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Donald Trump’s allies are downplaying his sweeping plan to deport millions of undocumented immigrants, which would tear apart families and harm the economy.

There are sparks of enthusiasm for Harris and her running mate, Tim Walz, whose Carhartt-and-camo appeal resonates in a state of 734,000 people scattered across a land area more than twice the size of Texas.

Former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) and Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks (D) sparred in their lone debate this cycle Thursday night as they look to replace retiring Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.) next year. Alsobrooks has emerged as the favorite, with polls showing her squarely in the drivers seat. According to an aggregate of [...]

ARLINGTON, Va., Oct. 10, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Bone Health and Osteoporosis Foundation (BHOF) is pleased to announce the 2024 recipients of our national award to recognize Members of Congress who have demonstrated outstanding leadership, advocacy, and commitment to protect and improve...

Two states and the nation's largest city will pick winners in November using ranked choice voting, an increasingly popular approach to elections.

On Tuesday, Senate Republicans successfully blocked a bill that would have provided legal protections for fertility treatments as well as required insurance companies to cover the treatments. The move comes after Donald Trump promised to make either the government or insurance companies pay for in vitro fertilization treatment last month, and just one week after Trump claimed he was "a leader on IVF" during his debate with Vice President Kamala Harris.The Right to IVF Act, written by Democratic Sen. Tammy Duckworth, whose two daughters were born with help from fertility treatments, was a direct response to the Alabama State Supreme Court ruling that embryos were “children” and not exempt from the state’s draconian anti-abortion laws. Also in direct response to that ruling, the Alabama legislature swiftly passed a law that provided criminal and civil immunity to both recipients and providers of the treatment.Since the drama in Alabama, Republicans have fallen over themselves backtracking and claiming to just love, love, love IVF. One such hypocrite is Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, who has made a big to-do about his support of the service.On Tuesday, Cruz voted against protecting IVF.xTed Cruz votes to block the Right to IVF Act pic.twitter.com/v67nCPDZD8— DNC War Room (@DNCWarRoom) September 17, 2024All but two Republicans present, Lisa Murkowski and Susan Collins, voted against the bill’s passage, while Trump running mate JD Vance skipped the vote to campaign in the Midwest. The final vote—51 for and 44 against—did not meet the 60-vote threshold of the Senate’s existing anti-democratic filibuster rules.xRepublicans vote to block the Right to IVF Act pic.twitter.com/qzgpjTDKsM— Kamala HQ (@KamalaHQ) September 17, 2024This is the second time Republicans have blocked IVF legislation—the last time was in June. The GOP continues to give a lot of lip service to women’s reproductive rights while refusing to protect those rights.Campaign Action

Republicans have blocked for a second time this year legislation to establish a nationwide right to in vitro fertilization, arguing that the vote is an election-year stunt after Democrats forced a vote on the issue. The Senate vote was Democrats’...

Senate Democrats forced a vote on the Right To IVF Act, but it was blocked by Republicans who called it unnecessary and said they support in vitro fertilization.

Republicans on Tuesday blocked a bill that would have created a right to access IVF treatments and mandated that insurance plans cover the practice, deriding the vote as a political ploy. Senators voted against advancing the bill, 51-44, marking the second time Democrats have sought to put Republicans on the record on the contentious issue. [...]

WASHINGTON — The Senate will vote for the second time this year on whether to consider legislation that would establish a nationwide right to in vitro fertilization — Democrats’ latest election-year attempt to force Republicans into a defensive stance on women’s health issues.

Republicans said the border bill being touted by vulnerable Democrats would have actually made the border crisis worse.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said on Thursday that the Senate will vote next week on legislation to protect access to IVF that Republicans blocked just months ago.

Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer conducts a news conference after the Senate luncheons in the Capitol on Tuesday. He announced Thursday that the Senate will vote again on a legislative package that would establish a statutory right to IVF.

Congress returns this week facing the traditional election year push and pull of members wanting to get out of Washington as quickly as possible while doing just enough to avoid a government shutdown.

"Democrats support a CR to keep the government open," Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., wrote on Sunday.

When Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris picked her running mate earlier this month, she chose a politician many undecided voters are used to seeing: a white-haired, Midwestern man with typical American values.

The stakes of November’s election are real.

With only a slim majority in the Senate, President Joe Biden will need Republican support for his proposed reforms.

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — At least 973 Native American children died in the U.S. government’s abusive boarding school system, according to the results of an investigation released Tuesday by officials who called on the government to apologize for the schools.

House GOP leaders are trying to avoid a backlash over accusations lodged by their rank-and-file that Kamala Harris is a "DEI hire," so they're pushing members to take aim at her policy stances instead.Why it matters: Speaker Mike Johnson and other top Republicans are encouraging members to avoid attacking the vice president's identity as they seek to navigate a campaign against the new presumed presidential nominee. Harris is the first woman, the first Black American and the first South Asian American to serve as vice president. Johnson (R-La.) encouraged members to" focus on policy not personality" during a closed-door conference meeting Tuesday, later echoing that sentiment publicly to reporters. Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.) encouraged members in the meeting to "hold off on 'editorializing' on Kamala. Just stick to her disastrous record," a GOP lawmaker who was present for the comments told Axios. The big picture: Leadership's push to quash gender- or race-based critiques of Harris follows comments from a handful of GOP lawmakers asserting that the vice president was able to quickly step in for Biden because she's a woman of color. "The media propped up this president, lied to the American people for three years, and then dumped him for our DEI vice president," Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) posted on X. During a recent television appearance, Rep. Glenn Grothman (R-Wis.) alleged Democrats had to stick with Harris as the nominee "because of her ethnic background."Yes, but: Johnson's efforts to focus on Harris' policy record are complicated by rhetoric from the top of the ticket. Sen. JD Vance — Trump's running mate — hasn't limited his criticism to Harris' stance on issues. In his first solo campaign appearance Monday, Vance drew a biographical contrast with Harris, who he accused of "collecting a government paycheck for the last 20 years" Zoom out: Reps. Tony Cárdenas (D-Calif.) and Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) are weighing introducing a censure resolution against Burchett over his remarks, Politico first reported. Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-Fla.) told CNN the comments "are just racist dog whistles. Whenever you hear DEI, I want you to think about the N-word. I want you to think about racial slurs. That's what they actually mean.""Of course it's not appropriate, for heaven's sakes. What, are they just going to say, 'If you're not a white male, it's a DEI candidate?' I'm sorry. No," Rep. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) told Huffington Post. Johnson, meanwhile, said he'd "talked with a lot of members," and he thought his message had landed.

Vice President Kamala Harris is already facing attacks from Donald Trump and other Republicans that center on her race and gender.

Republicans are trying to stick to policy differences, but some just couldn't help attacking Vice President Kamala Harris by calling her a "DEI hire."