News Analysis Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema’s announcement last week of her decision to make an official exit from the Democratic Party and register as an independent results from a number of disparate factors, including the direction of the party before, during, and since the midterm elections, and the prospects for an independent candidate in a…
Experts Weigh In on What Led to Sen. Sinema Leaving the Democratic Party
NTD News Today (Dec. 9): Sinema Switches from Democrat to Independent; Kari Lake Vows to Take Lawsuit to Supreme Court
Arizona Senator Kyrsten Sinema is leaving the Democratic Party and registering as an independent. It’s shaking up the U.S. Senate just days after Democrats picked up a 51-49 majority. Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake indicated she will attempt to take her election-related lawsuit to the U.S. Supreme Court if necessary. Lake says voters were disenfranchised amid Election…
Senators Draft Bipartisan Immigration Deal to Save ‘DACA’ During Lame Duck
December 6, 2022
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Sens. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) and Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) are trying to clinch a deal on immigration reform in a last-ditch effort before Congress breaks for the holidays as President Barack Obama’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program comes to a close. There is speculation from some immigration reform advocacy groups that the draft framework of the…
Democrats Try to Break BBB Into Smaller Bills to Overcome Manchin, Sinema Objections
President Joe Biden and other Democrats have suggested that the party could break the $1.85 trillion Build Back Better (BBB) social spending package into smaller, more targeted bills in order to pass some parts of the scheme after its defeat in late December. Biden and other Democratic leaders spent the latter half of 2021 pushing…
Manchin and Sinema Vote With Republicans Against Changing Senate Rules for Elections Overhaul
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Sen. Kirsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) joined Republican senators on Jan. 19 to vote down an attempt by the Democrats to change the rules of the U.S. Senate in order to pass a major elections overhaul bill that was a top priority for President Joe Biden. Manchin and Sinema have long said…
Manchin On Election Bills: The Law Already Protects Voting Rights
While speaking to reporters on Tuesday, Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W. Va.) rejected his party’s notion that tougher state-level election laws would obstruct voting rights, a bad sign for Democrats hoping to sway Manchin into weakening the filibuster. After a string of policy failures for President Joe Biden before Congress’ winter recess Democrats, looking for some…
Manchin On Election Legislation: The Law Already Protects Voting Rights
While speaking to reporters on Jan. 18, Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) rejected his party’s notion that tougher state-level election laws would obstruct voting rights, a bad sign for Democrats hoping to sway Manchin into weakening the filibuster. After a string of policy failures for President Joe Biden before Congress’s winter recess, Democrats, looking for some…
Democrats Accuse Manchin, Sinema of Racism for Opposition to Filibuster Abolition
Democrats are accusing moderate Sens. Joe Manchin (D-W. Va.) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) of racism after the duo rejected an effort by their party to abolish the filibuster in order to pass election legislation over the objections of all 50 GOP senators. Just before Congress returned from its winter recess, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer…
Sinema Says She Won’t Vote Down Filibuster, Dealing Another Blow to Biden
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) said on Thursday that she will not help her party to weaken or abolish the filibuster, all but ending President Joe Biden’s aspiration to pass comprehensive voting legislation that would increase the federal government’s power over elections. This announcement comes as little surprise to observers of the Arizona maverick who, like…
Pelosi Tacitly Confirms Reports that Sinema Opposes Tax Hikes
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) tacitly confirmed reports that have long circulated regarding moderate Sen. Kyrsten Sinema’s (D-Ariz.) opposition to raising corporate tax rates. Though her colleague Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W. Va.) has controlled headlines for months, Sinema has joined with Manchin on a number of key issues. Because of the Democrats’ razor-thin…
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