Opinion · 117th Congress
Eliminating the Senate filibuster would sharpen polarization
OPINION — Without the filibuster, the Senate would become yet another institution where party politics are everything, Orrin Hatch writes.
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Opinion · 117th Congress
Is the era of small government over?
ANALYSIS — Public opinion surveys show an edge for those saying they want government to do more, signaling support for Joe Biden's agenda.
Opinion · 117th Congress
How are your tax dollars being spent? We don’t always know
OPINION — Recipients of federal funds routinely ignore public disclosure rules for how those dollars are spent. The COST Act would fix that.
Opinion · 117th Congress
Good governance should be good politics
OPINION — If good governance is to become good politics again, we the people are going to have to lead the way, McLarty writes.
Opinion · 117th Congress
The Federal Trade Commission’s self-created problem
OPINION — The legislative “fix” the FTC has been seeking represents overreach by the agency, for which it earned a 9-0 Supreme Court rebuke.
Opinion · 117th Congress
Animal testing is cruel and often unnecessary. But the FDA forces drugmakers to do it
OPINION — The AARF Act would allow drugmakers to use scientific alternatives to animal testing to meet FDA drug screening requirements.
Opinion · 117th Congress
Can victory over the pandemic bridge the trust gap?
OPINION — Hope remains that beating the pandemic will help restore some of the trust in government that has eroded over the last 20 years.
Opinion · 117th Congress
20 small steps to restore faith in American elections
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Opinion · 117th Congress
Biden’s inexcusable failure to reopen schools
OPINION — Biden’s broken promises on school reopenings underscore who he truly serves — teachers unions and liberal activists.
Opinion · 117th Congress
When ‘America First’ is a ticket to last place
OPINION — The notions that fueled the push for the “America First” caucus are becoming a little less shocking and a lot more routine.
Opinion · 117th Congress
The trivialization of American politics
OPINION — The current political environment gives more attention to controversial figures than substantive talk about issues.
Opinion · 117th Congress
Independents will decide when Biden’s honeymoon is over
OPINION — Biden has a big job to do Wednesday night to sell his multitrillion-dollar progressive agenda to an increasingly wary electorate.
Opinion · 117th Congress
5 reasons to support investments in child care facilities
OPINION — It’s abundantly clear that few investments are more vital to our nation’s workforce than safe child care facilities.
Opinion · 117th Congress
America deserves a pro-jobs climate plan
OPINION — A worker-oriented energy and climate strategy would empower American ingenuity, expand jobs and make energy more affordable.
Opinion · 117th Congress
One Black life mattered, this time
OPINION — Despite the Chauvin verdict, the protests for justice will continue because it is about more than one trial and one officer.
Opinion · 117th Congress
America’s goose that lays the golden eggs
OPINION — We need to be shoring up our innovation ecosystem, responsible for COVID-19 vaccines and other breakthroughs, not undermining it
Opinion · 117th Congress
Biden’s FCC should reverse decision to split safe driver spectrum
OPINION — The FCC vote to take away over half of the spectrum air waves reserved for transportation safety will have dangerous consequences.
Opinion · 117th Congress
Afghanistan: No road map for success, just an exit ramp for failure
OPINION — Twenty years of uneven American involvement in Afghanistan should bring with it moral obligations, Shapiro writes.
Opinion · 117th Congress
Republicans lack credibility on deficit
OPINION — Given their own grim record of red ink, Republicans can’t be taken seriously for faulting Joe Biden’s fiscal policies.
Opinion · 117th Congress
280 million Americans have no control over their data. A national standard is the only way to fix it
OPINION — As more states try to fill the vacuum left by Congress, the need for a national data privacy standard becomes more critical.