’s legislative filibuster, resisting President Donald Trump’s latest call for Republicans to repeal the 60-vote threshold to reopen the government and advance his agenda with only a simple majority. “Leader Thune’s position on the importance of the legislative filibuster is unchanged,” Ryan Wrasse, a […]

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) is set to hold a press conference around 10 a.m. Friday with Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins. PUBLIC BLAMES GOP MORE THAN DEMOCRATS FOR SHUTDOWN AHEAD OF SNAP FUNDING DEADLINE The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program will run out of money on Saturday, ratcheting up pressure on both parties to get a […]

The public continues to blame Republicans more than Democrats for the government shutdown despite the GOP’s best efforts to convince the people otherwise.  In an ABC News-Washington Post-Ipsos poll released Thursday, 45% of respondents said President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans are responsible for the shutdown, while 33% said congressional Democrats are responsible, and another […]