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Member of the Week: Kent Conrad – Senior Senator from North Dakota
Though he has announced that he would not seek re-election in 2012, Conrad remains a focal player in the ongoing deficit reduction issues gripping Congress.
Read More »Member of the Week: Joe Manchin III – Junior Senator Representing West Virginia
The tactics of Senator Manchin – one in which you distance yourself from President Obama – may be the new survival craze for Democrats on Capitol Hill
Read More »Member of the Week: Xavier Becerra – Representing California’s 31st District
Power driven, calculated, with an eye always to the past, Representative Becerra is surely not done in his upwards progression in the national political spotlight
Read More »Member of the Week: Max Baucus – Senior Senator from Montana
A blue-dog Democrat through-and-through, Senator Baucus remains a highly influential voice in a political environment where moderation is punished
Read More »Member of the Week: Jim Clyburn – Representing South Carolina’s 6th District
Jim Clyburn only came to Washington D.C. at the age of 52, but in his multiple House terms he has rose to become an influential liberal voice within the Democratic Party.
Read More »Member of the Week: Harry Reid – Senator from Nevada
Harry Reid has had a tough few days. After canceling a scheduled recess for U.S. Senators last Thursday because the Senate had “work to do” – referencing the ongoing debt debate – Senator
Read More »Member of the Week: Henry Waxman – Representing California’s 30th
Speculation in politics is a dangerous game. All of us are guilty of latching onto hollow indicators in a feeble attempt to make foolproof predictions.
Read More »Member of the Week: Tom Harkin – Senator from Iowa
Though talk of President Obama being a one-term president is premature and, ultimately, hard to fathom, it must be disheartening for his supporters to hear of growing discontent within his own party.
Read More »Member of the Week : Steny Hoyer – Representing Maryland’s 5th District
They say Maryland is known for crab cakes and football. But in terms of political power Maryland is known as a Democratic stronghold
Read More »Member of the Week : Anthony Weiner – Representing New York’s 9th District
Being vocal in politics is a double-edged sword. The ability to build your reputation through sound bites can isolate or worse yet distort your political leanings. In the case of Anthony Weiner,
Read More »What Congress Would Look Like If It Really Represented America
America is getting more and more diverse—for instance, our Hispanic population grew by 43 percent in the past decade alone—but you'd never be able to tell it by looking at our Congress
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