President Barack Obama and congressional Democrats, citing long lines and hours-long waits at polling places last November, want to change the narrative on voting rights.
Read More »‘War on women’ is Democrats’ rallying call against Republicans
Democrats and allied groups including Emily’s List are framing Republican moves to cut federal spending as a war on women, an effort aimed at influencing the 2012 elections. Support from women voters helped propel Republican gains in the 2010 elections. Democrats are hoping to reverse that next year by arguing that measures including the Republican push to end traditional Medicare would disproportionately affect women, who live longer than men.
Read More »Lawmaker urges shareholder veto over company giving
A Democratic congressman is proposing to limit the impact of a U.S. Supreme Court decision by giving shareholders power to block corporate campaign spending. Rep. Michael Capuano of Massachusetts introduced legislation on Thursday aimed at blunting last week’s high court ...
Read More »Attempted airline attack raises new security concerns
The ability of a suspected terrorist to bring explosives on board a U.S. plane exposes vulnerabilities in an aviation security system that had been overhauled and strengthened since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, a 23-year-old Nigerian, was ...
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