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Would the ADA pass today?
Former Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole (R-Kan.) was on Capitol Hill yesterday for a bipartisan event celebrating this week’s 25th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act. The law, which has done so much to improve the lives of millions of Americans, is “the sort of big bipartisan triumph of yore that now seems unimaginable,” the Washington Post’s Dana Milbank noted this morning.
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There's Something About Bernie
The revolutionary zeal of the senator from Vermont is powering his improbable candidacy forward. There’s no way this man could be president, right? Just look at him: rumpled and scowling, bald pate topped by an entropic nimbus of white hair. Just listen to him: ranting, in his gravelly Brooklyn accent, about socialism. Socialism! And yet here we are: In the biggest surprise of the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, this thoroughly implausible man, Bernie Sanders, is a sensation.
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Questions over Keystone XL dog Clinton on campaign trail
A seemingly exasperated Clinton refused for another day to stake out a position. By Timothy Cama.
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Joe Biden Said to Be Taking New Look at Presidential Run
The vice president’s advisers are reaching out to Democrats who have not yet committed to Hillary Rodham Clinton or are concerned she is vulnerable.
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Under new Oregon law, all eligible voters are registered unless they opt out
Americans are required to register if they want to vote; as of this week, Oregonians will have to register not to.
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Written By Bernie: The Fight For Voting Rights Is Our Fight Today
It is an embarrassment that the Republican-led Congress has refused to consider legislation to repair that damage to the Voting Rights Act. We are facing a two-pronged attack on our democracy -- unlimited money poured into the political process, paired with the systematic suppression of the vote.
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Senator Elizabeth Warren: I stand with Planned Parenthood
"The Republican vote to defund Planned Parenthood is just one more piece of a deliberate, methodical, orchestrated, right-wing attack on women's rights, and I'm sick and tired of it. Women everywhere are sick and tired of it. The American people are sick and tired of it."
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Sanders schedules stop at Liberty University
"It is very easy for a candidate to speak to people who hold the same views. It's harder but important to reach out to others who look at the world differently. I look forward to meeting with the students and faculty of Liberty University."
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One of the most powerful Democrats is being torched by liberals after coming out against Obama's Iran deal
Schumer, the Senate's No. 3-ranking Democrat who is next in line to lead his caucus, was set to reveal that he would buck the leader of his party — the president of the US — and vote against the Iran nuclear deal that has become a cornerstone of the president's emerging foreign-policy legacy.
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Democrats Outraged By The Number Of Presidential Debates That The Party Will Hold
Democratic candidates and voters are expressing their anger and disappointment over the announced schedule of six primary debates.
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Sanders: Make Election Day a holiday
The 2016 contender introduced legislation that would create a "Federal Election Day."
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Bernie Sanders is really running against the ‘corporate media’
Bernie doesn't like the media much.
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Elizabeth Warren is still the key for Democrats
Sanders by himself is not enough. He needs Warren.
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Why Black Lives Matter Protesters Are Targeting Democrats And Mostly Ignoring Republicans
A common critique offered against Black Lives Matter activists who have targeted and even disrupted events featuring Democratic presidential candidates — all while largely staying away from Republican events — is that the activists are going after candidates who are likely to support their cause while giving a pass to more conservative candidates. Protesters aligned with the Black Lives Matter movement disrupted appearances by former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley and Sen. Bernie Sanders, both of
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This Is How Bernie Sanders Could Win
We’ve been pretty tough on Bernie Sanders here at FiveThirtyEight. He’s surged in the polling and drawn big, enthusiastic crowds, and yet we’ve written several articles largely dismissing his odds of toppling Hillary Clinton. Many Sanders fans have written us calm, kind notes arguing that Sanders has a chance. Not a “well, anything is possible” chance — a real chance to win the Democratic presidential nomination. So, today’s question: How can Bernie Sanders win?
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BREAKING: Bernie Sanders Grassroots Planning Huge March on Washington
A Facebook-driven grassroots movement of Bernie Sanders supporters is seeking 100,000 or more RSVP’s to attend a mass rally at the Washington Mall on or around October 17.
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25th August 2009 - Ted Kennedy, “liberal lion of the Senate,” dies at 77
Edward “Ted” Kennedy, the youngest brother of President John F. Kennedy and a U.S. senator from Massachusetts from 1962 to 2009, dies of brain cancer at age 77 at his home in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts. Kennedy, one of the longest-serving senators in American history, was a leader of the Democratic Party and a spokesman for liberal causes who also was known for his ability to work with those on both sides of the political aisle.
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The 2016 Endorsement Primary
FiveThirtyEight is collecting endorsements throughout the invisible primary and beyond to show who has the most party support.
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Democratic insiders: Joe Biden won't run
Eight out of 10 early-state Democrats think the VP will decide against challenging Hillary Clinton in the 2016 primary. The vast majority of Democratic insiders from the early states don’t believe Joe Biden will run for president, despite evidence that he is seriously considering a 2016 bid. That’s the assessment of the POLITICO Caucus, our weekly bipartisan survey of the top strategists, activists and operatives in Iowa and New Hampshire.
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Democrats Pressure SEC to Force Disclosure of Political Spending
The issue risks driving another wedge between White and many Democrats who see her as the best remaining hope for restricting corporate campaign cash.
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