A new Time magazine poll shows President Obama up 5 points over Mitt Romney in Ohio, 49% - 44%. In a CBS/Quinnipiac University poll released earlier this week, Obama led Romney 50% - 45%. No Republican has ever won the White House without Ohio and, not surprisingly, it’s feeling the...
In Maricopa County, home of more than half of Arizona's voters, material reminding Spanish-language speakers to vote lists Election Day as Nov. 8, two days after the polls close. The Florida Division of Elections is investigating letters sent to voters in 24 counties that say recipients have been flagged as...
There are now at least eight critical contests in which polling shows essentially a dead heat, encouraging Republicans’ hopes that they may yet snag the chamber, which very recently seemed beyond their reach, writes the Washington Post. Some of the GOP boost is coming from the top of the ticket...
The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee has released draft language of legislation that establishes a system to track pharmaceuticals as they move from manufacturers to pharmacy shelves. The legislation was a sticking point in negotiations on major Food and Drug Administration legislation over the summer, and ultimately consumer...
House Democrats will hold their caucus leadership elections on Nov. 29 as speculation continues to swirl over whether Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-CA, will seek to return as the chamber’s top Democrat in the next Congress.
Obama wants to get into negotiations to resolve sequestration and the fiscal cliff “right after the election,” a senior White House adviser told reporters yesterday, following up on the president’s assertion that Washington could reach a “grand bargain” in six months.