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Democrat Party is an epithet and pejorative for the Democratic Party of the United States, [1] [2] [3] often used in a disparaging fashion by the party's opponents. [4] While use of the term started out as non-hostile, it has grown in its negative use since the 1940s, in particular by members of the Republican Party—in party platforms, partisan speeches, and press releases—as well as by ...
In U.S. politics, Democrat in name only (DINO) is a pejorative term used to describe politicians of the Democratic Party to indicate that their governing or legislating style is more like a member of the Republican Party. [1] The terms Blue Dog Democrat and Yellow dog Democrat have been more popular than DINO for describing heterodox Democrats. [2]
In October 2015, 110 members of Congress, all of whom were Democrats, signed a letter calling on Congress to reject the amendment. [18] Despite the efforts of House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi to have the Dickey amendment removed from the spending bill for the following year, Congress passed this bill with the amendment still in it. [19]
Ultimately, while debates about Black voters’ allegiance to the Democratic Party can be expected to continue (if anything they make for good media debates) history shows that a combination of ...
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., whose anti-vaccine history attracted right-wing followers to his failed presidential bid, said Donald Trump has pledged to give him “control” of the Centers for Disease ...
One Senate bill, called the "Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017" (BCRA), failed on a vote of 45–55 in the Senate during July 2017. One variation fell one vote short amid opposition from all Democrats as well as John McCain, Lisa Murkowski and Susan Collins. [237] In all, the Senate rejected five bills to repeal and/or replace Obamacare. [237]
Democrats said the proposal in a House bill includes a reduction of the CDC’s proposed budget by $1.8 billio Schumer says he will work to block any effort in the Senate to significantly cut the ...
Robert Ray Redfield Jr. [1] [2] was born on July 10, 1951. His parents, Robert Ray Redfield (1923–1956, from Ogden) and Betty, née Gasvoda, [1] were both scientists at the National Institutes of Health, [3] where his father was a surgeon and cellular physiologist at the National Heart Institute; [1] Redfield's career in medical research was influenced by this background. [3]