Meredith Shiner
Bio:
Meredith Shiner is a staff writer for Roll Call, where she covers Senate leadership, legislation and everything in between. Before joining Roll Call in June 2011, Meredith was a Congressional and national politics reporter for Politico, where she worked for nearly two years writing on health care and Wall Street reform, the 2010 elections, the Chicago mayoral race and breaking news stories across the country — from the shooting of a Congresswoman in Arizona to labor protests in Wisconsin. Meredith is a Chicagoland native and a 2009 graduate of Duke University, where she studied political science and English, and served as sports editor of the daily newspaper, the Chronicle.
Stories by Meredith Shiner:
Nov. 28, 2012
Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner and White House Director of Legislative Affairs Rob Nabors will meet separately with each of the top four congressional leaders Thursday on Capitol Hill, multiple sources from both parties confirmed.
Nov. 27, 2012
Top Senate Democrats are competing to influence not just the fiscal cliff talks but also the man who is leading them in the debt and deficit battles to come — Majority Leader Harry Reid.
Nov. 27, 2012
Sen. Richard J. Durbin on Tuesday laid out his “progressive” vision for deficit reduction, pegged largely to ideas generated by a 2010 bipartisan deficit reduction commission, and he said negotiators likely will target $4 trillion in total savings as part of a deal to avert the fiscal cliff.
Nov. 19, 2012
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi may have newfound leverage during the fiscal cliff talks, a turnabout for the California Democrat who was marginalized in the other major budget and spending deals this Congress.
Nov. 14, 2012
Sen. Michael Bennet appears increasingly likely to take over the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee for the 2014 election cycle, even though he may be worried about tarnishing his bipartisan reputation.
Nov. 14, 2012
The Senate Democratic Conference voted Wednesday to keep its leadership team intact, a little more than a week after the party made unexpected gains at the polls and expanded its majority.
Nov. 12, 2012
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell never has been shy about his majority leader aspirations, but as the GOP digs for answers on why it couldn’t reclaim the Senate, the Kentucky Republican may want to take another look at his longtime opposition to campaign finance reform.
Nov. 10, 2012
What do you get when you pair a tea party champion with one of Congress’ most progressive lawmakers in the Senate? The people of Wisconsin are about to find out.
Nov. 8, 2012
Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) said he believes Tuesday’s elections presented a twofold mandate for Congress: cut spending as Republicans have advocated and raise taxes on the wealthy, as Democrats have campaigned on.
Nov. 7, 2012
Sen. Marco Rubio (Fla.) — a top surrogate for failed GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney — said early this morning that his party needs to be more inclusive of “minority and immigrant communities who are trying to make it.”
Nov. 6, 2012
Democrat Tammy Baldwin made history tonight, winning in Wisconsin to become the first openly gay candidate elected to the Senate.
Nov. 6, 2012
In a packed ballroom of a Capitol Hill hotel, a gleeful Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) addressed cheering supporters in celebration of a political reality few thought likely two years ago: He is still the No. 1 leader in the Senate.
Nov. 6, 2012
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid got what he wanted from Tuesday’s elections. But it may be a case of “be careful what you wish for.”
Nov. 4, 2012
Sen. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.), who suffered a debilitating stroke 10 months ago, is becoming increasingly more open about his recovery and granted his first interview with a reporter today since his health scare.
Nov. 1, 2012
If GOP candidate Mitt Romney wins the White House, he is likely to face as much of a challenge as President Barack Obama did in persuading conservative Republicans to raise the debt ceiling and avoid a government default.
Oct. 30, 2012
Members of Congress will receive a briefing on the ongoing effects of Hurricane Sandy from Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Craig Fugate today at 4 p.m. via conference call, according to an alert sent to offices by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Oct. 29, 2012
Welcome to the kitchen sink, Wisconsin.
Oct. 26, 2012
By the end of the night in Wisconsin, the exchanges between former Republican Gov. Tommy Thompson and Democratic Rep. Tammy Baldwin seemed less like a debate than a fight between two candidates desperate to beat one another and exhausted from the battle.
Oct. 26, 2012
With fewer than two weeks before Election Day, the National Republican Senatorial Committee has stopped running ads in Maine against front-running Independent Angus King, sources confirm.
Oct. 25, 2012
In a Senate race that has been defined by negative ads, where both candidates are more disliked by voters than they are liked, Wisconsin might be on the verge of discovering whether there is such a thing as too negative.
Oct. 24, 2012
Rep. Tammy Baldwin (D) today responded to a searing ad released Tuesday by former Gov. Tommy Thompson (R) that attempted to paint his opponent for Wisconsin’s open Senate seat as unpatriotic because of her 2006 vote against a resolution involving the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
Oct. 21, 2012
In Maine Senate’s race, unlike other contests across the country, most of the intrigue likely lies not in who will win, but what the winner will do once elected.
Oct. 19, 2012
The National Republican Congressional Committee has no plans to cancel an ad reservation supporting Rep. Joe Walsh (Ill.), despite remarks made Thursday night that pregnancy never threatens the health or life of a woman.
Oct. 18, 2012
Rep. Joe Walsh asserted Thursday night that an abortion is “absolutely” never medically necessary to save a woman’s life because of “modern technology and science,” according to multiple local media accounts.
Oct. 18, 2012
In a rarely used debate format, Wisconsin Senate candidates Tommy Thompson (R), a former governor, and Rep. Tammy Baldwin (D) were permitted to directly spar with each other in unmoderated six-minute chunks on topics picked by voters.
