Miguel Estrada was a Hispanic lawyer who was nominated by George W. Bush to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Estrada was filibustered by ...

Incumbent Republican Senator Saxby Chambliss defeated challenger Jim Martin in a runoff election in the state of Georgia on December 2, 2008. Chambliss had also won more votes than Martin ...

The Democratic Party seeks a 60-seat majority in the Senate in the 2008 General Election. A 60-seat majority can halt a filibuster, which is a technical maneuver used by Senate ...

Justice Sonia Sotomayor was confirmed as the 111th and first Hispanic Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court on August 6, 2009.

A vote by the U.S. House of Representatives on a health care reform bill, known as the Health Care & Education Affordability Reconciliation Act of 2010, passed the historic legislation ...

President Obama will hold a bipartisan meeting on health care reform on February 25, aimed at attempting to resolve one of the growing issues of his presidency. Furthermore, the White ...

Bernie Sanders is the junior U.S. Senator from Vermont. Connecticut Senator Joe Lieberman and Sanders are the only two Senators unaffiliated with either major party.http://www.politicalcentrist.com ...

In a close race that may reflect broader political trends, polls show that Democratic challenger Bruce Lunsford may be able to unseat Republican Senator Mitch McConnell in the conservative state ...