DemDaily: Committees of the 118th Congress. The Senate
January 23, 2023 Unlike the US House, which is still facing a few battles over committee assignments, the Democratic-controlled Senate has made a peaceful transition to its new leadership and...
Posted January 23, 2023
DemDaily: Committees of the 118th Congress. The House
January 20, 2023 The new Republican majority of the US House of Representatives has completed its assignment of new committee chairs and members, providing insight into who will dominate the stage...
Posted January 20, 2023
DemDaily: The Debt Ceiling Showdown
January 19, 2023 This morning US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen informed Congressional leadership of “the extraordinary measures Treasury began using today…to protect the full faith...
Posted January 19, 2023
DemDaily: Download on the Death Penalty
December 16, 2022 Oregon Governor Kate Brown (D) on Tuesday announced she was commuting the death row sentences of all 17 of the state’s inmates awaiting execution, changing them to life in...
Posted December 16, 2022
DemDaily: Respectfully Protected. Marriage Equality Prevails
December 9, 2022 The US House of Representatives on Thursday passed the Respect for Marriage Act, enshrining federal protection for same-sex and interracial marriages. The legislation, which has...
Posted December 9, 2022
DemDaily: DNC Reshuffles Presidential Primary Calendar
December 5, 2022 The Democratic National Committee has advanced a dramatic new proposal for the 2024 Democratic presidential primary calendar, which would upend Iowa’s coveted “first...
Posted December 5, 2022
DemDaily: Strike Derailed
December 2, 2022 President Joe Biden this morning signed a bill to force a tentative rail labor agreement, averting what would have been the first national railway strike in 30 years. The...
Posted December 2, 2022
DemDaily: Game of Guns
November 28, 2022 Hundreds of families had an empty place at the table this Thanksgiving, having lost a loved one to gun violence in any of the 617 mass shootings that have occurred in the United...
Posted November 29, 2022
DemDaily: Biden Pardons Pot Possession
October 7, 2022 In a major drug policy shift, President Biden on Thursday signed an executive order pardoning thousands of convicted felons on federal charges of simple marijuana possession. The...
Posted October 7, 2022
DemDaily: Biden Derails Strike
September 19, 2022 The country’s major railroads and rail union leaders struck a tentative deal Thursday, narrowly avoiding a strike that could have wreaked havoc on the nation’s...
Posted September 19, 2022
