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Sally Yates speaks during a press conference to announce environmental and consumer relief in the Volkswagen litigation at the Department of Justice in Washington, DC on June 28, 2016. (Getty)

Sally Yates will testify before a Senate subcommittee today, discussing what she told the Donald Trump administration regarding Michael Flynns alleged ties to Russia.

When the Trump administration fired Yates as acting attorney general in January, theWhite House dismissed her as a partisan Democrat who had a bone to pick with Donald Trump and who made this decision for political purposes.

Ms. Yates is an Obama Administration appointee who is weak on borders and very weak on illegal immigration, the statement read. It is time to get serious about protecting our country. Calling for tougher vetting for individuals travelling from seven dangerous places is not extreme. It is reasonable and necessary to protect our country.

So is it true that Sally Yates is a partisan? What is her political affiliation?

Sally Yates is indeed a Democrat. She was appointed by President Barack Obama, and Democrats in Georgia right now are even reportedly trying to recruit Yates to run for governor, according to Politico.

Also, after graduating from the University of Georgia Law School, one of Sally Yates first jobs was as a staff assistant to CongressmanJack Brinkley, a Democrat.

I dont think you can think of any possible candidates in Georgia and not mention Sally Yates name right now, Tharon Johnson, national southern regional director Barack Obamas re-election campaign, told Politico. Shes a symbol of hope and resistance when it comes to standing up to Donald Trump.

However, Yates has generally kept quiet about her own political views, and she has been supported by both sides of the political aisle. In 2015, the U.S. Senate voted to confirm Yates84 to 12, and Republican SenatorJohnny Isakson had nothing but praise for Yatesduring her confirmation hearing.

Sally is a great hero of the state of Georgia for 25 years shes been in the office of Northern District of Georgia prosecuting criminal on public integrity all kind of things like the Olympic Park bombing, Isakson said. For the last five years, shes been the chief attorney, and shes proved herself over and over and over again to be to be effective to be fair to be diligent and to be the kind of person that you would want representing you in the U.S. Attorneys office.

Its not as if Yates has only gone after Republicans, either. For instance, she lead the prosecution of Democrat Bill Campbell, the mayor of Atlanta.

Shes never has been an opportunist, and she has never made her decisions based on the politically expedient thing, Former U.S. RepresentativeBuddy Darden told Politico. She calls it like she sees it.

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Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (D-N.Y.) is making good on his offer to attend a town hall meeting in the place of a Republican colleague who won't be there.

Maloney plans to attend a town hall hosted by a local chapter of anti-President Trump group Indivisible in a neighboring New York district on Monday night in the place of Rep. John Faso (R-N.Y.), who represents that area.

The Indivisible chapter said itinvited Faso to the Kingston, N.Y., town hall to explain his vote for the GOPs healthcare bill last week, but he isnt expected to attend.

Faso spokeswoman Courtney Weaver said Monday afternoon that the freshman lawmaker has a previously scheduled event on Mondaynight and never received an invitation to the Indivisible town hall.

"This is a purely partisan political rally," Weaver said. "Now Maloney has reverted to form as a hyper-partisan seeking to advance himself in the eyes of his patrons in Albany and Washington. It's sad."

"Maybe a Democrat ought to go into every district where a Republican who supported TrumpCare won't hold a town hall meeting, and do it for them," Maloney said.

Maloney, who was first elected to the House in 2012, is one of 12 Democrats who represents a district won by President Trump. Maloney won reelection by 11 points in November, while Trump carried the district by 2 points.

Weaver noted that Maloney and Faso had appeared at a joint event at Marist College in April, where local news reports described the discussion as "amicable."

At least one other House Democrat has joined in on Maloneys adopt a district challenge.

Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) announced he plans to attend a rally in Tucson on Tuesday to denounce fellow Arizona Rep. Martha McSally (R) for supporting the healthcare bill and to urge the states two Republican senators, John McCainJohn McCainHouse Democrat plans to attend town hall for GOP lawmaker GOP senator pushes to improve hiring process for border patrol agents McCain takes on Tillerson's 'transactional' foreign policy MORE and Jeff FlakeJeff FlakeHouse Democrat plans to attend town hall for GOP lawmaker GOP senator pushes to improve hiring process for border patrol agents 'Path of least resistance' problematic for Congress MORE, to oppose it.

McSallys district went for Democratic presidential nominee Hillary ClintonHillary Rodham ClintonDebra Messing to Ivanka Trump: 'Please stop blindly defending your father' House Democrat plans to attend town hall for GOP lawmaker Comey: Twitter is 'like every dive bar in America' MORE in 2016 by 5 points over Trump.

Maloneys idea to adopt a district started when Fasos constituents, apparently unable to reach their representative, called his office on the day of the House vote on the GOP legislation to repeal and replace the healthcare law.

Hey @RepJohnFaso could you turn your phones on? Your #NY19 constituents are calling my office. #Trumpcare Maloney tweeted hours ahead of the vote.

A spokesman for the House GOP campaign arm dismissed Maloneys plans to appear in a district that he doesnt represent.

Sean 'MIA' Maloney is preoccupied with scoring cheap political points while his constituents are left behind. Perhaps Maloney should spend less time lecturing people outside his district and more time listening to those in his own, National Republican Congressional Committee spokesman Chris Martin said.

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(OMAHA) Democrats desperate for fresh faces cast 37-year-old Heath Mello as a pragmatic, next-generation leader who could win in the Nebraska heartland. Yet his anti-abortion stance has become a flashpoint for the national party.

If Mello prevails on Tuesday in his bid for Omaha mayor, it's a promising sign, he says, for a candidate "with a proven record of working bipartisan and tackling some big issues and, yes, to some extent, is a pro-life Catholic Democrat." He is challenging Republican incumbent Jean Stothert.

Mello's bid has exposed the cultural divisions within the party over the decades-old issue of abortion. It's also proved a major embarrassment for the new party chairman, Tom Perez.

Top Democrats had planned a stop in Omaha at a rally for Mello, but abortion rights groups were outraged. National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League President Ilyse Hogue called the DNC's promotion of Mello "not only disappointing, it is politically stupid."

Caught off-guard, Perez reversed himself, saying "every Democrat, like every American, should support a woman's right to make her own choices," and called on Democrats to speak with "one voice."

They didn't.

At the April 20 rally in Omaha, Sen. Bernie Sanders, the Vermont independent who sought the Democratic presidential nomination last year, endorsed Mello and asked, "Omaha, are you ready for a political revolution?"

Perez, who had been scheduled to attend, instead campaigned for a Georgia candidate. The party chairman's actions angered several moderate Democrats and frustrated others as the party struggles for relevance. In the last decade, Democrats have lost about 1,000 elected posts from the White House to Congress to the 50 statehouses, a power deficit the party has not seen nationally in 90 years.

In Nebraska, where Republicans control every congressional and statewide office, Democrats don't have the luxury of being choosy, Mello supporter Abbie Raikes said.

"As liberals in Nebraska, you become accustomed to making compromises," said Raikes, a 45-year-old public health professor at University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha.

Raikes, talking with Mello in her near-west Omaha neighborhood last week, supports him in part for plans to promote affordable housing, not because he backed a half-dozen abortion restrictions during eight years in the legislature. After all, the highest-ranking Democrat outside of the state legislature is the mayor of Lincoln.

Democrats must invite new faces with diverse viewpoints into its leadership, said Rep. Tim Ryan of Ohio, who described Perez's reaction to Mello as "really damaging."

"Requiring everybody to fit some purity test is a recipe for disaster," said Ryan, who unsuccessfully challenged Rep. Nancy Pelosi for House Democratic leader last year. "There are going to be people who are Democrats who may not check all the boxes. But they are with you 80 percent of the time and can win in tough places."

Anti-abortion Democrats have almost disappeared in Congress. Only three senators fit the description, and all three Bob Casey of Pennsylvania, Joe Donnelly of Indiana and Joe Manchin of West Virginia are up for re-election next year in states President Donald Trump won in 2016.

Pelosi last week told The Washington Post that abortion should not be a litmus test for Democrats.

In the state legislature, Mello represented an older, ethnically diverse, working-class district in south Omaha, a few miles from the nation's onetime railroad and meatpacking epicenter. But Mello has projected what he calls a "pro-growth, progressive, future-focused" style, which reflects Omaha's moderate tendency.

He favors a government partnership with private industry, a concept often associated with Republicans, for Omaha's crumbling streets. He also has campaigned heavily in Omaha's troubled north side, where most of the city's homicides occur.

Mello's campaign fundraising co-chairwoman, Andy Holland, is the past president of Planned Parenthood of Nebraska. The aspiring mayor also has the support of self-described conservative Mike Kozlik, a lawyer who met Mello last week as the candidate strolled door-to-door through the elegant Dundee neighborhood west of downtown.

"Too often Democrats want to coddle people. Mello comes from working stock," said Kozlik, 64, a south Omaha native whose family struggled during his youth. "He understands the working man."

A Democratic mayor could give the party a leg up in Nebraska's 2nd Congressional District, more than two-thirds of which is in Omaha, as the party hopes to claw its way back to the majority next year. And in a state that apportions its presidential electoral votes by congressional district, the mayor's office could be an important Democratic foothold.

Democrat Barack Obama carried the district in 2008, but lost it in 2012, as did 2016 Democratic presidential nominee, Hillary Clinton.

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