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5 takeaways from first-quarter fundraising reports

1 week ago | kdhnews.com | Mary Ellen McIntire |Ryan Kelly |Daniela Altimari

WASHINGTON - New federal fundraising disclosures show vulnerable senators on both sides of the aisle amassing large war chests in advance of the 2026 elections, with Georgia Democrat Jon Ossoff leading the pack. And on the House side, Republicans running in battleground districts, on average, outraised their Democratic counterparts in similarly competitive districts during the first three months of the year, an analysis of the Federal Election Commission filings show.
5 takeaways from first-quarter fundraising reports

1 week ago | thederrick.com | Mary Ellen McIntire |Ryan Kelly |Daniela Altimari

WASHINGTON — New federal fundraising disclosures show vulnerable senators on both sides of the aisle amassing large war chests in advance of the 2026 elections, with Georgia Democrat Jon Ossoff leading the pack. Please log in, or sign up for a new account and purchase a subscription to continue reading. Get complete access for 24 hours to all of the content on our site, including breaking news, e-editions, archives (2010 to current) and special sections.
5 takeaways from first-quarter fundraising reports

1 week ago | rollcall.com | Mary Ellen McIntire |Daniela Altimari |Ryan Kelly

New federal fundraising disclosures show vulnerable senators on both sides of the aisle amassing large war chests in advance of the 2026 elections, with Georgia Democrat Jon Ossoff leading the pack. And on the House side, Republicans running in battleground districts, on average, outraised their Democratic counterparts in similarly competitive districts during the first three months of the year, an analysis of the Federal Election Commission filings show.
Vote studies 2024: Biden support steadies in final year in office

1 month ago | rollcall.com | Niels Lesniewski |Ryan Kelly

Joe Biden may have lost the support of congressional Democrats for his reelection effort last year, but he maintained support for his priorities, including making gains among Republicans in both chambers, during his final year in the White House. On votes on which Biden took a position, the Senate Democratic majority stuck with the president on 95 percent of them, while House Democrats did so on 88 percent of the votes, according to CQ Roll Call’s annual vote studies.
Vote studies 2024: House GOP unity inched up as Senate Democrats set record

2 months ago | dailyitem.com | Niels Lesniewski |Ryan Kelly

WASHINGTON — House Republican cohesion ticked up just slightly last year, from a historically bad 2023, while Senate Democrats saw record success on votes that split the parties as both chambers dealt with narrow margins that left diminishing room for dissent. CQ Roll Call’s annual vote studies found that the House GOP majority prevailed on 76.6% of party unity votes, the second-lowest rate since 2000.
Vote studies 2024: House GOP unity inched up as Senate Democrats set record

2 months ago | arcamax.com | Niels Lesniewski |Ryan Kelly

WASHINGTON — House Republican cohesion ticked up just slightly last year, from a historically bad 2023, while Senate Democrats saw record success on votes that split the parties as both chambers dealt with narrow margins that left diminishing room for dissent. CQ Roll Call’s annual vote studies found that the House GOP majority prevailed on 76.6% of party unity votes, the second-lowest rate since 2000.
Vote studies 2024: House GOP unity inched up as Senate Democrats set record

2 months ago | rollcall.com | Niels Lesniewski |Ryan Kelly

House Republican cohesion ticked up just slightly last year, from a historically bad 2023, while Senate Democrats saw record success on votes that split the parties as both chambers dealt with narrow margins that left diminishing room for dissent. CQ Roll Call’s annual vote studies found that the House GOP majority prevailed on 76.6 percent of party unity votes, the second-lowest rate since 2000.
Voting in House dipped in 2024 amid health issues and campaigns

2 months ago | rollcall.com | Paul V. Fontelo |Ryan Kelly

Showing up for votes at the Capitol continued to be a challenge for some members of Congress in 2024, with health issues and election-year absences driving the drop in attendance. According to CQ Roll Call’s annual vote studies, the rate of House lawmakers casting votes was 94.7 percent in 2024, a drop from 96.9 percent in 2023 and from the record highs of 2021 and 2022, when the Democrat-led House gave members the option to cast proxy votes on colleagues’ behalf during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Departing GOP leader dominates Senate earmark rankings

Aug 19, 2024 | rollcall.com | Peter Cohn |Ryan Kelly

Unfettered by potential challenges to his position after deciding to step aside, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has returned to the earmarking game with gusto, taking over the top slot in his chamber with almost a half-billion dollars set aside for Kentuckians in the fiscal 2025 spending bills.
Analysis: Earmarks in House spending bills increase over last year’s versions

Jul 5, 2024 | kansas.com | Peter Cohn |Ryan Kelly

WASHINGTON - Rep. Chuck Fleischmann, step aside: there's a new champion House earmarker, and it's Kentucky Republican James R. Comer, the powerful Oversight and Accountability panel chair. Comer's $241.3 million haul puts him way out front in the rankings of fiscal 2025 appropriations bills either passed by the House or moving through the Appropriations Committee markup process.