Republicans and Democrats overestimate backlash from their own party for voicing dissent. It could be making polarization ...

Former Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said he’s ready to break from the party line and urged Congress to reopen the federal government. The government remains shut down after Senate Minority ...

The House keeps talking about another party-line bill following the passage of President Donald Trump’s huge tax and spending cut package. Senate Republican leaders find that a bit ironic. The ...

In the first year where neither major political party is using the “party line” on election ballots, some changes are already evident, says Julia Sass Rubin, the Rutgers University professor whose ...

PARMA HEIGHTS, Ohio -- Divisive times often find elected officials voting along party lines. While on face value it may appear that’s being avoided in Parma Heights, the reality is that City Council ...

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