Senate

Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi with female House Democrats (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

Opinion: Pelosi Stays On As Leader, Continuing To Defy The GOP War On Women

She will remain the one woman in a leadership position in the room when important issues effecting women are negotiated over the next year and a strong reminder that Democrats stand with women and promote them to positions of power.

2012/11/14

This is the first photo of Sen. Mark Kirk since he suffered a stroke in January. Photo was taken in April. (Credit: Rehabilitation Institute Of Chicago)

Mark Kirk Setting Priorities for Return to Senate

Kirk hasn’t been back to the U.S. Senate since suffering a stroke earlier this year.

2012/11/07

Opinion: Ballots Full Of Women

While Mitt Romney talks about binders full of women, Democrats have ballots full of women.

2012/11/06

Mitt Romney (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Opinion: Romney’s Desperation Showing In Final Days Of Campaign

As the campaign draws to a close it has become very apparent that Obama will return to the White House and that Harry Reid will lead a Democratic Senate.

2012/11/02

Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., is seen at a press conference announcing legislation on wartime contracting on March 1, 2012 in the Senate Radio-Television Gallery of the Capitol in Washington, D.C. (credit: MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images)

McCaskill Ad: ‘Todd Akin Is Scary’

Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill on Monday launched a Halloween-week ad casting her Republican challenger Todd Akin as “scary” because of his remarks about “legitimate rape.” Akin, meanwhile, is gaining some outside help in his quest to oust Missouri’s senior senator.

2012/10/29

U.S. Senator Kit Bond (UPI/Bill Greenblatt)

Kit Bond Now Supporting Akin’s Senate Bid

The former Missouri Senator’s endorsement comes a month after he previously called on Akin to quit.

2012/09/28

Paul Ryan and Mitt Romney (Photo credit: MANDEL NGAN/AFP/GettyImages)

Opinion: Republicans Are Abandoning Romney’s Sinking Ship

Romney is dragging his own campaign and every Republican down. Republican operatives and House and Senate candidates have conceded as much throughout the month of September.

2012/09/26

File photo of Todd Akin shaking hands with a visitor. (Photo by Paul Morigi/Getty Images for Nickelodeon)

Akin Rebuilding Mo. Senate Bid After Rape Remark

Written off by many in his own party a mere month ago, Republican Rep. Todd Akin has been slowly rebuilding his Senate campaign after apologizing for inflammatory remarks about pregnancy and rape.

2012/09/23

TeenNick Halo Award-honoree Brryan Jackson (L) visits Capitol Hill to meet with Rep. Todd Akin, R-Mo., on Dec. 9, 2009 in Washington, D.C. (credit: Paul Morigi/Getty Images for Nickelodeon)

Akin: Paul Ryan Told Me To Drop Out Of Senate Race

Rep. Todd Akin defied the nation’s top Republicans and refused to abandon a Senate bid that has been hobbled by fallout over his comments that women’s bodies can prevent pregnancies in cases of “legitimate rape.”

2012/08/22

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee speaks during an address to the 39th Conservative Political Action Committee on Feb. 10, 2012 in Washington, D.C. (credit: MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images)

Huckabee: Some ‘Forcible Rapes’ Created ‘Extraordinary’ People

Rep. Todd Akin vowed to fight on in his embattled Senate campaign, but a significant deadline loomed Tuesday that was bound to intensify pressure on the Missouri congressman to abandon the race over his comments that women’s bodies can prevent pregnancies in cases of “legitimate rape.”

2012/08/21

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