Critics' Voices, Rhetorical Choices

Critics’ Voices, Rhetorical Choices

By Madison Powers and CQ Guest Columnist

Posted March 5, 2009 at 1:00am

approval ratings
on the right track
Madison Powers is Senior Research Scholar, Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Georgetown University. His column appears weekly on Friday in CQ Politics.

Recent Stories

Haley Robson, who says she was assaulted by Jeffrey Epstein when she was 16, wipes away tears at a Tuesday news conference at the Capitol.

Epstein survivors call for ‘moral reckoning’ ahead of vote

The Capitol dome is illuminated on Nov. 12. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

House unveils 2026 calendar as election year nears

Capitol Ink | Trump U-turn

From left, Reps. John Katko, R-N.Y., Darren Soto, D-Fla., and Haley Stevens, D-Mich., take a picture before The CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 bill signing on the South Lawn of the White House, on Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2022.

Life after Congress: How John Katko got a PBS show

Democrats Christian Menefee and Amanda Edwards will face off in a Jan. 31 runoff in the special election for Texas' 18th District.