Top 10 GOP House seats most likely to flip in a blue wave
Republicans are scrambling to minimize their losses in Tuesday's midterm elections in an effort to deny Democrats the 23 seats they need to recapture a majority in the House.In recent weeks, Republican...
View ArticleDem Tom Malinowski ousts Leonard Lance in top NJ House race
Democrat Tom Malinowski is projected to win New Jersey’s 7th District, a big win for Democrats in the heated battle for the House.Malinowski, a longtime human rights activist, defeated Rep. Leonard...
View ArticleHow Republicans who voted against ObamaCare repeal fared in midterms
Twenty House Republicans broke with their party last year and voted against the GOP bill to repeal and replace ObamaCare, a measure that Democrats used to hammer vulnerable Republicans in the campaign...
View ArticleOvernight Health Care: How Republicans who voted against ObamaCare repeal...
Welcome to Friday’s Overnight Health Care, where we’re looking forward to members coming back next week and asking lawmakers lots of health care questions about the new Congress!How Republicans who...
View ArticleDem wins leave behind a more conservative GOP conference
Tuesday’s blue wave in the House is set to leave behind a GOP conference that is far more conservative — and more loyal to President Trump.A large chunk of centrist Republicans were either wiped out at...
View ArticleDefeated Republicans mocked by Trump fire back at president
House Republicans mocked by President Trump after their midterm losses are pushing back on his rhetoric, arguing that embracing the commander in chief wouldn’t have changed the outcome of their...
View ArticleNew Jersey New Members 2019
Rep.-elect Jeff Van Drew (D-N.J.-02)DATE OF BIRTH: Feb. 23, 1953RESIDENCE: Dennis Township, N.J.OCCUPATION: LawmakerEDUCATION: B.S., Rutgers University; D.M.D., Fairleigh Dickinson UniversityFAMILY:...
View ArticleTax law failed to save GOP majority
The biggest accomplishment for congressional Republicans — passing a sweeping new tax law at the end of 2017 — didn’t end up saving the GOP majority in the House.The economy wasn’t the biggest issue of...
View ArticleOn The Money: Why the tax law failed to save the GOP majority | Grassley opts...
Happy Friday and welcome back to On The Money. I'm Sylvan Lane, and here's your nightly guide to everything affecting your bills, bank account and bottom line.See something I missed? Let me know at...
View ArticleIncoming Dem lawmaker: Trump 'sympathizes' with leaders...
Rep.-elect Tom Malinowski (D-N.J.) tore into President Trump on Friday for defending Saudi Arabia despite the CIA's reported finding that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is responsible for the death...
View ArticlePush for ‘Medicare for all’ worries centrist Dems
Centrist Democrats who helped their party win back the House majority with victories in key swing districts last fall are sounding the alarm that the liberal push for “Medicare for all” could haunt...
View ArticleBottom Line
HEALTH. Specialty drug company Circassia Pharmaceuticals recently hired Winning Strategies Washington to work on drug pricing legislation, according to disclosures. Mike Merola, former deputy chief of...
View ArticleGOP fears Trump backlash in suburbs
Republicans are growing increasingly worried they will lose the suburbs for a second election in a row — this time with President Trump at the top of the ticket in 2020. The GOP forfeited the House in...
View ArticleGun debate to shape 2020 races
Lawmakers return to Washington next week with both sides vowing a robust debate on gun reform following a pair of deadly mass shootings in Texas and another in Ohio.But the discussion promised by Sen....
View ArticleThomas Kean wins GOP primary to take on Rep. Tom Malinowski
New Jersey state Senate Minority Leader Thomas Kean Jr. won the Republican primary in New Jersey’s 7th District to take on first-term Rep. Tom Malinowski (D).Kean, son of former New Jersey Gov. Thomas...
View ArticleKean Jr. to run against Malinowski: report
New Jersey state Senate Minority Leader Tom Kean Jr. (R) is reportedly preparing to launch a new challenge to Rep. Tom Malinowski (D-N.J.) after a narrow defeat in 2020. Kean began notifying New Jersey...
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