GOP Slips Past Another Senate Custom, and Democrats Turn Blue
[jwp-video n=”1″] But he cannot get what he wants without Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Judiciary Chairman Charles E. Grassley.
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Politics · 115th Congress
McConnell’s Plan for a Packed Summer Senate Agenda
Watch: Trump’s Tweets Won’t Help Score a Border Security Deal With Congress [jwp-video n=”1″] McConnell has maintained his seat as a senior member of the Appropriations Committee during his
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: Is the Democrats’ Pivot to a ‘Scandal Strategy’ a Wrong Turn?
Numbers tell the story We asked voters to rank what was important to them in determining their vote for Congress on a 1-9 scale, with 1 being not important at all and 9 being extremely important.
Politics · 115th Congress
A Plea for the Old School Senate: Senators Really, Really Want to Move Spending Bills This Time
Watch: Senate GOP’s Reasons For Cloture Rules Change [jwp-video n=”1″] “I suggested in our Republican lunch today that we have a discussion amongst ourselves about what the amendment process
Policy · 115th Congress
Senate GOP Set to Revive Time Limits on Debating Nominees
Watch: How to Change Senate Rules, Slowly, With the ‘Book of Spells’ [jwp-video n=”1″] Senators and staffers with the Veterans’ Affairs Committee have been hearing significant concerns about
Politics · 115th Congress
Conservative Court Nominee Highlights Smoother Path to Bench
Watch: How to Change Senate Rules, Slowly, With the ‘Book of Spells’ [jwp-video n=”1″] ‘Suspension of rationality′ At Duncan’s confirmation hearing in November, Democrats pressed him about
Video · 115th Congress
What’s the Nuclear Option? Dismantling This Senate Jargon
By David Hawkings and Thomas McKinless [jwp-video n=”1″] President Donald Trump has repeatedly called for the Senate to drop a third nuclear bomb on the chamber’s procedure — completely
Roy Blunt: Playing the Inside Game and Scoring
Dismantling This Senate Jargon [jwp-video n=”1″] President Donald Trump wants a similar “nuclear option” to create a simple-majority threshold on legislation, but GOP leaders have ruled that out
Politics · 115th Congress
Three Big Hurdles for D.C. as Advocates Lobby for Statehood
We ask Congress to grant DC full emancipation with #DCStatehood pic.twitter.com/dfirAKm9jg — Eleanor Holmes Norton (@EleanorNorton) April 12, 2018 var rcrdTwitter = 1; Norton is not alone
Politics · 115th Congress
Analysis: Can a President Preaching Change Lead a Party of Incumbents?
Watch — A Loyalty Contest for Trump in Indiana: GOP Senate Primary in Full Swing [jwp-video n=”1″] Since he entered the presidential race almost three years ago, Trump has argued that only
Politics · 115th Congress
Indiana Republicans Hope to Imitate Trump’s Success in Senate Primary
Watch: A Loyalty Contest for Trump in Indiana [jwp-video n=”1″] Indiana is no stranger to divisive GOP primaries.
Policy · 115th Congress
Aides: House Will Take Up Balanced-Budget Amendment Next Week
Watch: Trump’s Empty Veto Threat of Spending Bill Could Have a Big Pricetag [jwp-video n=”1″] Speaker Paul D.
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: A Radical Idea for Congress — Legislate Instead of Loafing
Watch: Trump’s Empty Veto Threat of Spending Bill Could Have a Big Pricetag [jwp-video n=”1″] As for the $1.3 trillion spending bill, it is telling that a Republican president came very close
Republicans Need Another Legislative Success to Avoid Midterm Woes
Democrats Have At Least 20 House Takeover Opportunities in These 4 States [jwp-video n=”1″] The spirit of productively acquiescent deal-cutting with the Democrats they just fostered, plus
Politics · 115th Congress
After Self-Created Drama, Trump Signs Omnibus
Aides, Secret Service agents and journalists scurried about for hours, with the dramatics culminating with Trump announcing a 1 p.m. press conference for which his staff was clearly not prepared.
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: Trump’s Name Isn’t on Any Midterm Ballot — But It’s All About Him
Watch: Pelosi: Lamb Win in Republican District a ‘Tremendous Victory’ [jwp-video n=”1″] Granted, there are other contenders.
Politics · 115th Congress
Expect More Trump on Nomination Fights, Short Says
Watch: Congressional Republicans Had Wonky Plans for the Week, Then Trump Happened [jwp-video n=”1″] Democrats have said they’ve slow-walked many of the president’s nominees because they
Policy · 115th Congress
With Expectations Low, Select Budget Panel Prepares to Meet
Watch: Book Sellers, Self Funders and 970 Liabilities for One Entry: Takeaways From Wealth of Congress [jwp-video n=”1″] The House Budget Committee is now run by Rep.
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: The Time to Reform Congress and Our Political System Is Now
Watch: How Congressional Debate Is Supposed to Work (And How It Really Works) [jwp-video n=”1″] Rep. Darin LaHood is a Republican representing Illinois’ 18th District.
Politics · 115th Congress
Chris McDaniel Launches Primary Challenge to Roger Wicker
Watch: Fundraising Reports Say a Lot About a Campaign [jwp-video n=”1″] “The time for career politicians is over,” Remember Mississippi PAC Treasurer Tommy Barnett said in a statement after