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The 2009 elections in Virginia, New Jersey and New York sent a strong message to elected officials.

Reporting from Washington - With Senate leaders navigating a tricky path to move healthcare legislation forward, Democrats on Tuesday received a blunt warning from the president who tried in vain to provide universal coverage 15 years ago -- and who suffered the political consequences of failure.

Tens of thousands of people from across the country made a "House call" on the west side of the Capitol yesterday.

In spite of the growing opposition by the American people, US Senate Democrats rammed an unprecedented climate bill through a Senate committee on Thursday.

Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at 10:33 a.m. Read more: National , Politics , Environment , Weather , Politico , Politics , Climate Change , Veterans Groups , Environmentalists , Barbara Boxer , California , Democrat Veterans groups have become a key weapon for environmentalists in their bid to win over swing votes on California Democratic Sen.

While Californians hold a high opinion of President Barack Obama, they have a grim outlook on the state's future and a low opinion of their own crop of potential leaders - when voters have even heard of them.

This morning CA Senator Barbara Boxer headed up a "Boxer Rebellion" on global warming issues, voting to move a landmark climate change bill to the Senate floor despite a complete Republican boycott.

On health care, President Obama and fellow Democrats face a straightforward calculus: sign an overhaul bill into law or suffer grave political damage.

In 2006, the minority party in Congress issued a dire report on the "unprecedented erosion of the democratic process." Rep.

California Attorney General Jerry Brown is by far the most popular candidate for governor in next year's election, but most voters in his party are unhappy that he is the only major Democrat running, according to a new poll on Sunday.

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The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee approved climate change legislation Thursday with no Republicans voting for the bill or even participating in the process.

The Environmental Protection Agency announced plans today to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from power plants, factories and oil refineries -- a warning shot to Congress that if it does not move to curb global warming, the Obama administration will act on its own.

Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham and two Northeastern senators are working on new climate change legislation, a tacit acknowledgment that a bill being considered by a Senate committee is too controversial to win broad support.

EVEN though no Republican candidate for president or the U.S. Senate has carried California since 1988, it's still not entirely impossible for a Republican to be elected governor next year.

Former Silicon Valley executive Carly Fiorina announced Wednesday she is running for the chance to seize liberal stalwart Barbara Boxer's U.S. Senate seat, depicting the three-term Democrat as a Capitol Hill do-nothing who penned novels while jobs vanished and government spending soared.

The fate of President Barack Obama's climate change plans may rest in the hands of Sen.

San Joaquin Valley farmers could swap water more easily under a bill floated Thursday before a Senate panel.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency still does not know the exact number of coal ash dumps at the nation's power plants, but it's moving ahead with plans to regulate them.

In this Sept. 3, 2008, file photo Carly Fiorina, former chairwoman and CEO of Hewlett-Packard Co.