U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and Ron Wyden (D-OR) have begun the push for improved campaign disclosure, which they discussed in a late-December op-ed in the Washington Post.The Senators plan on taking to the federal level what their home states…
Filibuster reform appeared to be on the brink of happening, according to a Huffington Post report, but what that reform will…
Redistricting continues to be a major story at the national level, as news outlets examine the results of the Congressional elections to see how redistricting might have impacted the outcome. The New York Times writes how redistricting…
A new analysis from the Brennan Center shows the possible impact that redistricting had on this November’s Congressional elections.They found that nine seats flipped control from Republican to Democratic, while…
Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-IL) of the second Congressional District submitted his letter of resignation to Speaker of the House John Boehner before the Thanksgiving weekend. Voters in the district re-elected Jackson just two weeks before his resignation.…
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