Igor Bobic

Politics Reporter, HuffPost

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Mitch McConnell Will Let Senate Vote On Criminal Justice Bill
The Senate leader is really upset, though, that lawmakers may have to be in Washington between Christmas and the new year.
6 years ago
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Tony Evers: Calling Wisconsin GOP Power Grab A Coup 'Seems Strong'
The Wisconsin governor-elect wants Scott Walker to veto "hot mess" legislation curbing his power.
6 years ago
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Key House Democrat Jerry Nadler Says Trump Payments May Be 'Impeachable Offenses'
Still, the incoming House Judiciary Committee chairman was cautious about whether an impeachment process ought to begin.
6 years ago
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Joe Manchin Faces Opposition From Left Over Top Senate Committee Post
But other Democrats sound comfortable with the West Virginia senator serving as ranking member on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee.
6 years ago
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Ron Johnson Dismisses Uproar Over Wisconsin GOP Power Grab As 'Way Overblown'
Democrats say Republicans are executing a naked partisan power grab to kneecap their incoming governor and attorney general.
6 years ago
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Paul Ryan Silent On GOP Power Grab In Wisconsin
Republicans are subverting the will of the electorate in Wisconsin. The outgoing speaker of the House, a Wisconsin Republican, is staying mum.
6 years ago
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Cory Booker Fuels 2020 Speculation With Rousing Speech On Criminal Justice Reform
The senator urged Americans to "stay faithful" in the power of organizing as Congress struggles to pass a bipartisan prison and sentencing reform bill.
6 years ago
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GOP Senator John Kennedy Opts Against Gubernatorial Run In Louisiana
The senator's decision is good news for Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards.
6 years ago
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Kamala Harris To Decide On 2020 White House Run 'Over The Holiday'
The California Democrat is one of the most highly anticipated presidential prospects.
6 years ago
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Tom Cotton Is Here To Ruin Prison Reform
The Arkansas Republican is working hard to blow up a bipartisan deal.
6 years ago
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Cindy Hyde-Smith Defeats Mike Espy In Mississippi Senate Runoff
The GOP senator was the prohibitive favorite, although the backlash to her “hanging” remark gave Democrats some hope.
6 years ago
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Democrats Only Need 1 More GOP Vote To Sink A Controversial Judicial Nominee
They're eyeing Sens. Tim Scott of South Carolina and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska to help them tank Thomas Farr's nomination.
6 years ago
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Senate To Vote On Trump Judicial Pick Who Critics Call The 'Vote-Suppressor-In-Chief'
Thomas Farr, Trump’s nominee to a federal court seat, defended North Carolina’s voter suppression law and racially discriminatory gerrymandering.
6 years ago
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MLB Asks Cindy Hyde-Smith Campaign To Return $5,000 Donation: Report
The Mississippi senator has been heavily criticized for her remark about a ”public hanging.”
6 years ago
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GOP Shrugs Off Bombshell Climate Report
“We know that our climate is changing. Our climate always changes and we see those ebb and flows through time,“ Republican Sen. Joni Ernst said.
6 years ago
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Nancy Pelosi Critic Reverses Course, Will Back Democratic Leader For Speaker
The Pelosi rebellion is falling apart.
6 years ago
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How Democrats Won In Trump Country
Spartan message discipline -- and avoiding talk of Donald Trump -- helped these incoming Democratic freshmen flip previously red districts.
6 years ago
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Bucking McConnell, Sens. Graham And Paul Call For Vote On Criminal Justice Bill
Fellow Republicans are "the problem here, not the Democrats,” Graham said of the bill to overhaul prison sentencing laws.
6 years ago
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Orange County, A Conservative Bastion, Turns Blue For The First Time In Decades
What's stunning is not how many seats Democrats flipped, but how they did it.
6 years ago
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Jeff Flake Says He'll Oppose Trump Judicial Nominees Over Robert Mueller Protection Bill
He made the announcement shortly after Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell objected to Flake's request to hold a vote on a bill shielding the special counsel.
6 years ago