DCCC Looking South

Special Election Wins Embolden Majority

By John McArdle
Roll Call Staff

May 15, 2008, 12 a.m.

After Democrats capped off their hat trick of competitive special election victories on Tuesday with a blowout in what had until recently been considered safe Republican territory in Mississippi, party operatives were ready to get out their brushes and repaint the entire Congressional playing field blue.

The Costs of the Cap-and-Trade Bill

Stier: Detecting a Bad Breast Cancer Bill

July 1, 11:28 a.m.

Who could blame hundreds of Members of Congress for joining with a colleague and breast cancer survivor, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.), in co-sponsoring legislation aimed at promoting breast cancer education? The problem, according to leading breast cancer scientists and advocacy groups, is the bill would do more harm than good. Read Full Article