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How much power does the minority really have? Dems face pressure to fight Trump agenda
Congressional Democrats are navigating being in the minority with very little leverage against the Trump administration's agenda.
Out with the old: Maxwell Frost, Gen Z Democrat, on why America needs a real "opposition party"
Rep. Maxwell Frost, D-Fla., was elected to Congress in 2022 and at age 28 remains the chamber’s youngest member. In an ...
What can a junior congressman do to defend USAID, seniors, and the middle class?
Congressman Gabe Amo has a high-profile hearing Thursday, even though being in the minority party affords newer members of ...
Democrats struggle with big question: Who is the leader of their party?
A big question has been on the minds of Democrats since their grueling loss in November: Who is the leader of the Democratic ...
THE WEEK6d
What can Democrats do to oppose Trump?
The Democratic Party has been discombobulated by the Trump administration's "shock and awe" upending of American government. With Republicans in control of the White House, Congress and the ...
The Hill11d
Democrats a permanent minority? Their ideology problem is only getting worse.
Democrats’ current trajectory leads toward long-term minority status. And it’s not clear who or what could pull their own majority back from the brink or their party away from its base.
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Here's why the Texas House cut tradition of giving committee chairmanships to minority party
The Texas House ended its decadeslong tradition of awarding at least some legislative committee chairmanships to members of the minority party with new rules the lower chamber adopted by a 116-23 ...