Opinion · 117th Congress
Biden’s infrastructure choice: Progressives or bipartisanship?
OPINION — Biden faces a herculean task in trying to meet progressives’ ever-growing demands while giving moderate Democrats cover.
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Campaigns · 117th Congress
Democrats lack leverage on top priority
Democrats are all in on pressing voting rights ahead of the 2022 election. Their problem? Republicans can stifle it no problem.
Opinion · 117th Congress
Biden proposal could be the answer to Social Security disability benefit woes
OPINION — Increasing Social Security funding would be a strong step toward disability awareness, equality and a return to normalcy.
Opinion · 117th Congress
The man who will never go away
OPINION — Donald Trump will never willingly give up the limelight, as his Ohio rally showed, and nothing could make the Democrats happier.
Opinion · 117th Congress
Congress can still do more to help struggling bars and restaurants
OPINION — The Hospitality and Commerce Job Recovery Act would provide restaurants a temporary credit for pandemic-related inventory losses.
Opinion · 117th Congress
Expand funding for the IRS, but not its duties
OPINION — As long as the IRS stays in its lane, as outlined by law, it should have an adequate budget and staff to function effectively.
Opinion · 117th Congress
With freedom rides and ‘states’ rights’ refrains, old times in America are not forgotten
OPINION — The current American debate around voting rights draws parallels to the civil rights activism of the 1960s in more ways than one.
Opinion · 117th Congress
As Democrats go hard left, Hispanics head to the center
OPINION — Hispanics, by and large, are not conservatives — at least not yet — but they are centrists behaving more like independents.
Opinion · 117th Congress
Dear Mike Pompeo: Thanks for your email
Is thinking hard? Don't worry, Mike Pompeo's fundraising pitches won't require any thinking at all, Stu Rothenberg writes.
Opinion · 117th Congress
It’s time to recognize federal workers for a job well done
OPINION — A modest but meaningful pay raise would help restore the living standards of federal employees to pre-recession levels.
Opinion · 117th Congress
As federal pro-voter reform stalls, advocates should prepare for state-level action
OPINION — With states continuing to pass restrictive voting laws, the war for democracy must be fought on two fronts: federal and stateside.
Opinion · 117th Congress
Congress must seize the opportunity to claw back its power
OPINION — The time is right for Congress to restore the imbalance between the legislative and executive branches in the arena of spending.
Opinion · 117th Congress
Following the ‘Golden Rule’ is proving a political impossibility
OPINION — As places of worship have reopened post-pandemic, the political divide in America has followed worshippers through the doors.
Opinion · 117th Congress
As Biden faces a summer of inflation, voters will be watching
OPINION — As inflation heats up and Democrats fight over just how “progressive” their agenda should be, they might want to listen to voters.
Opinion · 117th Congress
Democrats are adopting wrong lessons from Obama’s early failures
OPINION — In the reimagining of the early Obama years by many Democrats today, two names are missing: Arlen Specter and Martha Coakley.
Opinion · 117th Congress
Alaska’s election system has upped its game. The rest of the nation should follow
OPINION — Alaska’s new election system — open primaries and top-four ranked-choice voting in the general — is a model for other states.
Opinion · 117th Congress
A simple fix for polarization in Congress: Less polarizing bill titles
OPINION — If bill titles are any indication, many lawmakers seem more interested in attracting attention than passing their own legislation.
Opinion · 117th Congress
Biden’s border policies are worsening the opioid crisis
OPINION — Biden’s radical policy changes have encouraged the drug cartels to smuggle more illicit substances like fentanyl across the border.
Opinion · 117th Congress
A Jan. 6 report should be just the beginning. Just like the riot was
OPINION — Intelligence failures documented in a new report on the Jan. 6 attack are appalling. But don’t expect any further actions on that.
Opinion · 117th Congress
Joe Manchin is a bona fide centrist. Deal with it
OPINION — Joe Manchin is the kind of senator Joe Biden wouldn’t have had a problem with, once upon a time. But things have changed.