David Sherfinski

Mary Landrieu’s fate a factor as Democrats mull Keystone vote

Now that the elections are almost all over, lawmakers return to Capitol Hill Wednesday — apparently in part to get down to some serious political jockeying over the Keystone XL pipeline.

November 12, 2014

James Clyburn: GOP wants to impeach, ‘put an asterisk’ next to Obama, the first black president

Democratic Rep. James Clyburn of South Carolina said one thing a padded Republican majority in the House and new GOP majority in the Senate means is the increased prospect of Republicans' impeaching President Obama.

November 12, 2014

Arizona’s House race could head to recount

The too-close-to-call race between Democratic Rep. Ron Barber and Republican Martha McSally in Arizona's second congressional district could be headed for a recount.

November 12, 2014

Marco Rubio’s new book set for January release

Sen. Marco Rubio's new book is scheduled for a January release as potential 2016 GOP presidential contenders jockey for positioning and weigh the timing of when to announce a decision on whether or not they're running.

November 12, 2014

Democratic party favorability now at all-time low

The favorability of the Democratic party is now at an all-time low, according to Gallup, falling 6 points to 36 percent in the wake of the party's losses in this year's midterm elections and sinking below the favorability of the Republican party for the first time in more than three years.

November 12, 2014

Americans want congressional GOP, not Obama, to lead country: poll

In the wake of a 2014 midterm election cycle that saw Republicans re-take control of the U.S. Senate and pad their already sizable majority in the House, a majority of Americans now want congressional Republicans, not President Obama, to have more influence over the direction of the nation in the next year.

November 11, 2014

Obamacare architect: I was out of line with ‘stupidity of the American voter’ quip

An MIT professor who was an architect of Obamacare said Tuesday he "spoke inappropriately" when he said a lack of transparency and "the stupidity of American voter" played a key part in the law's passage.

November 11, 2014

Rick Perry in South Carolina: ‘You’ll see me again’

Even if Texas Gov. Rick Perry doesn't end up running for president, it sounds like he's at least planning to visit the early presidential primary state of South Carolina again.

November 11, 2014

John McCain: ‘I would imagine’ Loretta Lynch, Obama’s AG pick, would get confirmed by new Senate

Sen. John McCain said he imagines Loretta Lynch, President Obama's recently announced nominee to be the next U.S. attorney general, would be confirmed if the Senate waits until Republicans officially assume their majority status — a timeline many Republicans are calling for.

November 11, 2014

Ron Johnson plans border security bill regardless of Obama action on immigration

Sen. Ron Johnson, Wisconsin Republican, said he's planning to push legislation that would include a guest worker program and beef up border security regardless of whether or not President Obama takes some kind of executive action in the near future to stem deportations.

November 11, 2014

Scott Walker: Hillary Clinton was the big loser in these midterm elections in many ways

Perhaps taking a page from the playbook of Sen. Rand Paul, newly re-elected Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker said former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton was perhaps the biggest loser of the midterm elections last Tuesday.

November 11, 2014

Robert McDonald: Firings have begun at Veterans Affairs

Secretary of Veterans Affairs Robert McDonald said Tuesday that firing processes have begun for employees flagged for disciplinary action in the wake of recent issues with the department that have seen veterans shuttled to secret waiting lists, among other things.

November 11, 2014

Rick Perry: Decision on presidential run to come next year

Texas Gov. Rick Perry is testing the early waters for a possible 2016 presidential campaign during a swing through New Hampshire this week, but doesn't plan to make a final decision on a run until the spring of next year, according to the Associated Press.

November 10, 2014

Ted Cruz: Net neutrality is ‘Obamacare for the Internet’

Sen. Ted Cruz on Monday blasted net neutrality as "the biggest regulatory threat to the Internet" in reaction to President Obama's request to the Federal Communications Commission to create new rules of the road.

November 10, 2014

Condoleezza Rice: ‘When the United States steps back and speaks softly, nobody listens’

Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says that the United States has created a "vacuum" being filled with terrorism and other overseas issues and that Americans might want a more modest foreign policy — but they also don't like the consequences of a United States that isn't deeply engaged.

November 10, 2014

Rand Paul: War against Islamic State ‘is now illegal’

In a new opinion piece, Sen. Rand Paul says President Obama must come to Congress to start a war and that he acted against the Islamic State without "true constitutional authority" since the country was not under attack at the time.

November 10, 2014

George W. Bush: Danger posed by Islamic State rivals pre-9/11 al Qaeda

Former President George W. Bush says the danger now posed by the Islamic State terrorist group rivals the pre-9/11 threat presented by al Qaeda.

November 10, 2014

George W. Bush: ‘People get kind of tired of a president after awhile — I’m a pro’

Former President George W. Bush said he's sure President Obama is "disappointed" about his party's performance in the 2014 midterms, but appeared to understand where the American electorate was coming from.

November 10, 2014

Angus King: Democrats have become ‘party of government itself’

Sen. Angus King, Maine independent, said Monday that one of the issues of the midterms was that the Democratic party has become the party of "government itself" — and said such a perception could pose a problem for someone like former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, the would-be Democratic frontrunner for the 2016 presidential nomination.

November 10, 2014

Debbie Wasserman Schultz: ‘We know we’re right on the issues’

Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, who chairs the Democratic National Committee, said the electoral success the party has enjoyed during presidential years "doesn't translate" in other elections and has announced a complete review of precisely where Democrats went wrong on Tuesday.

November 10, 2014