We'll Make You Pay," by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS), issued a letter Tuesday to Republican lawmakers saying it will take steps to cancel memberships at state parties if lawmakers try to impose their own restrictions on the organization.
The National Republican Congressional Committee's political action committee (PAC) gave a $2,500 donation to Arizona's Republican Party to benefit its efforts in last year's primary race between the GOP's then-freshman lawmakers.
Democrats are continuing to make the case that Republicans have used the legal system to intimidate minority voters in hopes of creating new obstacles in 2012.
"People will be coming in by busloads. You can only imagine what happens when busloads of senior citizens show up, and they have to have transportation," Democratic National Committee Chairman Tim Kaine said in an interview Thursday.
The Democratic National Committee says it received a notice from the Federal Election Commission this week asking for more information about certain fundraising payments to a Democratic consulting firm.
The top Senate Democrat is calling on the head of the Senate Judiciary Committee to investigate potential misconduct by Supreme Court justices.
Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid sent a letter Thursday to Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., saying he has "serious concerns about the propriety and professionalism of justices and staff on the U.S. Supreme Court." Reid's committee is expected to take up a constitutional amendment to change the composition of the court this year.
The top Democrat in the Senate is calling on House Democrats to give more leeway to their newly empowered leadership team in Washington.
"Today's Washington Democrats are doing the right thing," Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said Thursday. "I've asked that the new leadership be given their marching orders and be given the resources and staff to execute the reforms we have worked so hard to achieve together."
"The Democratic Leadership Council, the group once led by Bill Clinton, has long been associated with its centrist politics and the political center of gravity among Democrats. But Democrats face an important choice right now between the center and the left, and not the moderate middle."
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 38% of American Adults would rather see a Republican-controlled Congress than a Democratic-controlled Congress. That's down slightly from the 44% who felt that way two weeks ago. Fifteen percent (15%) think there would be no difference, and 16% are not sure. (To see survey question wording, click here.)
If the national Democratic Party's chair wins control of the DNC, what should he do to make up for the fact that he came to control the DNC just when the economy began to unravel, just as the country was on the brink of a huge financial crisis?
If the national Democratic Party's chair wins control of the DNC, what should he do to make up for the fact that he came to control the DNC just when the economy began to unravel, just as the country was on the brink of a huge financial crisis?
The Republican National Committee is touting President Bush's leadership, along with other GOP officials, to be their party's ticket to a larger number of voters in the November mid-term elections.
President Bush's approval rating has gone down 5 points since the president took office in 2001. If he is the GOP's savior, as RNC Chairman Mike Duncan hopes, Bush has a lot of work to do to save himself.
The top Democratic leader in the Senate Thursday took steps toward setting a deadline for releasing the results of a long-awaited report from a special counsel into possible illegal campaign activity by Republican and Democratic senators and presidential candidates in the 2004 election.
President Bush has sent in new guidelines for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on immigration, reversing last year's decision to make illegal immigrants eligible for work permits.
Rep. Rahm Emanuel, D-Ill., said Thursday that President Bush made a mistake by making the federal employees' insurance plans more expensive and complex for federal workers.
The top Democrat in the Senate has asked the chairman of the Congressional Oversight Panel to issue a report on whether President Bush should be compelled to give lawmakers access to the confidential documents of Vice President Dick Cheney.
The top Democrat in the Senate is calling on the House Ways and Means Committee to delay hearings on legislation that would give tax cuts to companies that outsource work because it is part of the Bush administration's overall plan to limit business tax breaks.
As President Bush calls for reforms of government programs to control the deficit, a new Congressional Budget Office study found that tax cuts enacted by the Reagan administration, the economic boom of the 1990s, and the Medicare and Medicaid entitlement programs together reduced deficits by nearly 50% between 2000 and 2005.
With a vote looming on a defense budget bill, the House moved quickly to put a stop to a Democrat's effort to strip the plan of billions of dollars in spending for programs to help wounded soldiers, provide military housing and pay for repairs to the United States' nuclear weapons arsenal.
The top Democrat in the Senate is calling on the Senate Judiciary Committee to investigate complaints by some members of Congress that Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. sought campaign contributions from lawyers with business before the Supreme Court.
There are many new senators in Washington, but only a few who were there during the Vietnam War, including Joe Biden (D-Del.), Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.), and Evan Bayh (D-Ind.).
While Democrats have made gains in the Senate, there is one state where Democrats lost ground last year and one where they had to defend their seat for a second term:
Both political parties suffered losses during the first quarter of this year. In the second quarter, the Congressional Quarterly reports that the first six months of this year have been positive for political party fundraising, with the GOP leading the way.
The Republican National Committee is launching a new website offering tools to help voters find, organize, and participate in Tea Party events across the country. Republicans hope the website, called Red, White, and Tea, will be the first of many activities to develop the fledgling Tea Party movement in 2011.
Republican Party chiefs in some major cities are offering to provide space at their offices for people involved in forming local tea parties, reports the AP. The party officials say they hope local activists will help them with party membership, volunteering, and fundraising.
House Republicans have found another way to raise more money - holding off-site events at which donors can donate at their own discretion.
The New York Times is reporting that the DNC chairman wants to get his party more involved in state and local politics.
What do you consider to be the biggest mistake in the early history of the Democratic National Committee?
The most recent news report is that the Democratic National Committee (DNC) is looking to develop an opposition research unit. Does this idea bode well for Republican incumbents? Republicans may be considering this, but there is no doubt that it makes them uncomfortable.
How do you view the news that the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is working with Republican Congressional committees to protect Senate Republicans against some of the possible challenges from Democrats in 2010?
How do you view the news that a group of Democratic lawmakers wants the Senate Rules Committee to take away its filibuster power on judicial nominations?
How would
