Category: Democrats

Sen. Elizabeth Warren Announces Plans to Run for 2024 Reelection

Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren has announced she is planning to run for re-election 2024. It would be the third term for the 73-year old Massachusetts senator, who first took office in 2012. The announcement came early on March 27, when Warren posted a campaign ad on her Twitter page. “We’ve won some big victories for…


White House Vows to Veto House Republican’s Pro-Fossil Fuel Energy Package

The White House is threatening to veto the House Republicans’ pro-fossil-fuel legislative package that defies President Joe Biden’s progressive climate-focused agenda. The 175-page bill, known as the Lower Energy Costs Act and given the symbolic priority of H.R. 1, is heading to a vote later this week. The package includes measures that would, among many…


Schumer Warns of ‘Skin-Rotting Zombie Drug’ Gaining Popularity in New York

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer warned his constituents in New York about a new drug that he says could cause people’s skin to rot. “We all know what a scourge fentanyl has been across the New York area—New York City, Long Island, all the suburbs—but now we’re seeing a new even worse type of drug…


Democrats Ask Pentagon to ‘Protect Abortion’ for Service Members, Citing National Security

Senate Democrats on March 27 asked Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin to “protect abortion” for U.S. military service members. In a March 27 letter written by Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) and co-signed by most of the Senate Democrat caucus, Democrats suggested that women in the military having access to abortion was a matter of national…


House Democrat Ro Khanna Announces He Won’t Seek Senate Seat

Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) announced Sunday that he won’t run for the Senate seat vacated by retiring Senator Dianne Feinstein. Instead, he will endorse fellow Rep. Barbara Lee and will co-chair her campaign to be California’s new senator. Khanna made his announcement on CNN’s “State of the Union,” saying that the House was “the best…


US Needs Better Missile Interception Capabilities, Experts Say

Former defense officials joined members of Congress to express concern that the United States is lagging in its missile defense capabilities, leaving the nation vulnerable to attacks from countries such as Russia, China, and North Korea. Speaking at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) on Friday, officials argued in favor of a renewed…


South Dakota Bans Left-Favoring Ranked Choice Voting

South Dakota outlawed Ranked Choice Voting (RCV), which purportedly favors the left and works against conservative candidates. Conservatives in the state legislature scored a major win on March 22 by becoming the first state this year to ban ranked choice voting in elections, with Idaho potentially following suit, reported The Federalist. “Ranked-Choice Voting will never…


Biden, Cabinet Will Visit 20 States to Promote Economic, Clean Energy Agenda

President Joe Biden and members of his staff will hit the road for the “Investing in America” tour beginning March 28 to tout the benefits of his economic plans, according to a White House press release. In addition to cabinet officers, first lady Jill Biden and second gentleman Douglas Emhoff will participate. Biden’s first stop…


Crisis as Bad as 2008: Democrats Spotlight Consequences of a US Default

Democrats from the Joint Economic Committee presented a report about the possible consequences of Republicans not raising the debt ceiling. The group was led by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), who warned during a March 23 press conference that the Republican Party’s stance on the debt limit…


Poll Challengers Defended by Witnesses in House Election Hearing

Election integrity activist Lynn Taylor came before Congress on March 23 “to set the record straight.” Taylor, the president of the Virginia Institute of Public Policy, ripped into the Election Assistance Commission (EAC), nonprofit organizations, and the media for “misleading the American people for the past two years” by portraying election poll watchers as a “problem.”…