Politics
November 11, 2010 -
The House leadership in the newly elected 112th Congress has some big changes planned on the environmental policy front, from rollbacks of protective regulations to an assault on climate science.
November 9, 2010 -
NOTE: The following is an updated and revised version of a report that first appeared on Thursday, November 4.
November 8, 2010 -
By Joe Atkins,
November 5, 2010 -
Number of seats the Republican Party gained in the U.S. Senate in the mid-term elections: 6 Number of those seats that are in the South: 1 Number of seats the Republican Party gained in the U.S. House: at least 60
November 4, 2010 -
By Marian Wang, ProPublica Earlier this week, we highlighted a few ways that midterm elections could affect some of the issues we've dogged in the past few months -- the foreclosure scandal, financial reform,
November 4, 2010 -
By Elena Shore, New America MediaLatino voters may have saved the Senate for the Democrats, even as Latino candidates gained a record number of congressional seats on the Republican ticket.Political observers say these seemingly contradictory outcomes make one thing clear: Latinos - as candidates and as voters - played a decisive role in Tuesday's election.