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First Poll: Single-Digit Race Between Markey, Gomez

The first poll in the Massachusetts special Senate election holds just a six-point differential between the favored Rep. Ed Markey (D., Mass.) and Republican candidate Gabriel Gomez, the Weekly...

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Gomez: Polls Are Tightening in MA Because of Focus on Economy

Massachusetts senatorial candidate Gabriel Gomez said he believes polls are tightening across the bay state because his campaign is focusing on the economy Monday on “The Kudlow Report.” Gomez also...

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Markey Gets TV Endorsement from Former Staffer

Rep. Ed Markey (D., Mass.) received a television ad endorsement from former staffer and donor Nicholas Lowe, America Rising reported Wednesday. Lowe previously served as a legislative aide for Markey....

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Ed Markey Claims to Have Brought the World the Internet

If it weren’t for Rep. Ed Markey (D., Mass.) the world would still be without smart phones, Facebook, Skype, and even Google. So says a recent ad released by his Senate campaign. Markey explains that...

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Ed Markey Can’t Remember a Tax Increase He’s Ever Opposed

Rep. Ed Markey (D., Mass.) says he cannot recall an instance where he has ever opposed a tax increase, The Weekly Standard reports: “Are there areas where you’ve broken with your party leadership where...

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Dark Money Markey

Dark money groups continue to put up large sums backing Rep. Ed Markey (D., Mass.) in his U.S. Senate bid, despite Markey’s stated distaste for such groups. Two liberal dark money advocacy groups have...

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CBS Boston: Obama Bringing Scandal Baggage to Markey Campaign

The lead in the Massachusetts Senate race for Rep. Ed Markey (D., Mass.) has dwindled in recent weeks over Republican Gabriel Gomez, and the high-profile scandals plaguing the Obama administration have...

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Deep Thoughts by Ed Markey

Rep. Ed Markey (D., Mass.) laid out what he believes are differences between “math” and “arithmetic” during Tuesday night’s Senatorial debate. The latter, the Democratic candidate said in response to...

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Building a Ground Game

TransCanada, the oil company that hopes to build the Keystone XL Pipeline, has stepped up its online public relations efforts to counter what observers say is a hostile mainstream press and...

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Markey’s State of Residence Questioned

A conservative group is challenging Democrat Ed Markey’s Massachusetts residency less than a week before he faces a special election for a U.S. Senate seat in that state. Markey, currently a member of...

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Democrats Introduce Bill to ‘Protect Children’ From Electronic Cigarettes

Senate Democrats introduced legislation on Wednesday that would ban marketing electronic cigarettes to teens. Despite their admission that the health implications of electronic cigarettes “are not yet...

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Green Activists and Democratic Allies Call for More Money in Politics

UPDATE 2:48 P.M.: A previous version of this article referenced the Natural Resources Defense Council. The group involved is the NRDC Action Fund. The story has been updated to reflect the correction....

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Schumer: McConnell’s Decision to Vote on Green New Deal Is a ‘Sham’

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.) on Wednesday called voting on the Green New Deal resolution a "sham." "I heard Leader McConnell knocking the Green New Deal," Schumer said during a...

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AFL-CIO Slams Green New Deal: ‘Not Achievable or Realistic’

In an letter to Green New Deal originators Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D., N.Y.) and Sen. Ed Markey (D., Mass.), AFL-CIO representatives wrote that the proposal is "not achievable or realistic." "We...

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Velshi Dismisses Cost of Green New Deal: It’s Kind of Ridiculous When We’re...

MSNBC host Ali Velshi on Wednesday came to the defense of the Green New Deal and pushed back against critics who believe that it would cost tens of trillions of dollars. Velshi brought on New Consensus...

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There Is No Green New Deal

Sen. Ed Markey (D., Mass.) is expected to do something remarkable Tuesday afternoon. After warning of the world-ending emergency that is climate change, and introducing a bill alongside leftist upstart...

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Beto O’Rourke on Green New Deal: It Will Spur ‘Sacrifice’ on the ‘Scale’ of...

Former Democratic Rep. Beto O'Rourke (Texas) on Tuesday said he backs the Green New Deal because it will spur a scale of "sacrifice" similar to World War II. O'Rourke, who announced recently he was...

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Ariz. Dem Supports Green New Deal: I Want My Generation to Kill Golf,...

Democratic state senator Juan Mendez (Ariz.) on Monday called for Arizona to adopt provisions of the Green New Deal because he wants to be "part of the generation that kills golf" and the "greedy parts...

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High Profile Labor Attorney to Primary Massachusetts Senator Ed Markey

A prominent Massachusetts attorney has announced her intention to primary longtime Sen. Ed Markey (D., Mass.), who has represented the state in Congress since 1976 when he was first elected to the...

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Hickenlooper: Democrats Need to Distance Themselves From Socialism to Defeat...

Former Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper (Colo.) on Wednesday said Democratic presidential candidates need to "distance" themselves from socialism if they want to defeat President Donald Trump next...

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