Opinion · 116th Congress
Our trillion-dollar problem deserves bipartisan attention
The Congressional Budget Office in a report this month warned the nation once again that our yearly red ink could top $1 trillion as soon as next year.
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Opinion · 116th Congress
An American credo: Justice for some, especially the four-legged
The report in The New York Times that he managed to lose more than $1 billion and avoid paying taxes, unlike the rest of us, from 1985 to 1994, shows he believes that hewing close to the rules — and the
Opinion · 116th Congress
Trump’s economy is booming, and Democrats can’t handle it
In a CNN town hall in February, Bernie Sanders claimed that 83 percent of the benefits delivered by the 2017 GOP tax cuts went to the 1 percent.
Opinion · 116th Congress
Today I’m getting boring. Please, Congress, join me
[jwp-video n=”1″] According to a report card from the American Society of Civil Engineers, the country’s infrastructure in general rates only a D+.
Opinion · 116th Congress
If Trump had been a master builder instead of a malevolent tweeter
[jwp-video n=”1″] In the federalism shell game that is the American system, the states would presumably ante up a good chunk of the $2 trillion while politicians in Washington would grab all
Opinion · 116th Congress
After gun massacre, Charlotte is now ‘one of those cities’
[jwp-video n=”1″] As usual, Americans looking for reassurance, or at least a discussion and some compromise, won’t get very much of either in a debate that will only grow more politically charged
Opinion · 116th Congress
Trump’s unlikely new best friends wear blue
Watch: Trump on Mueller report: ‘Nothing wrong with firing him’ [jwp-video n=”1″] It certainly wasn’t for the 2016 Republican presidential candidates, with the possible exception of Trump
Opinion · 116th Congress
Joe Biden’s Washington is vanishing. Does America want it back?
[jwp-video n=”1″] Lugar joined the Senate in 1977, four years after Biden was elected from Delaware.
Opinion · 116th Congress
It’s called accountability, but only for some
Watch: ‘We’re fighting all the subpoenas,’ Trump says [jwp-video n=”1″] I’ll let George Washington, the first president of the United States, weigh in.
Opinion · 116th Congress
Gleeful Democrats pulled off the perfect tax scam
According to a recent Gallup survey (April 1-9), 49 percent of Americans disapproved of the Republican tax law, while 40 percent approved.
Opinion · 116th Congress
Trump’s warning you: The socialists are coming!
Watch: Socialism through the Republican lens [jwp-video n=”1″] The man leading the “socialists are coming” charge is Trump himself.
Opinion · 116th Congress
For serious primary voters, the parade of Democratic candidates is no joke
Beto O’Rourke is running for president, here are some congressional basics [jwp-video n=”1″] Her fellow student Anna Coopersmith, 19, said it was important for young people to become “active
Opinion · 116th Congress
In their first 100 days, socialist Democrats have shown they are unable to lead
Watch: 2020 Democrats at labor event can’t stop talking jobs [jwp-video n=”1″]
Opinion · 116th Congress
In his White House drama, Trump’s favorite word is ‘acting’
Watch: Swamp monsters return to the Hill to protest Interior secretary nominee [jwp-video n=”1″] But there remains the beguiling illusion that everything in Washington can be reset once Trump
Opinion · 116th Congress
Democrats may win their base with Trump — but lose independents
Also watch: Barr on Mueller memo — ‘The letter speaks for itself’ [jwp-video n=”1″] Changing the rules But how will these same issue positions fare outside a primary campaign aimed almost
Opinion · 116th Congress
She miscarried 8 times. Today she’s telling Lindsey Graham why abortion should remain legal
Watch: ‘Queer Eye’ guys grace the Hill [jwp-video n=”1″]
Opinion · 116th Congress
Forget the fundraising money. Democrats are jockeying for a different kind of capital
Bernie Sanders is running for president: Here are some congressional basics [jwp-video n=”1″] This is the week when Joe Biden and his hugs across America have led to the portrayal of the
Opinion · 116th Congress
2020 Democrats go silent after Senate’s Green New Deal debacle
Watch: Myths of the Green New Deal debunked [jwp-video n=”1″] But there’s more. The Green New Deal goes far beyond a “chicken in every pot.”
Opinion · 116th Congress
Joe Biden can change. Will Democrats let him try?
Watch: Check out DC’s cherry blossoms in peak bloom this week [jwp-video n=”1″] And if Biden did not give mistreatment of women the seriousness it deserved in the Judiciary Committee hearings