Sean Lengell

Female voters warm to Obama

Wounds inflicted during the long Democratic primary battle are begrudgingly healing, as prominent supporters of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's failed presidential bid are beginning to voice support for Sen. Barack Obama. Published June 13, 2008

Windfall profits tax on Big Oil halted in Senate

Election-year posturing over skyrocketing gasoline prices erupted Tuesday in Congress, with Senate Republicans blocking a new tax on oil companies they say will hit drivers at the pump, and Democrats accusing them of abandoning struggling Americans. Published June 11, 2008

GOP to release economic strategy details

House Republican leaders Wednesday will release details of a broad economic agenda that calls for streamlining the tax code, a spending limit proposal to curb federal spending and a plan to lower gas prices. Published June 11, 2008

Senate blocks climate change bill

A Senate bill designed to address the threat of global warming by establishing a cap-and-trade system for reducing greenhouse gas emissions died Friday on procedural vote, though supporters vow to reintroduce the measure next year. Published June 6, 2008

Jackson: Obama win ‘watermark moment’

The Rev. Jesse Jackson, a leading figure in the U.S. civil rights movement for decades, compared the significance of Sen. Barack Obama capturing the Democratic presidential nomination with such seminal American events as the signing of the Declaration of Independence, the 13th Amendment to the Constitution that abolished slavery and the accomplishments of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Published June 3, 2008

Clinton takes Puerto Rico victory

Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton on Sunday easily won the Puerto Rico primary, as Senator Barack Obama's campaign predicted that he will wrap up the Democratic presidential nomination after the final two state contests Tuesday. Published June 2, 2008

Clinton’s backers: We won’t ‘roll over’

The Democratic Party risks the defection of many supporters of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton unless it settles the Florida and Michigan primary fracas to their satisfaction, said protesters at pro-Clinton rallies in Washington yesterday. Published June 1, 2008

Pro-Clinton demonstrators warn of defecting

As Democratic Party leaders gathered at Washington's Marriot Wardman Park Hotel this afternoon in an attempt to resolve the fight over the disqualified Florida and Michigan primaries, hundreds of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton supporters protested outside demanding the party grant convention delegates according to the two states' votes. Published May 31, 2008

Clinton sees end of road for campaign

Hillary Rodham Clinton today will make her last pitch for the disqualified Michigan and Florida delegates to count toward the Democratic presidential nomination, even as she concedes the race will end soon. Published May 31, 2008

Obama starts to woo voters across Florida

Sen. Barack Obama, setting foot in the nation's biggest battleground state for his first campaign event since the fall, offered an olive branch to Florida voters whose Democratic primary results still hang in the balance and attacked presumptive Republican nominee Sen. John McCain. Published May 22, 2008

GOP accused of FEC violation

The House Democratic fundraising arm yesterday filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission accusing its Republican counterpart of illegally colluding with a conservative advocacy group on campaign activities. Published April 17, 2008