Since the Citizens United Supreme Court decision this spring, front groups representing the interests of corporations and wealthy Americans have been able to spend unlimited amounts in “independent expenditures” to influence congressional elections. As the 2010 election draws closer, more and more of that money is being spent. The contributors to these front groups are [...]

A list of the most vulnerable Democrats in the House this year shows that, to the extent that American voters are upset with Democrats in the House of Representatives, it’s not because the Democrats were too progressive.

Given the relationships of power that flow through the Democratic Faith Working Group, it is in the public’s interest to know who is involved in the group, when those people meet, and what matters of policy they discuss.

New Jersey’s 2nd district Democrats left an opening for eccentric Republican-turned-Democrat Gary Stein to showboat a spot on the ballot.

Are the Progressive Caucus and the Progressive Democrats of America for challenging right-leaning Democratic politicians, or for Democratic Party unity?

Most Democrats and Republicans alike saw fit to allow the Obama Administration to continue fighting what has become the longest war in American history and opposed holding the military to its budget as well, contradicting their previous speeches about the dangers of out of control spending.

Every single candidate for the House of Representatives in the state of Maine ran unopposed for his or her party’s nomination. Voters had no opportunity to select the candidates running for Congress in the voting booth in yesterday’s primary. Across the state, the people of Maine will choose between a party-selected Democrat and a party-selected [...]

H.R. 556 would require oil companies currently operating along California’s coast to clean up their operations and work to ensure reasonable protection of California’s coastal ecosystems. Is that why John Rockefeller opposes the legislation?

136 Democrats voted to cut funding for the F-35′s superfluous second engine. 115 Democrats voted to keep the funding in place.

Congressman Obey’s retirement gives Democrats in Wisconsin’s 7th district to elect a more energetic and consistent progressive in his place.