The Senate prepares for an eighth vote on reopening the government as the shutdown nears its third week, with Democrats demanding Obamacare subsidy extensions.

Conservative commentator Jesse Kelly was among those who criticized Thune, writing in a post: “REMINDER: South Dakota is over 60% Republican. They could send the most hardcore anti-communist to the senate. Instead, they send this loser over and over again because the red state GOP primary voter is the dumbest, laziest voter in America.”

Sitting at a cozy corner table at Caracas Bakery, Florida's newest Democratic Senate candidate Hector Mujica described his Sunday routine: church with his wife and 16-month-old son, sometimes with their dog Coco in tow,

Democratic U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico blasted billionaires' influence on policy and society during a campaign stop in Fort Worth. His campaign said more than 1,200 people attended the event.

La., on his new book, 'How to Test Negative for Stupid,' the government shutdown stalemate and why he sees no end in sight for the impasse.

The Senate has voted to repeal the resolution that authorized the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq, following a House vote last month that would return the basic war power to Congress more than two decades later.