Democrats Want to Rise With the Middle Class
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Meet Joe and Eileen Bailey, a politically independent couple from Long Island with three kids in public school, mounting financial anxieties and a flock of Democratic lawmakers clamoring to feel their pain.
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Democrats controlling Congress are looking at tax rebates, extended unemployment benefits and more food stamps to stimulate the sagging economy.
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The Democratic Party's most powerful  weapon is heading back into battle.
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The Democratic candidates compete for a powerful endorsement from the service employees union.
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Bloomberg - June 29 (Bloomberg) -- Democratic presidential hopefuls last night called for higher taxes on wealthy Americans and more federal spending on education, health care and programs to alleviate poverty.
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Prominent Western Democrats who have snatched Senate seats and governorships from Republicans in recent years are joining forces with the hope of spreading their party's success to the White House.
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If they retake control of Congress, Democrats will act quickly to increase the minimum wage, lower prescription drug costs and slash interest rates on student loans, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said Saturday.
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Democrats across the country are abuzz over the possibility of the "dream ticket" featuring Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama running for the White House in November.
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Democratic presidential rivals called for higher taxes on the wealthiest Americans and on some corporations Thursday and said any thought of balancing the federal budget would have to wait.
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Senators Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama are aggressively pursuing members of the group that could be tiebreakers at their partyâs convention.
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The Democratic senators intensified their populist economic appeals to voters in Ohio and Texas.
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Obama's advisers believe focus on economy can help him to woo working-class voters and women.
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The Democrats suddenly face a map with unexpected opportunities in their battle for control of the Senate.
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House Speaker-elect Nancy Pelosi said Monday her new Democratic majority will extend a hand to Republicans in moving the agenda of relieving the "middle-class squeeze." She said restoring the military draft will not be part of that agenda when Democrats take over the House in January.
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House Democrats' promise to permanently protect millions of middle-class families from a mostly unknown tax increase is faltering before it's even unveiled.
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Democratic presidential candidates are actively courting the Service Employees International Union, which also plans to spend on candidates in Congressional and state contests.
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The Democratsâ proposed minimum wage increase does not catch up with what some states have already done to raise the pay of tens of millions of workers.