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Opinion · 119th Congress

American individualism, but only for some Americans

↵↵The false accusation that a Black 19-year-old had assaulted a young white woman was enough to precipitate events that began the night of May 31, 1921, and stretched into June 1.

Congress · 119th Congress

In shutdown deal, bipartisan legislating trumped party unity

government, restoring food stamps to 45 million poor and working-class households that rely on them, avoiding chaos in the nation's air traffic system, unwinding layoffs and providing back pay to more than 1

Opinion · 118th Congress

Is Joe Biden out of touch, or is he just cynical?

Both The Washington Post (Jan. 27-Feb. 1) and CBS (Feb. 1-4) have new surveys out with data that clashes with Biden’s rosy view of the state of the union. 

Opinion · 118th Congress

Nonprofit hospitals should act like nonprofits

In particular, the fair share deficits in six states — California, Pennsylvania, New York, Ohio, Michigan and Illinois — each exceed $1 billion.

Opinion · 117th Congress

The powerful legacy of the Jan. 6 committee

Another Gallup survey found that Americans, by more than a 2-to-1 margin, believed that the Watergate committee was motivated by a desire to “get at facts” rather than to “discredit” Nixon.

Opinion · 117th Congress

You can’t ‘pivot away’ from sick stunts and cruelty

Consider how little has been reported on the fate of a 1-month-old baby dropped off in front of the Washington, D.C., residence of Vice President Kamala Harris, courtesy of Abbott.

Opinion · 117th Congress

The Biden effect is real

In a survey done by The Winston Group for the S Corporation Association, we found the brand image of the federal government at an unbelievable low, with almost 2-to-1 negatives — 33 percent favorable

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

Opinion · 117th Congress

Beating up on Manchin and Sinema won’t fix the Biden agenda

Those 13,471 votes represent 0.0084 percent of the 159,738,337 votes cast in last year’s election, or eight thousandths of 1 percent. That tiny margin eventually gave Democrats a 50-50 Senate.

Opinion · 117th Congress

Why ‘no corporate PAC money’ pledges are important

In fact, voters’ positive response across the county and across party lines for this pledge has helped build major support and momentum for reforms like the For the People Act (HR 1/S1).

Opinion · 117th Congress

As Biden faces a summer of inflation, voters will be watching

While this is not a decisive margin, the fact that 45 percent — nearly 1 in 2 voters — viewed the ARP as a spending law with too many unrelated priorities means Democrats have their work cut out

Opinion · 117th Congress

When an insurrection is seen as just another day in America

An American Perspectives Survey from January found that more than 1 in 3 Americans (36 percent) agreed with the statement: “The traditional American way of life is disappearing so fast that we may