Saxby Chambliss

by Frank James In the Senate, it nowadays apparently takes a self-appointed, biparitsan "gang" of senators to get past the partisan gridlock. For instance, there was the Gang of 14 group of senators who helped the Senate get beyond an......

Which was the most fevered lunge for self-promotion by a power player? 1. U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer, saying of Sen. John McCain: ???It???s John McCain who wears $500 shoes, has six houses and comes from one of the richest families......

By Paul West Every so often, luck and circumstance give birth to an accidental congressman or senator, a politician who lands in Washington mainly by being in the right place at the right time. Once in a very long while,......

by Frank James One of the biggest question marks right now about what will happen on Election Day is whether Democrats will gain a filibuster-proof Senate by reaching 60 votes. The filibuster, of course, is the way that the Senate......

by James Oliphant Congressional Democrats appear close to having something they haven't known for a long time: power. After being marginalized by the Bush administration and stymied by a cohesive Republican minority, Democrats on the Hill look poised to...

With all the attention on the monumental presidential contest and local eyes watching to see whether Democrats can capture the state Senate, a handful of U.S. Senate races have not received much attention in these parts. But Sen. Charles......

by James Oliphant Twelve Senate races are considered to be close this Election Day. The outcome could have a significant impact on the balance of power on the Hill. Democrats are chasing a 60-vote majority, which would allow them to......

The Dems bid for 60 filibuster-proof seats in the US Senate remains barely alive: In Georgia, Republican Saxby Chambliss' leading total dropped just below 50 percent in the final tally, so he'll have a runoff. Oregon, Alaska and Minnesota remain......

by James Oliphant Democrats may have picked off another GOP seat in the Senate. This morning, the Oregonian, Portland's newspaper, is projecting that Jeff Merkley has unseated Republican incumbent Sen. Gordon Smith. If that occurs, it would be the sixth.....

A few weeks agao, Chuck Schumer was the lead (evil) character in a web ad Mitch McConnell used to fend off a Democratic challenger in Kentucky. Now, with a Senate runoff between GOP incumbent Saxby Chambliss and Jim Martin in......

Senate Democrats face long odds to reach the 60 seats they crave to make their majority filibuster-proof, but you wouldn't know it from the intensity of the rhetoric in the run-up to the Dec. 2 run-off election in Georgia for the seat currently held by...

by Mark Silva Good ole' Zell Miller. The former Democratic governor of Georgia, who delivered the keynote address at the Republican National Convention in 2004 with his passionate appeal for President Bush and stern warnings about Sen. John Kerry, has.......