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Jun 21, 2022 · House Democrats voted unanimously in 2021 to remove the deadline for states to approve the Equal Rights Amendment; to establish a floor of nationwide LGBTQ rights; to provide a pathway to...
Jan 2, 2024 · Rep. Mike Johnson, the newly-elected Speaker of the House, is also a Louisiana Republican. How many House seats are Democrat? There are 212 Democrats officially in the House of...
Mar 10, 2022 · The analysis of members’ ideological scores finds that the current standoff between Democrats and Republicans is the result of several overlapping trends that have been playing themselves out – and sometimes reinforcing each other – for decades. Both parties have grown more ideologically cohesive.
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Jan 4, 2023 · House Democrats united behind caucus chair Hakeem Jeffries of New York as leader of the Democratic minority, a historic move that makes him the first Black lawmaker to lead a party in Congress.
Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., was elected as the new speaker in a 220-192 vote. Pelosi had spent weeks shoring up support in the House Democratic caucus after the midterms. That involved Pelosi...
Nov 17, 2022 · How? Eight political analysts break down what worked in the Democratic Party’s favor in the midterm elections. While the GOP did still take the House, the close margin of victory was a...
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Sep 29, 2021 · One reason why Democrats have been so unified is that there are structural reasons to expect a majority caucus to be more cohesive than a minority one.
