Democrats regain House
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House Democrats may not have won a big enough majority Tuesday night to run the chamber without help from Republicans, but their victories may have ended a historic co-speakership.
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The embattled Louisiana representative won his reelection, but will he regain his influence in a new Democratic majority?
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Majority Democrats in Congress, prevented from passing a Senate resolution opposing White House Iraq policy, get a fresh chance this week in the House of Representatives.
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Democrats say they are making the best of a bad situation as they bring to the House floor a massive bill cobbling together $463.5 billion in unfinished budget business.
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Bloomberg - (Corrects date of Pelosi's election as leader of House Democrats in second-to-last paragraph.)
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The meeting of the the Democratic National Committee (DNC) last weekend in Washington, D.C. Ã¢ÂÂ its first since the partyÃ¢ÂÂs takeover of the Senate and the House in the 2006 elections Ã¢ÂÂ provided the first real showcase for those hopefuls who want to pursue the DemocratsÃ¢ÂÂ next big goal: taking back the White House in the 2008 election.
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It is a well-worn axiom that money follows power. And that was certainly borne out by the mid-year campaign finance reports just filed by all U.S. House members Ã¢ÂÂ which exhibit the strengthened fundraising clout of the Democrats since they captured the majority of seats in last yearÃ¢ÂÂs elections.
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Some newly elected House Democrats find themselves in a political no-man's land back home, drawing fire from both sides
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Congressional Democrats returned to Washington in a defiant mood yesterday, making no apologies for the campaign in which they lost congressional seats and the presidential
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Democrats in the House and Senate have overwhelmingly outraised their Republican counterparts in the past three months.
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To hear Democrats tell it, all the tools to kick a dent in the Republican majority in the Pennsylvania House and Senate were in their hands Tuesday.
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Half a dozen freshman Democrats took to the House floor one late-October morning to cast their lot with Republicans.
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House Democrats yesterday opted to keep their current leadership for the next Congress, while House Republicans voted to change their internal rules in an attempt to ensure that their team is not disrupted.
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In their new role as the House majority, the Democrats so far this year have shown overwhelming unity on legislative votes. There are some exceptions, though Ã¢ÂÂ and they mostly come from members of the big and decisive House Class of 2006 who prevailed last year in politically competitive districts and could face difficult re-election contests in 2008.
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Eight months after Louisiana Rep. William Jefferson was ousted from the powerful House Ways and Means Committee for allegedly chilling stacks of dubious cash in his freezer, his Democratic colleagues voted to give him a seat on the Homeland Security Committee.
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Democrats hope to win over more Republicans with revisions that would tighten eligibility for the State Childrenâs Health Insurance Program.
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- Complete -- but unofficial -- returns from the general election showed Wednesday that the Democrats picked up two seats in the Arkansas Legislature.