Associated Press
| Jun 3, 2013
The next time a flight attendant tells someone to put out a cigarette or you see a teen carded at a liquor store, think of Frank Lautenberg. The fiver-term liberal Democratic senator from New Jersey left his mark on the lives of millions before hi...
CNN
| May 22, 2013
The humiliated politician whose body is way too familiar to the public is off and running again, this time for New York City mayor. Former congressman Anthony Weiner, who notoriously tweeted crotch shots to women that went viral, is already runnin...
CNN
| Apr 7, 2013
Believe it or not, it's not too early to spend many media minutes speculating about the next Democratic candidate for US president, and several pundits are already chanting: "Hil-lary." No one outside of incumbent presidents has "enjoyed such a co...
Newsy
| Mar 23, 2013
US Senate Democrats successfully passed their first budget in four years early Saturday. The plan was only passed by a slim margin and after 20 hours of debate, and the question remains whether budget will be able to pass the Republican House.
Al Jazeera English
| Mar 2, 2013
It's the biggest economy in the world, but the US politicians running the country just can't get their act together. Barack Obama, the US president, and the Congress have failed to agree on how to control the budget. The move will lead to $85bn wo...
CNN
| Jan 5, 2013
With the new Congress come promises of action on guns. Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have voiced support for curbing gun violence, but with Republicans and Democrats deeply aligned with lobby groups such as the NRA, how much change can actu...
Al Jazeera English
| Jan 2, 2013
After months of tense negotiations in the US, a deal has finally been done to avert the so-called fiscal cliff. The agreement to avoid massive spending cuts and tax rises passed the House of Representatives after mont...
Newsy
| Dec 30, 2012
In his first Sunday show visit in three years, the president accused Republicans of obstructionism in negotiations over a debt reduction deal due Tuesday. GOP leader Lindsey Graham accused Obama of desiring to go over the "fiscal cliff".
Democracy Now!
| Dec 28, 2012
As President Obama meets with congressional leaders at the White House in a last-ditch effort to reach a budget deal, we speak to outgoing Democratic Rep. Dennis Kucinich about the so-called fiscal cliff. If an agreement is not reached in time, US...
The Wall Street Journal
| Dec 18, 2012
A testy House Speaker John Boehner told the media it's time to "go to Plan B" on fiscal cliff negotiations, and stick to the GOP offer to boost taxes only on those earning $1 million dollars or more before the deadline runs out. There's no more ti...
— May 16 at 04:03 am
...of the Democratic Party, current president Barack Obama. Through his usage of logos by referencing statistics of Obama’s presidency, ethos mostl...
— May 16 at 07:57 pm
...from Iowa. Those states go 1-2-3 in voting for a nominee, and Biden may have jumped the gun with a revealing slip of the tongue at the Iowa part...
The Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States along with the Republican Party. Since the 1930s, the party has promoted a socially liberal and progressive platform, and its Congressional caucus is composed of progressives, liberals, and centrists. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous operation in the United States and is among the oldest political parties in the world.
Current President of the United States Barack Obama is the 15th Democrat to hold the office of Presidency. As of the 113th Congress following the 2012 elections, the Democratic Party currently holds a minority of seats in the House of Representatives and a majority of seats in the Senate, as well as a minority of state governorships and control of a minority of state legislatures.
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