Campaigns · 117th Congress
12 dates that define the 2022 midterm elections
Jan. 6, 2021. President Donald Trump’s supporters storm the Capitol in an attempt to prevent the counting of the certified presidential election results.
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Policy · 117th Congress
A Michigan community’s long battle with PFAS and the Pentagon
(Photo courtesy of Anthony Spaniola) Since early in 2010, Spaniola had been involved with community efforts to get the DOD to clean up contamination that has spread over nearly 6 square miles, including
Policy · 117th Congress
Both sides dig in as EPA’s final decision on Pebble Mine nears
But the agency announced on Sept. 6 that it would postpone the final determination until December so it could fully review all the comments — though it hasn’t escaped notice that it means there will be
Opinion · 117th Congress
For those tempted to predict the midterms — don’t
Wednesday’s hearing of the Jan. 6 committee should serve as a reminder that this is the first off-year election since a violent mob ransacked the Capitol. And, despite Dr. Joseph R.
Congress · 117th Congress
Manchin push on pipeline approval recalls 1970s dam project
Hill, in a 6-3 vote, that building the dam would violate the Endangered Species Act, affirming a lower court ruling. Yet in 1979, led by Sen.
Opinion · 117th Congress
Why the conventional wisdom about 2022 has been so wrong
Instead, Biden’s approval rating (43 percent) has jumped 6 points since late July, according to averages at RealClearPolitics.
Campaigns · 117th Congress
Senate ratings update: Battle for control is a toss-up
Wade, subsequent GOP efforts to eliminate access to legal abortion at the state level, revelations from the Jan. 6 House select committee, continuing investigations into former President Donald Trump and
Opinion · 117th Congress
When it’s staring you in the face, it just might be the truth
actually making demonstrably false statements, out loud, as in “believe me, the 2020 election was stolen,” even as a parade of Republican witnesses are testifying at the House hearings into the Jan. 6
Policy · 117th Congress
Army tells House panel of enormous personnel shortfalls
The survey also showed that 1 in 6 military families has trouble feeding its members — a problem that pre-dated both the pandemic and the recent surge of inflation but that has not gone away.
Campaigns · 117th Congress
Confused about 2022? You should be
However, I also hear that Trump and some of his cronies (including former chief of staff Mark Meadows) are in deep trouble because of what the Jan. 6 select committee has uncovered, as well as what
Campaigns · 117th Congress
Fight club: As Democrats urge Biden to show some moxie, AOC’s ‘vigor’ offers an example
Why nobody knows incredible econ story & it took Jan 6 hearings for many to realize how bats*t GOP is..
Policy · 117th Congress
Court hobbles EPA on climate, and its options are limited
The court’s 6-3 ruling, issued Thursday, did limit the EPA’s authority to rein in those emissions, saying the agency did not have sweeping power under the law regulating carbon pollution from utilities
Congress · 117th Congress
Democrats fume, GOP lauds ruling to weaken EPA
By a 6-3 vote, the conservative majority ruled the agency does not possess broad authority to regulate pollution from electric utilities.
Policy · 117th Congress
Supreme Court limits EPA power plant carbon emissions authority
In a 6-3 vote, with Chief Justice John G.
Opinion · 117th Congress
These 4 questions will haunt Democrats this summer
The Real Clear Politics average puts Biden’s job approval on his handling of the economy (5/18–6/21) at 34 percent approve and 61 percent disapprove.
Campaigns · 117th Congress
Rating change: O’Dea win means Colorado’s Bennet faces tougher race
Hanks was on the Capitol grounds on Jan. 6, 2021 and has a history of controversial remarks.
Congress · 117th Congress
Trump ignored lack of election fraud, pressured DOJ officials to ‘just say’ election was ‘corrupt’
On Thursday, the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot and the weeks leading up to it showed instances of Trump urging DOJ leadership to publicly — and falsely — say there
Opinion · 117th Congress
Recession or no recession: Who’s a voter to believe?
In other words, we need two years of 7.5 percent unemployment or five years of 6 percent unemployment or one year of 10 percent unemployment.” Tough medicine.
Campaigns · 117th Congress
With new map finally in place, New Hampshire is a top state to watch in midterms
Biden would have won it by 6 points in 2020 and Trump would have won it by 2 points in 2016. That puts it firmly within reach for the GOP with an unpopular Democratic president in the White House.
Policy · 117th Congress
Companies face tug-of-war on lobbying agenda versus ESG values
The scrutiny over companies’ lobbying and advocacy has sharpened in the past two years with the fallout from the pandemic, the Black Lives Matter movement, the Jan. 6 insurrection on Capitol Hill