U.S. Politics & Elections

Pelosi's day

2009-11-08T05:19:46Z

Nancy Pelosi clapped her hands as she left the House floor late Saturday night. “That was easy,” the Speaker said with a smile. It wasn’t. She had just delivered a promise decades of her predecessors failed to bring home, harnessing...

House passes historic health bill

2009-11-08T04:18:26Z

The House of Representatives passed legislation for the first time Saturday night that would provide health coverage to almost every American after nearly a century of false starts and un-kept campaign promises. The final vote was 220-215. In all, 219...

Obama: 'A crime against our nation'

2009-11-07T05:16:04Z

President Barack Obama on Saturday described the shooting at Fort Hood as “a crime against our nation,” and called on Americans to remember the fallen and honor those who rushed to help the wounded. He also said he would continue...

Obama: 'A crime against our nation'

2009-11-07T05:16:04Z

GOP mulls stripping Dede of top post

2009-11-07T00:18:27Z

Dede Scozzafava, the Republican nominee who issued an election eve endorsement of Democrat Bill Owens in the Nov. 3 New York special election, will meet with Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb Monday to discuss whether she will be stripped of...

GOP mulls stripping Dede of top post

2009-11-07T00:18:27Z

GOP mulls stripping Dede of top post

2009-11-07T00:18:27Z

John Quincy Adams joins Congress, Nov. 6, 1830

2009-11-06T10:15:49Z

On this date in 1830, John Quincy Adams enthusiastically wrote in his personal journal, “I am a member-elect of the Twenty-Second Congress.” Adams, who failed to win a second presidential term in 1828, handily won a congressional seat to represent...

Sometimes the right label isn't enough

2009-11-06T10:15:39Z

For the Democrats, there was one silver lining to an otherwise bleak Election Day: The party in power won New York’s 23rd Congressional District, picking up a seat that had been safely in Republican hands since 1871. Democrat Bill Owens...

Sometimes the right label isn't enough

2009-11-06T10:15:39Z

Wilson wins landslide victory, Nov. 5, 1912

2009-11-05T10:09:10Z

On this day in 1912, Woodrow Wilson, a former president of Princeton University and Democratic governor of New Jersey, was elected the 28th president of the United States. The contest remains the only one in American history in which a...

Arena Digest: Election '09

2009-11-05T10:09:01Z

POLITICO's Arena contributors discuss what were the key lessons from Election 2009. Mark Mellman, Democratic strategist “Four key messages from last night ... “First, if the 2010 election had been held last night, lots of Democrats would have been in...

Arena Digest: Election '09

2009-11-05T10:09:01Z

Ross elected first female governor, Nov. 4, 1924

2009-11-04T10:19:44Z

On this day in 1924, Nellie T. Ross of Wyoming was elected as the nation’s first female governor. She won the office after her husband, William Ross, died on Oct. 2, 1924. The Democratic Party then nominated Nellie Ross to...

Arena Digest: One year later

2009-11-04T10:19:32Z

POLITICO's Arena contributors discuss what's changed in the year since Obama's election. Walter Russell Mead, Council on Foreign Relations “[President Barack] Obama has surprised me twice so far. First, his laid-back (critics say passive) approach both to the stimulus bill...

Letter to the editor

2009-11-03T10:12:55Z

On behalf of the nation’s emergency physicians, I’m pleased that many provisions in the new $894 billion House health care reform bill support emergency patients (“Nancy Pelosi Starts Clock on House Health Care Bill,” Oct. 29). But once again, we...

Arena Digest: N.Y. 23

2009-11-03T10:12:11Z

POLITICO's Arena contributors discuss what New York's 23rd District race says about the GOP. Scott Stanzel, former deputy White House press secretary “What took place in the N.Y. 23 race was due to a unique confluence of events. Eleven GOP...

Critics raise concerns at Commerce

2009-11-02T10:21:10Z

Two former high-level managers at IBM and Microsoft are playing key roles in the Obama administration’s patent reform efforts, leading critics to question whether their involvement constitutes a breach of the administration’s ethics policy. Opponents of the Obama administration’s position...

Wrangling begins for DCCC leadership

2009-11-02T10:20:06Z

Reps. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.), Steve Israel (D-N.Y.) and Joseph Crowley (D-N.Y.) are raising tons of money, dishing the cash to key House colleagues and cementing their place in Nancy Pelosi’s inner circle. Their maneuvering within the Democratic Caucus tells...

Base sends GOP warning shot in NY-23

2009-11-01T00:43:49Z

Republican Dede Scozzafava’s decision Saturday to drop out of the New York special congressional election gave conservatives a big win, but may present a challenge for Republicans heading into next year's mid-term elections. The long-term implications from Scozzafava’s Halloween surprise...