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After sleeping on Secret Service DirectorJulia Piersons testimony, Rep. Elijah Cummings, the most senior Democrat on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, had a change of heart and is now calling for Piersons resignation.

The president is not well servedI think this lady has to go Ms. Pierson, Cummings, D-Maryland, said during a radio interview with Roland Martin on NewsOneNow this morning.There has to be drastic changes.

It appears that the latest news about an incident in Atlanta, where the president ended upon an elevatorwith a contractor who wasconvicted felon and who had concealed a firearm, was the final straw for Cummings.

Im convinced that she is not the person to lead that agency. My trust has eroded, Cummings later told Diane Rhem during another interview today on WAMU. This is supposed to be the No. 1 protective agency in the world, guarding the most protected person in the world, the most protected house in the world. And it appears they are not doing a very good job.

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi says she subscribes to Cummings analysis that Pierson, should resign.

I agree with his analysis, yes,Pelosi, D-Calif., said during a news conference today at the Capitol. If thats what he is suggesting, I support his suggestion. But if you follow up and say, tell me why you think she should leave, I dont have the knowledge that he has so I am subscribing to his superior judgment and knowledge on the subject.

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In the race to fill a Democrat-held House seat in eastern Massachusetts, the Republican candidate now has a slight lead following an early sprint by his Democratic opponent.

Republican Richard Tisei now leads Democrat Seth Moulton by 41% to 39% among likely voters in the contest to represent the Sixth Congressional District in northeast Massachusetts, according to a poll released Wednesday by Emerson College. Early in September, Mr. Moulton was in the lead by 44% to 36%.

The poll surveyed 429 likely voters was conducted Sept. 26-29, with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.68 percentage points.

Mr. Moulton beat 18-year incumbent John Tierney in the Democratic primary in early September, but since then an enthusiasm gap has emerged between the Democrat and his general election opponent, according to the Emerson pollsters. They found that 50% of Tisei supporters were very enthusiastic about the race, compared to 34% for Mr. Moulton.

Pollsters attributed the Republican enthusiasm to the opportunity to turn the seat red for the first time in 18 years. Mr. Tisei lost an earlier bid in 2012 by just 1% of the vote.

Mr. Moulton, a Harvard Business School graduate and former Marine who served in Iraq, became the first Massachusetts Democrat to defeat a sitting member of Congress from his own party in 22 years, when he won the primary. Retired generals David H. Petraeus and Stanley McChrystal have backed him.

Mr. Tisei is a former state Senate minority leader and had an edge over Mr. Tierney in polls before Mr. Moulton prevailed in the primary.

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Republican congressional candidate Elise Stefanik, 30, says her generation "can't just complain about the problems we have to help solve them as well, because we're ultimately inheriting them." Mike Groll/AP hide caption

Republican congressional candidate Elise Stefanik, 30, says her generation "can't just complain about the problems we have to help solve them as well, because we're ultimately inheriting them."

If the Republican Party were to hang up a wanted sign for the new face of the party, the kind of person they need to help them connect with voters they've had a hard time reaching, Elise Stefanik may just be the person they'd find. She describes herself as a "big tent Republican," and House Speaker John Boehner recently held a fundraiser for her.

She's young, single and a candidate for Congress in an area of New York known as the North Country. If she wins, Stefanik would be the youngest woman ever elected to Congress. She recently turned 30, and rather than hide from her youth, she embraces it.

She recently gave a short speech at the Saratoga County Republican Committee rally, where party faithful gathered at the fairgrounds for barbecued chicken and a chance to chat up the candidates. "Who is ready for a new generation of leadership in Washington?" she asked.

Stefanik was a Republican operative in her late 20s a little more than a year ago when she decided to run. No one asked her to. She expected to take on a popular Democratic incumbent. Then he announced his retirement, and she was in the right place at the right time. She says she has traveled more than 100,000 miles in this massive rural district in the Adirondack Mountains.

Along the way, she won a difficult primary and won over local GOP leaders like John Herrick, chairman of the Saratoga County Republican Committee. "I felt early on that we needed somebody who was young. We needed a female on the ticket. Good diversity for us, and she fit the bill. She's a great candidate," he says.

Nationwide, the Republican Party has struggled to get support from people in Stefanik's very demographic. It has also had a hard time getting women past primaries and into office. Republican Rep. Ann Wagner from Missouri has taken a leadership role in trying to get more Republican women elected to the House.

"One of my biggest surprises and frankly disappointments was the fact that there were only 19 Republican women in a conference of 234. And that's not representative of our country's demographic," Wagner says.

But it's not just about demographics. Wagner has been advising Stefanik and wants to work alongside her in Congress. "This is one I want really, really badly," she says.

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In a further setback to Republican incumbent Pat Roberts, a District Court in Kansas declined Wednesday to force Democrats to place a candidate on the ballot in the states too-close-to-call U.S. Senate race.

The decision appeared to cement a two-way contest between the embattled Roberts and businessman Greg Orman, who is running as an independent.

The Democratic candidate, Shawnee County District Attorney Chad Taylor, abruptly quit the race last month in the absence of support from his party establishment.

Republicans fought Taylors decision all the way to the state Supreme Court, which rejected an attempt by Secretary of State Kris Kobach a Republican who is backing Roberts to keep Taylors name on the ballot even if he refused to campaign.

A registered Democrat, David Orel, filed suit after the Supreme Court ruled, seeking to force Democrats to name a replacement for Taylor. Orel did not, however, show up for a scheduled court hearing on Monday, a fact the court noted in Wednesdays decision, saying he failed "to provide evidence to sustain" his argument.

The court in Topeka also held that political parties have the discretion to name their candidates and thus legal intervention would not be appropriate.

Kobach could appeal the decision. But with less than five weeks to the election, some ballots have already been printed and mailed to members of the military and other residents living overseas.

Political strategists on both sides believe that Roberts stands a better chance of winning reelection if Orman and Taylor split the opposition vote. (A Libertarian Party candidate, Randall Batson, is also on the ballot.)

Kansas Republicans have won every U.S. Senate race since 1932, the longest such streak in the country. Still, Roberts is seen as highly vulnerable because of a rough GOP primary and a perception that he has lost touch with the state after more than 30 years in Washington.

Polls suggest the race with Orman is neck and neck, a break for Democrats who are otherwise on the defensive in most of the U.S. as they struggle to hang on to control of the Senate.

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A Republican congressman and three law professors from Georgia have joined the fray over revamping the nations immigration system.

U.S. Rep. Doug Collins of Gainesville last week united with several other Republican congressmen in pressing President Barack Obama for details about what he will do concerning the hot button issue.

Obama has pledged to act independently now that immigration overhaul legislation is stalled in Congress. He is expected to announce after the Nov. 4 congressional elections protections for immigrants living without legal status in the U.S.

One possibility is an expansion of an Obama administration program called Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. That program grants deportation deferrals and work permits to immigrants who were brought here as children, who graduated from high school here and who have not been convicted of any felonies.

Supporters say that program is a humane way to treat young immigrants who did not choose to come here and who would struggle if they were deported to their native countries. Republican lawmakers say the program is an illegal end run around Congress.

Regarding actions you are planning that you believe would comply with the Constitution, the least the administration can do is give Americans the opportunity to see the recommendations that you are considering before you take any actions, says the letter from Collins and fellow Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee.

Rather than attempt to hide these actions from the American people until after the midterm elections, Americans should be given the chance to come to their own conclusions as to the merits of these recommendations. They can then exercise their constitutional right to petition the federal government and let you know their opinions.

A White House spokeswoman said the Obama administration would review the letter and respond.

Also this month, three Georgians were among 136 law professors who signed a separate letter to Obama this month, making the case that he has the power to shield certain immigrants from deportation. They cited U.S. Supreme Court case law and actions taken by Congress and Republican presidential administrations. Among those who signed the letter are Jason Cade of the University of Georgia, Charles Kuck of Emory University, and Joseph Rosen of Atlantas John Marshall Law School.

We believe the administration has the legal authority to use prosecutorial discretion as a tool for managing resources and protecting individuals residing in and contributing to the United States in meaningful ways, their letter says.

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