Opinion · 117th Congress
Joe Biden’s presidency is out of gas
In this case, head off to the Middle East, leaving behind a White House and Democratic Party in turmoil as he desperately seeks a solution to the country’s No. 1 problem: inflation.
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Policy · 117th Congress
Supreme Court rules Oklahoma can prosecute more tribal crimes
Separately, the federal judiciary had requested an additional 32 federal public defenders for fiscal 2023, $4.9 million for defender services and an additional $1 million for court security to handle
Policy · 117th Congress
Supreme Court limits relief for certain detained immigrants
In an 8-1 ruling, the high court found that the federal government is not required to give immigrants bond hearings after six months in detention, if those immigrants had already been ordered deported
Campaigns · 117th Congress
New debate over gun laws will test the gun lobby’s influence
By more than 3-to-1, gun rights groups — including the best-known National Rifle Association, which has filed for bankruptcy and may no longer be the political behemoth it once was — have outspent
Policy · 117th Congress
SCOTUS leak prompts investors to press companies on abortion
recommended to its clients with shares in Walmart to vote for Clean Yield’s resolution on addressing the impact of state laws on employees’ access to reproductive health services at the company’s June 1
Campaigns · 117th Congress
What to watch in the Texas runoffs Tuesday
The race is one of several House runoffs from the March 1 primary that will be settled Tuesday.
Congress · 117th Congress
Senate confirms Lisa Cook as the first Black woman on the Federal Reserve Board
Senate Banking voted unanimously in March to advance Jefferson and 23-1 to advance Powell, with Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., dissenting.
Campaigns · 117th Congress
It’s probably still the economy, stupid
While public opinion polls consistently show support for preserving Roe is strong, the key electoral questions are (1) How many people will change their partisan vote intention because Roe is overturned
Opinion · 117th Congress
Will Biden’s 2022 midterms be worse than Obama’s in 2010?
Republicans won the female vote by 1 point in 2010 despite Democratic claims that passage of Obamacare would sustain the women’s vote for the Democratic Party, after having won the women’s vote by
Congress · 117th Congress
Supreme Court backs Congress on Puerto Rico resident benefits
The 8-1 decision keeps Puerto Rico residents from receiving Supplemental Security Income for aged, blind and disabled individuals, under a 1972 law that made U.S. residents eligible for the program
Congress · 117th Congress
Biden meets robot dog, pitches innovation agenda
“The United States of America used to be ranked No. 1 in the world in investing in the future. Now we’re ranked No. 9, No. 9 in research and development,” he said.
Policy · 117th Congress
Investors keep up diversity pressure after California law tossed
Companies have until Sept. 1 to comply.
Opinion · 117th Congress
Can we just leave God out of it?
Lindsey Graham asked me to rate mine on a scale of 1 to 10, as he did Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson, I would have to, as she did, refuse.
Congress · 117th Congress
Congress cuts humanitarian spending despite billions for Ukraine
supplemental humanitarian funding for Ukraine is excluded, the baseline fiscal 2022 spending level for humanitarian accounts covered by the State-Foreign Operations title comes in at $6.8 billion — a $1
Campaigns · 117th Congress
Why the Marist Poll is worth considering
ANALYSIS — The March 1-2 NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll, which contained some good news for President Joe Biden, didn’t get the usual amount of attention when it was released last week.
Heard On The Hill · 117th Congress
‘We all sound like it’s the 1990s,’ says Rep. David Schweikert
We now have wearables to manage our health care, messenger RNA and even the stem cell therapy that just cured someone of Type 1 diabetes. There is something crazy going on, though.
Congress · 117th Congress
How David Trone went from Total Wine to opioid opponent in Congress
Q: Fighting opioid addiction is probably your No. 1 issue, and one that’s near to your heart. Can you talk about that? A: We had a nephew, Ian Trone.
Policy · 117th Congress
Texas Supreme Court hears abortion ban challenge
Supreme Court ruled 8-1 in December that challenges could move forward against some state licensing officials, although it also ruled 5-4 that the challenges could not move forward against state judges
Opinion · 117th Congress
Biden always behind the curve
In this week’s new Gallup Poll, taken Feb. 1-17, Biden’s job approval came in at 41 percent approve to 55 percent disapprove.
Policy · 117th Congress
IG finds a familiar pattern of delay at USDA civil rights office
The IG found that a sample of 28 complaints out of 911 cases closed between Oct. 1, 2016, and June 30, 2019, took up to 799 days to process. “These challenges are not new.