Morning Digest: Supreme Court blocks ruling that ordered Alabama to draw a second Black district

The Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, Daniel Donner, and Carolyn Fiddler, with additional contributions from David Jarman, Steve Singiser, James Lambert, David …

Morning Digest: Baffled by new map, two West Virginia Republicans announce bids for wrong district

The Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, Stephen Wolf, Carolyn Fiddler, and Matt Booker, with additional contributions from David Jarman, Steve Singiser, Daniel …

Morning Digest: Two challengers emerge for D.C.'s mayor, including one hostile to COVID vaccination

The Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, Stephen Wolf, Carolyn Fiddler, and Matt Booker, with additional contributions from David Jarman, Steve Singiser, Daniel …

Morning Digest: John Yarmuth, surprise 2006 winner who heralded blue wave, retires from Congress

The Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, Stephen Wolf, Carolyn Fiddler, and Matt Booker, with additional contributions from David Jarman, Steve Singiser, Daniel …

How Schumer and Pelosi could give in to McConnell on debt ceiling—and humiliate him in the process

Congressional Democrats, in the House anyway, are looking ahead this week to consider what to do about Mitch McConnell and his band of nihilists in the Senate when it comes to the next fight over the …

No, the federal budget isn't like a family budget. We can afford nice things

Well how about this. 

Rep. John Yarmuth isn’t just any old congressperson. He’s chair of the House Budget Committee, and having this basic truth said out loud—“We can spend whatever we need to spend …

Powerful interest groups join the fray on infrastructure in battle for soul of the Republican Party

It’s the Chamber of Commerce facing off against far-right dark money groups in the battle for infrastructure. The former has joined with the AFL-CIO and other trade groups in manufacturing and …

Morning Digest: GOP megadonor tries to thwart McConnell's plan to thwart toxic Senate candidate

The Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, Stephen Wolf, Carolyn Fiddler, and Matt Booker, with additional contributions from David Jarman, Steve Singiser, Daniel …

'There is no policy attached to their proposal': House ready for work on Senate infrastructure plan

President Joe Biden is on the road this week, pitching his infrastructure plans to the nation as well as the bipartisan agreement he made with senators last week. He was in LaCrosse, Wisconsin, …

Done with bipartisan dithering on infrastructure, Schumer kicks off budget reconciliation process

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced Tuesday that Senate Democrats are fully prepared to go it alone on a bold infrastructure plan that addresses climate change. That’s the essence of …