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All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/politics/democratic-party politics Politics - Democratic Party en-us Sat, 11 Feb 2012 18:05:23 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/politics/democratic-party http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/democrats/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/dailycaller/20120211/pl_dailycaller/obamaattackadtoutsfreecondomsin2012racevideo dailycaller/20120211/obamaattackadtoutsfreecondomsin2012racevideo Daily Caller politics Sat, 11 Feb 2012 18:05:23 GMT Daily Caller - Democrats moved Saturday to make contraception an issue in the 2012 election by releasing a video attack-ad that portrays opposition to the White House&rsquo;s proposed regulation of churches as a GOP-led effort to deny free contraception to all women. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/democrats/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120211/ap_on_el_pr/us_pelosi_house ap/20120211/us_pelosi_house AP Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:48:43 GMT AP - House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi predicts that five large states will put Democrats in striking distance of gaining control of the House after the November elections. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/democrats/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120210/ap_on_el_pr/us_romney_glitter_bomb ap/20120210/us_romney_glitter_bomb AP Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:57:44 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/democrats/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120210/ap_on_el_pr/us_romney_glitter_bomb"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120207/capt.29c697abf8114271a846fd0f1dab6450-29c697abf8114271a846fd0f1dab6450-0.jpg?x=130&y=95&q=85&sig=WOA.wHkFFqX6xRgQxa_pMw--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="A person is taken out the the room after trying to throw glitter onto Republican presidential candidate former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney during an election night rally in Denver, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)" border="0" /></a>AP - The college student accused of "glitter bombing" Mitt Romney after the Colorado caucuses has been fired from his unpaid internship with state Senate Democrats.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/democrats/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120210/ap_on_el_pr/us_romney_glitter_bomb"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120207/capt.29c697abf8114271a846fd0f1dab6450-29c697abf8114271a846fd0f1dab6450-0.jpg?x=130&y=95&q=85&sig=WOA.wHkFFqX6xRgQxa_pMw--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="photo" title="A person is taken out the the room after trying to throw glitter onto Republican presidential candidate former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney during an election night rally in Denver, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/democrats/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120209/pl_nm/us_usa_taxes_payroll nm/20120209/us_usa_taxes_payroll Reuters politics Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:43:13 GMT Reuters - Republicans expressed frustration on Thursday at the slow pace of negotiations over extending a tax break for workers that expires at the end of the month, accusing President Barack Obama and Senate Democrats of blocking agreement. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/democrats/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120209/ap_on_el_ge/us_campaign_finance ap/20120209/us_campaign_finance AP Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:45:24 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/democrats/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120209/ap_on_el_ge/us_campaign_finance"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120209/capt.9fa017868b49429fa2a876c6a74af0ac-9fa017868b49429fa2a876c6a74af0ac-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=kwnMfPkVCV5tVA02Uh8myw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif., accompanied by Rep. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., speak about the DISCLOSE act during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)" border="0" /></a>AP - The campaign finance system is so broken that legislative changes, including a constitutional amendment, are needed to rein in runaway, secret spending in elections, congressional Democrats said Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/democrats/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120209/ap_on_el_ge/us_campaign_finance"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120209/capt.9fa017868b49429fa2a876c6a74af0ac-9fa017868b49429fa2a876c6a74af0ac-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=kwnMfPkVCV5tVA02Uh8myw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif., accompanied by Rep. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., speak about the DISCLOSE act during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/democrats/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/dailycaller/20120209/pl_dailycaller/congressmane28098vastmajorityofcatholicwomanareonbirthcontrole28099video dailycaller/20120209/congressmane28098vastmajorityofcatholicwomanareonbirthcontrole28099video Daily Caller politics Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:11:12 GMT Daily Caller - A group of House Democrats chided the Catholic Bishops for opposing a part of the health care law that requires religious institutions to cover contraceptives in employee health insurance plans. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/democrats/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120209/ap_on_go_co/us_drilling_public_lands ap/20120209/us_drilling_public_lands AP politics Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:11:21 GMT AP - Federal policing of oil and natural gas drilling on public lands is lax and inconsistent, with only 6 percent of violations resulting in monetary fines over 13 years, House Democrats said in a report Wednesday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/democrats/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ac/20120208/pl_ac/10941848_could_tim_tebow_run_for_office_as_a_democrat ac/20120208/10941848_could_tim_tebow_run_for_office_as_a_democrat ContributorNetwork politics Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:12:43 GMT ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | During the Super Bowl week, Denver Broncos quarter Tim Tebow told David Feherty of Golf Channel that he is thinking about running for public office, according to Chris Moody with The Ticket. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/democrats/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120208/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_senate ap/20120208/us_obama_senate AP business Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:08:57 GMT AP - President Barack Obama met with Senate Democrats on Wednesday to discuss their annual agenda and an upcoming deadline to extend a payroll tax cut. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/democrats/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120208/ap_on_el_pr/us_romney ap/20120208/us_romney AP Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:22:44 GMT AP - Mitt Romney says he's a better tea party candidate than his rivals for the Republican presidential nomination. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/democrats/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120208/ap_on_go_co/us_highway_bill_senate ap/20120208/us_highway_bill_senate AP politics Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:01:56 GMT AP - The Senate was scheduled to take up a bill to extend federal highway and transit programs later this week even though Democrats were still struggling Tuesday to find a way to pay for the programs. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/democrats/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120207/ap_on_el_se/us_kerrey_senate ap/20120207/us_kerrey_senate AP Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:16:19 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/democrats/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120207/ap_on_el_se/us_kerrey_senate"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120207/capt.3a4030a4e3ae4dc8a1b62cd699970390-3a4030a4e3ae4dc8a1b62cd699970390-0.jpg?x=103&y=130&q=85&sig=Kyaru9y4GI1EiB_LQRIRIA--" align="left" height="130" width="103" alt="FILE - In this Oct. 9, 2008 file photo, former U.S. Sen. Bob Kerrey speaks during a healthcare debate in Lincoln, Neb. The former one-term Nebraska governor and two-term U.S. senator said Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012 that he won't seek the Democratic nomination for Nebraska Senate seat he formerly held to replace U.S. Sen. Ben Nelson, D-Neb. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)" border="0" /></a>AP - Former Sen. Bob Kerrey on Tuesday rejected a comeback run for Senate, dashing Democrats' hopes of holding a coveted Nebraska seat and leaving the party to scramble for a race all but guaranteed to go Republicans' way.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/democrats/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120207/ap_on_el_se/us_kerrey_senate"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120207/capt.3a4030a4e3ae4dc8a1b62cd699970390-3a4030a4e3ae4dc8a1b62cd699970390-0.jpg?x=103&y=130&q=85&sig=Kyaru9y4GI1EiB_LQRIRIA--" align="left" height="130" width="103" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this Oct. 9, 2008 file photo, former U.S. Sen. Bob Kerrey speaks during a healthcare debate in Lincoln, Neb. The former one-term Nebraska governor and two-term U.S. senator said Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012 that he won't seek the Democratic nomination for Nebraska Senate seat he formerly held to replace U.S. Sen. Ben Nelson, D-Neb. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/democrats/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ac/20120207/pl_ac/10932710_chryslers_eastwood_super_bowl_ad_praised_by_obama_democrats ac/20120207/10932710_chryslers_eastwood_super_bowl_ad_praised_by_obama_democrats ContributorNetwork politics Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:34:36 GMT ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | Chrysler's two-minute Super Bowl halftime ad with Clint Eastwood is being condemned as being inappropriately pro-Barack Obama's re-election by Karl Rove and other conservative pundits. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/democrats/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/dailycaller/20120207/pl_dailycaller/democratstocontinueinternetcoupwithnewcyberbill dailycaller/20120207/democratstocontinueinternetcoupwithnewcyberbill Daily Caller politics Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:54:14 GMT Daily Caller - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, following a recent anti-piracy legislative debacle with SOPA and PIPA, will lead his second effort of 2012 to push Internet-regulating legislation, this time in the form of a new cybersecurity bill. The expected bill is the latest attempt by the Democrats to broadly expand the authority of executive branch agencies over the Internet. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/democrats/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/dailycaller/20120206/pl_dailycaller/obamasdiplomacydelayedirancrisisuntilelectionyear dailycaller/20120206/obamasdiplomacydelayedirancrisisuntilelectionyear Daily Caller politics Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:07:53 GMT Daily Caller - President Barack Obama announced on Monday a policy intended to shut down international transactions by the Bank of Iran, amid growing worries by Democrats that Iran&rsquo;s nearly-complete effort to build a nuclear weapon will spark a war with Israel and an oil-price shock in the run up to the November election. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/democrats/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120204/ap_on_re_us/us_elections_chief_charged ap/20120204/us_elections_chief_charged AP us Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:31:20 GMT AP - While Republican Gov. Mitch Daniels held off Saturday on appointing a permanent replacement for the state elections chief convicted early that morning of voter fraud, Democrats said they planned to move quickly to wrest control of the politically powerful office from the GOP. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/democrats/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120203/pl_nm/us_usa_taxes_payroll nm/20120203/us_usa_taxes_payroll Reuters politics Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:48:03 GMT Reuters - Senate Democrats have begun preparing a backup plan to extend a tax cut for workers if a special congressional negotiating committee fails to reach quick agreement, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said on Friday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/democrats/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ac/20120203/pl_ac/10922646_michigan_democrats_unveil_legislative_package_aimed_at_campaign_finance_reform ac/20120203/10922646_michigan_democrats_unveil_legislative_package_aimed_at_campaign_finance_reform ContributorNetwork politics Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:06:29 GMT ContributorNetwork - Michigan House Democrats unveiled a package of bills aimed at campaign finance reform on Thursday. The bills specifically seek to address transparency and accountability in how political campaigns gather financing. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/democrats/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120202/ap_on_el_ho/us_congressman_retirement ap/20120202/us_congressman_retirement AP Thu, 02 Feb 2012 22:42:31 GMT AP - North Carolina Democratic Rep. Heath Shuler won't seek re-election to the House, potentially making it harder for the Democrats' effort to win seats in the Republican-controlled House. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/democrats/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120202/ap_on_el_pr/us_obama_democrats ap/20120202/us_obama_democrats AP Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:14:55 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/democrats/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120202/ap_on_el_pr/us_obama_democrats"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120201/capt.28685e49420842cda9eb238862e2b983-28685e49420842cda9eb238862e2b983-0.jpg?x=130&y=94&q=85&sig=y4a_jA1AlQuH9YKPLURWWQ--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="President Barack Obama holds up a proposed mortgage application form as he speaks at the James Lee Community Center in Falls Church, Va., Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012. Obama outlined a proposal he proposed in his State of the Union address to allow homeowners with privately held mortgages to take advantage of record low rates, for an annual savings of about $3,000 for the average borrower. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)" border="0" /></a>AP - President Barack Obama has long relished a dragged-out Republican primary contest that would leave the eventual GOP nominee battered before the fall election.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/democrats/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120202/ap_on_el_pr/us_obama_democrats"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120201/capt.28685e49420842cda9eb238862e2b983-28685e49420842cda9eb238862e2b983-0.jpg?x=130&y=94&q=85&sig=y4a_jA1AlQuH9YKPLURWWQ--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="photo" title="President Barack Obama holds up a proposed mortgage application form as he speaks at the James Lee Community Center in Falls Church, Va., Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012. Obama outlined a proposal he proposed in his State of the Union address to allow homeowners with privately held mortgages to take advantage of record low rates, for an annual savings of about $3,000 for the average borrower. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP)