When Melanie Spoon, a middle-school librarian in Oklahoma City, showed up outside Republican state Rep. Mike Osburn’s office during the teacher strike last month, she planned to tell him how her budget for new books had been cut by more than half and how she hadn’t gotten a pay raise in 10 years. But, she said, Osburn wouldn’t meet with her, so Spoon — a Republican who voted for Osburn two years ago — decided to run against him.“I am his constituent. I live in his district. I am his party, and I voted for him. Many of them would not let us in to their offices at first, and when they did, they would only let us speak for a few minutes,” Spoon said. “The last time they kind of shooed us out and shut the door in my face, I stood at the door and said, ‘I’m going to run against you because I will not ever treat another person like that.'”The wave of teacher activism sweeping red states in the past few months isn’t … [Read more...] about Time magazine: Republican teachers run against their own party to reverse years of education cuts
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The Daily 202: Immigration is tearing Republicans apart
James Hohmann, The Washington Post Published 7:18 am, Thursday, May 17, 2018 Photo: Bloomberg Photo By Al Drago Image 1of/1 CaptionClose Image 1 of 1 House Speaker Paul Ryan pauses while speaking during a press conference on Capitol Hill April 11, 2018. House Speaker Paul Ryan pauses while speaking during a press conference on Capitol Hill April 11, 2018. Photo: Bloomberg Photo By Al Drago The Daily 202: Immigration is tearing Republicans apart 1 / 1 Back to Gallery Look at how Kevin McCarthy spent his Wednesday to understand how the immigration debate could rip apart the Republican coalition. -- The House majority leader began the day by pleading with Republican lawmakers at a closed-door meeting not to sign onto a discharge petition that would force an up-or-down vote on protecting "dreamers," whose status has … [Read more...] about The Daily 202: Immigration is tearing Republicans apart
Republicans Escalate Bitter Fight Over Judicial Nominations
Sections SEARCH Skip to content Skip to site index Politics Subscribe Log In Subscribe Log In Advertisement Supported by On Washington ByCarl Hulse May 17, 2018 WASHINGTON — In 2011, Michael B. Brennan, then a lawyer in Milwaukee, vigorously defended the right of Wisconsin’s Republican senator to single-handedly block an Obama administration nominee for a federal bench seat in the state. Last week, Mr. Brennan was confirmed as a Trump administration nominee to that very same seat despite vigorous objections by the state’s Democratic senator. That incongruity is at the heart of what is fast becoming one of the most significant questions on Capitol Hill: How far will Republican senators go in pushing through President Trump’s judicial nominees over the objections of Democrats from states where the potential new judges will preside? The answer: pretty far. Mr. Brennan was the second federal appellate court nominee … [Read more...] about Republicans Escalate Bitter Fight Over Judicial Nominations
Can Democrats win a seat on the all-Republican O.C. board? Steel fending off 2 challengers, 6 candidates run for Nelson’s open seat
By Jordan Graham | [email protected] | Orange County RegisterPUBLISHED: May 16, 2018 at 7:01 pm | UPDATED: May 16, 2018 at 7:02 pm In a county with a nearly equal number of registered Republicans and Democrats, it might be surprising to some that the board of supervisors has been all-GOP for a decade. During this year’s elections for the Orange County Board of Supervisors’, the biggest question is whether that will change. Nine candidates, a mix of Democrats and Republicans, are competing for two available board seats, each of which draws a base salary of about $156,500. The Democratic-leaning 4th District features six candidates hoping to fill a seat held by soon-to-be-termed-out Shawn Nelson. The big field isn’t likely to produce a majority winner in the June 5 primary, meaning the top two finishers, regardless of party affiliation, probably will face off in November. And in the GOP-leaning 2nd District, incumbent Michelle Steel is fending off two challengers in a … [Read more...] about Can Democrats win a seat on the all-Republican O.C. board? Steel fending off 2 challengers, 6 candidates run for Nelson’s open seat
The List: Meet the ‘Never Trump’ Republicans Trying to Force a DACA Amnesty for Illegal Aliens
Republican lawmakers from the failed “Never Trump” movement are spearheading the effort to force a vote in the House to give amnesty to millions of illegal aliens. Thus far, a group of more than 15 Republicans has signed onto what is known as a “discharge petition” to force a vote to bring an expansive amnesty plan for illegal aliens enrolled and eligible on the President Obama-created Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program to the House floor. The group is largely made up of Republican lawmakers who were key figures in the effort to oppose President Trump and his “America First” agenda during the 2016 presidential election. Rep. Carlos Curbelo (R-FL) is the leader of the discharge petition. Curbelo, in Oct. 2016, announced that he would not be supporting Trump during the presidential election. “I’m not supporting any of the two major candidates,” Curbelo told McClatchy at the time. “I’m as disappointed … [Read more...] about The List: Meet the ‘Never Trump’ Republicans Trying to Force a DACA Amnesty for Illegal Aliens