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- united states - Should Democrats prevail in the Midterm Election 2026 . . .
Question: Should Democrats prevail in the Midterm Election 2026, what can they do to counterattack the Big Beautiful Bill during Trump administration? Short Answer: What is passed by simple majority using reconciliation can be repealed by a simple majority in both house and senate through reconciliation Reconciliation action is not subject to filibusters To mitigate against presidential
- LBJ Quote - did he actually say this? - Politics Stack Exchange
“I’ll have those niggers voting Democratic for the next 200 years ” —Lyndon B Johnson to two governors on Air Force One Did LBJ really say that? I can't find any objective authoritative sources t
- united states - Why did the acronym GOP stick to the Republicans and . . .
Although, according to this article by Christopher Klein, the term 'grand old party' was used to refer to the Democratic party in 1859 by Democratic Governor Beriah Magoffin, and later, in 1860, by a Democratic newspaper, the 'GOP' acronym only appears to have been applied on a large scale to the Republican party The original term which associated 'GOP' with the Republican Party appears to
- united states - Is it true that Jim Crow laws were primarily promoted . . .
I've been told that the laws had received widespread support amongst the Democrats of the time This seems at odds with the current posture of the Democrat Party; is this true?
- united states - Why are the 2 US political parties called Republicans . . .
The names have historical symbolic meaning: 'Democrat' was a moniker used in opposition the 'Federalist' party back in the early 19th century (emphasizing 'the people' against a strong centralized government); 'Republican' arose a bit before the Civil War to emphasize the unity of the republic against the (then) Democratic emphasis on States' Rights Platforms and policies have changed
- Could Democrats take back the House of Representatives on April 1 2025 . . .
In ' Dems can take the House back in 60 days ' a YouTube podcaster argues that via the three upcoming special elections (1 in New York and 2 in Florida) Democrats could take the House back by winning just 2 of them This would imply that Democrats are only 2 seats behind Republicans But, when I look this up, I see that there are 215 Democrats and 218 Republicans with just 2 vacancies, which
- united states - Where do the democratic and republican matched animal . . .
The democrats are commonly represented by a donkey and the republicans by an elephant and there's many articles that will explain which cartoonist created the associations in the 1870s What I have
- When was the Democratic Party Flag Created? - Politics Stack Exchange
This is not an official flag for the Democrat party Per WorldAtlas com, Like most political parties around the world, the Democratic Party has both party symbol and color However, both the color and the symbol are unofficial and were neither officially selected by the party official nor party members The party’s symbol is a donkey or a jackass Depending on which side of the political
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