Senate Democrats ready backup plan on payroll tax bill (Reuters)
3 Feb 2012 at 5:48pm
Reuters - Senate Democrats have begun preparing a backup plan to extend a tax cut for workers if a special congressional negotiating committee fails to reach quick agreement, Senate Majority Leader...

Michigan Democrats Unveil Legislative Package Aimed at Campaign Finance Refor...
3 Feb 2012 at 12:06pm
ContributorNetwork - Michigan House Democrats unveiled a package of bills aimed at campaign finance reform on Thursday. The bills specifically seek to address transparency and accountability in how...

NC's Heath Shuler won't seek re-election to House (AP)
2 Feb 2012 at 5:42pm
AP - North Carolina Democratic Rep. Heath Shuler won't seek re-election to the House, potentially making it harder for the Democrats' effort to win seats in the Republican-controlled House.


Democrats may get lengthy Republican primary race (AP)
2 Feb 2012 at 1:14pm

AP - President Barack Obama has long relished a dragged-out Republican primary contest that would leave the eventual GOP nominee battered before the fall election.

Democrats slam Romney in preview of possible November race (Daily Caller)
1 Feb 2012 at 1:23am
Daily Caller - Democrats dumped on Gov. Mitt Romney Tuesday night, saying he won the Florida GOP primary only because of expensive negative ads, that the GOP turnout was low, and that Romney is bo...


Ore. Democrat wins special election to replace Wu (AP)
1 Feb 2012 at 11:10am

AP - Oregon Democrat Suzanne Bonamici will be the newest member of Congress after a decisive victory in a special election to replace former Rep. David Wu, who resigned in a sex scandal.

Dems: Fast & Furious just 1 of 4 misguided probes (AP)
31 Jan 2012 at 6:11pm
AP - Democrats looking into Operation Fast and Furious say a yearlong investigation has turned up no evidence that the flawed gun smuggling probe was conceived or directed by high-level political a...

Unions denounce FAA bill compromise (AP)
30 Jan 2012 at 6:48pm
AP - Union leaders on Monday denounced a deal in Congress that would make it harder for them to organize airline and railroad workers, saying it was reached without their input.

Democrats slam Tea Party ties in Oregon special election (Reuters)
30 Jan 2012 at 3:29pm
Reuters - An Oregon special election in which national Democrats have sought to paint the Republican congressional candidate as a Tea Party radical foreshadows a tactic the party will employ in its...

Biden: I opposed raid that killed bin Laden (Daily Caller)
30 Jan 2012 at 3:22pm
Daily Caller - During a speech Friday in Maryland, Vice President Joe Biden told House Democrats that he had advised President Barack Obama against launching the raid that killed Osama bin Laden.