Congressional articles
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8th Congressional District race kicks off
MOOSIC, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — All U.S. House Districts, including the 8th Congressional District of Pennsylvania, are holding elections for this year's primary. There's only one candidate from each party to vote for in the 8th District of Pennsylvania Democratic Congressman Matt Cartwright and Republican candidate Robert Bresnahan. Both candidates cast their votes in person []
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Manchin is only half-right about the need for congressional shame
It’s not exactly a secret that Capitol Hill has been difficult to watch over the last year and a half. The 117th Congress, covering President Joe Biden’s first two years in the White House, racked up some impressive accomplishments, but there are plenty of credible reasons the 118th Congress has been described as the worst Congress ever. As he prepares to exit the institution, Sen. Joe Manchin shared a few thoughts the other day about the scope of the embarrassment. The Hill reported: There were...
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Alabama chooses candidates for new Black congressional district
After a contentious redrawing of Alabama’s congressional map, two candidates will compete in November for a seat, and perhaps congressional controlShomari Figures, an attorney and Obama White House executive from a politically-prominent civil rights family, has won the Democratic nomination to run in Alabama’s redrawn second congressional district Tuesday night, defeating state representative Anthony Daniels.The runoff election has been closely watched because of its implications for control of...