Policy · 116th Congress
Five more states voting this fall on legalizing marijuana
[jwp-video n=”1″] Details of state contests Two states — South Dakota and New Jersey — will be watched closely.
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Heard On The Hill · 116th Congress
Survey: Capitol Hill aides see a job well done fighting the coronavirus
The 200,000th American died of COVID-19 this past week, but the death rate — at the moment — is on a downward trajectory and now seems unlikely to reach the 1 million-plus projections some epidemiologists
Opinion · 116th Congress
America — Halfway between hope and heartbreak
Powered by the Trump tax cuts that were cheered on by a united Republican Party, the federal deficit hit the $1 trillion mark in calendar year 2019.
Policy · 116th Congress
Supreme Court extends employment protections to LGBT individuals
[jwp-video n=”1″] But Gorsuch, a Trump appointee, in the majority opinion, wrote that judges can’t overlook “plain statutory commands on the strength of nothing more than suppositions about
Campaigns · 116th Congress
Riggleman bid for second term in Virginia seat gets tougher
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Policy · 116th Congress
Big Supreme Court opinions could come amid coronavirus outbreak
[jwp-video n=”1″] LGBT rights In the first week of the term in October, the justices heard arguments on a trio of cases about whether a 55-year-old federal workplace anti-discrimination law
Campaigns · 116th Congress
Trump announces Jeff Van Drew will become a Republican
[jwp-video n=”1″] Van Drew, who won the 2nd District by 8 points after Republican Frank A. LoBiondo declined to run in 2018, has always been a more conservative Democrat.
Opinion · 116th Congress
In a fractious holiday season, are there glimmers of hope?
[jwp-video n=”1″] What once was an innocuous and inclusive way to offer good wishes to those of any or no faith during this time of year has become a litmus test for a subset of militant believers
Policy · 116th Congress
New census data: About 1 million same-sex households in US
The Census Bureau estimates about 1 million same-sex married and unmarried couples are living together nationwide, according to new figures released Tuesday.
Campaigns · 116th Congress
Ex-Rep. Darrell Issa is not Duncan Hunter’s only problem in California primary
[jwp-video n=”1″] Democrat Ammar Campa-Najjar, who lost to Hunter in the 2018 midterm by 3.4 percentage points and is running again in 2020, led all candidates with 31 percent support.
Congress · 116th Congress
Congressional inaction drives LGBT rights case at Supreme Court
[jwp-video n=”1″] Beyond those competing interpretations, the justices will grapple with whether they should broaden a law beyond its apparent original intent, particularly when Congress has
Congress · 116th Congress
Supreme Court term to be punctuated by presidential politics
[jwp-video n=”1″] Trump and the courts Lower courts will decide in the coming months whether House Democrats can obtain Trump’s financial records from accounting firms, get his federal tax records
Campaigns · 116th Congress
Local GOP groups seek to galvanize opposition to Riggleman for officiating same sex wedding
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Congress · 116th Congress
Democrats need rural voters to put Iowa in play in 2020
[jwp-video n=”1″] Still swinging Iowa may seem an unlikely candidate to be a swing state, but in 2020 it will be a key in deciding who controls the White House, the Senate and the House.
Congress · 116th Congress
Two GOP groups have tried — and failed — to censure Rep. Riggleman for officiating gay wedding
Watch: Riggleman still slings whiskey at his wife’s Virginia distillery [jwp-video n=”1″] But Adams said his committee was also “absolutely committed” to the national Republican Party platform
Congress · 116th Congress
‘A court without a middle’: Supreme Court term signals changes ahead
[jwp-video n=”1″] The justices often wrote separately to express their own views.
Congress · 116th Congress
Judge who said being transgender is a ‘delusion’ nearing confirmation
[jwp-video n=”1″] Sharon McGowan, the chief strategy officer and legal director at Lambda Legal, referred to Kacsmaryk as “Jeff Mateer’s doppelganger.”
Campaigns · 116th Congress
In 2020, Biden experience could turn out to be baggage
Watch: Joe Biden is running for president, here are some congressional basics [jwp-video n=”1″] “I don’t believe there’s any precedent for a candidate like Biden,” who cast thousands
Congress · 116th Congress
Supreme Court to decide whether LGBTQ people are covered by Civil Rights Act
ICYMI: Huge Crowds, Long Lines, Tight Security: What Capitol Hill Was Like on Ford, Kavanaugh Hearing Day [jwp-video n=”1″] The owner, Thomas Rost, says he is a devout Christian who interprets