It did little for congressional Democrats who won all black-dominated districts in 2004 and 2012, all but four Hispanic-dominated districts in 2004 and all but two in 2012.
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Passage of the repeal was a major political victory for Obama and congressional Democrats.
According to conservative statistician John Lott, Mr. Franken's gains so far are 2.5 times the corrections made for Barack Obama in the state, and nearly three times the gains for Democrats across Minnesota Congressional races.
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An analysis of CNN polling indicates that support for the president and congressional Democrats has slipped among self-described liberals.
In 2007, he had praised the role of a government-sponsored enterprise like Freddie only to castigate congressional Democrats for their support of the same firm.
Congressional Republicans can hammer out a deal with Congressional Democrats for tax reform somewhere between what House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan proposed in the budget passed by the House, and what the Simpson-Bowles Commission appointed by President Obama proposed.
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Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama joined those Congressional Democrats asking for limits to be placed on personal benefits given to bankers, whose unwise loans contributed to the crisis.
While Republicans may have fallen short of their intended cuts in the deal struck last night between Speaker of the House John Boehner and congressional Democrats, it was a worse deal for Democrats.
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The Tea Party can claim credit for turning the health care debate against the Democrats during the congressional August recess, and for making other voters worry much more about government spending and debt than they might otherwise have.
ObamaCare, already unpopular, emerged as the most damaging issue for Democrats in the 2010 congressional election.
Many Congressional Democrats, and for that matter, most of the other critics of the Republican bill, don't really understand what is at stake in the debate over illegal immigration.
Thus last year, when Mr Clinton was looking for fast-track votes, congressional Democrats insisted that they could not support a bill denying fast-track treatment to labour and environment clauses.
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For the first time, he needed congressional Democrats more than they needed him.
He also describes the unconcealed lack of enthusiasm congressional Democrats are now exhibiting for the leader of their party.
Congressional Democrats have shown little appetite for defending the White House on the press issue.
For Vice-President Al Gore and the congressional Democrats, however, gridlock makes more sense.
But they should be cautious of the assumption that Mr Clinton's popularity is solid, or that public impatience with congressional Republicans represents a new mandate for Democrats.
In the meantime, and in spite of the fact that his sanctions bid is in shambles, Obama has asked congressional Democrats to stall their sanctions bills for another month.
All you need do to understand this is take a look at the number of Congressional Democrats who cast their votes in support of the two pieces of legislation that produced the Bush tax cuts and compare those votes to the vote of the Congressional Democrats making those very cuts permanent for approximately 99 percent of all Americans.
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President Obama and congressional Democrats have been ardent in their support for small businesses in recent weeks.
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Of course it was President Obama, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, and Congressional Democrats who already set the death trap for seniors in forcing through Obamacare last year.
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With unemployment stuck above 8%, congressional Democrats and Republicans blasted each other Friday for blocking legislation that would help create new jobs and spark stronger economic growth.
So despite his vow and because he knew it was helpful for the economy, President Bush crafted a deal with Congressional Democrats to raise new taxes in 1990, a decision that contributed to his re-election defeat in 1992 by William Jefferson Clinton.
If Obama defender Lind represents the thinking of President Obama and congressional Democrats, then our small businesses are in for a long siege.
As the deadline for an agreement to avoid another government shutdown lurched closer, Congressional Democrats met with Chief of Staff Leon Panetta, while Republicans met among themselves.
Any clean tech lobbying effort will be crucial in the next year and half as Republicans and Democrats haggle over the federal budget and fight for Congressional seats and presidency.
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For one thing, there's a growing cadre of congressional Democrats from non-gentry constituencies--the Great Plains, various suburbs and exurbs--who may find the Obama approach both not sufficiently populist and too dismissive of their basic economic concerns.
This was an effective approach designed to achieve the desired result from Congressional Democrats, none of whom want to be responsible for cutting programs that feed children.
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Many congressional Democrats decried the idea as a cut in benefits for the middle class, implying that benefit cuts were off the table as part of pension reform.
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