Poll: candidates backing health care likely victors in November
Fifty-four percent of voters say they would be more likely to back a candidate who supported health care reform. That number includes 51 percent of independents and 70 percent of Democratic voters.
California Senate contenders slug it out in debate
Boxer said her Republican opponent, while CEO of Hewlett Packard, "laid off 30,000 workers, shipped jobs overseas, and she says she's proud of her record - well, that's her record."
GOP facing multiple hurdles in election drive
Republicans hoping to seize control of Congress on Election Day face a week of obstacles that are expected to complicate their plans.
Women senators offer bill to compensate Black farmers
WASHINGTON - Senators Kay Hagen and Blanche Lincoln unveiled their bill at a Capitol Hill rally following a march by Black farmers demanding compensation for decades of discrimination.
In rural Ashtabula, Ohio, rally calls for GOP defeat
ASHTABULA, Ohio -- Labor, civil rights, family farm and community allies rallied here Aug. 21 to kick off the campaign to elect Democrats in November.
Texas Dems prepare for November election
Approximately 5,000 Texans attended the Democratic Party State Convention June 25-26 in Corpus Christi.
GOP says no to jobless benefits, groups plan D.C. march
How do you trim a bill to provide unemployment benefits to laid-off workers in the millionaires' club of the U.S. Senate?
Working families force Arkansas runoff, boost Critz to Pa. win
In a Pennsylvania special congressional election working family voters pushed hard and played a big role in electing Democrat Mark Critz over a Republican who staked a large part of his campaign on overturning health care reform.
Massachusetts vote shows people want results
Yesterday's Senate contest in Massachusetts shows that voters are "frustrated at the lack of action coming from Washington," AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka said today.
All hands on deck for Mass. Senate race, say Dems
Democrats are saying "all hands on deck" to get out the vote to elect Martha Coakley to fill the late Ted Kennedy's seat.
