Dems look to force votes on emergency abortion as abortion pill deaths make headlines

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-New York) and Senate President pro tempore Patty Murray (D-Wash.) announced plans to force a vote on abortion legislation on Tuesday after two pregnant women died after taking abortion pills. “What happened in Georgia is a direct example of how abortion bans continue to exacerbate racial disparities in maternal mortality. […]

Dems Can’t Just Dismiss Springfield Issue by Saying ‘They’re Here Legally’

During Friday's broadcast of HBO's “Real Time,” MSNBC host and NBC senior business analyst Stephanie Ruhle said Democrats tend to respond to concerns about a surge in migrants in Springfield, Ohio, by saying, “They're not illegal, they're here legally.” But the U.S. has a problem assimilating immigrants, “even if they're here legally and that's the […]

Dems condemn death threats against Supreme Court they’ve repeatedly disparaged

Following reports that a suspect had been arrested for making threats to injure and kill six of the nine Supreme Court justices and several of their families, the Democratic Party issued a comprehensive condemnation of political violence. “Threats and acts of violence are unacceptable. Period,” Sen. Dick Durbin, a Democrat from Illinois, told The Washington […]

29 vulnerable Dems vote with Republicans on bill cracking down on illegal immigrants

About 30 House Democrats voted Wednesday in favor of a bill that would deport undocumented immigrants who have committed sex crimes, signaling the party's shifting focus on the immigration crisis as the November election approaches. The Republican-led bill passed 266-158, with 51 Democrats joining the Republicans. Democrats have criticized the bill, accusing it of unfairly […]

Over 150 Dems vote to keep rapists, wife-beaters safe from deportation

More than 150 Democrats on Wednesday voted against a House bill that would deport undocumented immigrants convicted of sex crimes or conspiracy to commit sex crimes. This law: Preventing Violence Against Women by Illegal Immigrants Actteeth, Congressman Nancy Mace According to a summary of the bill, the bill seeks to amend current Immigration and Nationality […]