Congress · 119th Congress
Why a deal isn’t coming together on health care
↵↵In truth, the country will survive no matter what happens to tax credits that affect only 6 percent of the population.
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Opinion · 118th Congress
House Freedom Caucus goes full ‘swamp’
Matt Gaetz of Florida, boasted during a Jan. 6 Fox News appearance that he had run out of things to demand McCarthy give up in return for cooperation to secure the speakership.
Opinion · 117th Congress
The year that the last congressional week has been
After all, the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol riot did not change most GOP minds about former President Donald Trump and his “Make America Great Again Movement.” They are an entrenched lot.
Opinion · 117th Congress
Sinema aligns with independents. Smart!
Biden doesn’t do much better with independents in his favorable/unfavorable nationally, going from +6 in 2020 (51 percent/45 percent) to -23 points this year (37 percent/60 percent).
Opinion · 117th Congress
It’s time for a Christmas truce in the COVID wars
Can you grasp how small $9.25 billion is as part of a nearly $6 trillion federal budget? Or against the backdrop of the $31 trillion national debt?
Campaigns · 117th Congress
Traumatized Nancy Pelosi says ‘it’s time for healing.’ But Donald Trump will never allow it
Attorney General Merrick Garland, who is overseeing multiple probes related to the 2020 election, Jan. 6 Capitol riot and alleged mishandling of classified documents.
Opinion · 117th Congress
‘Soft landing’ or ‘pain’?: Forecasting economy’s impact on midterms is trickier than the weather
Bush, wrote on Oct. 6. Sounds promising. But then she added this important caveat: “…but is not the most likely outcome.” Oh. Drats.
Congress · 117th Congress
Power Rankings: How political players resemble the top college football teams in all the land
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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.
Opinion · 117th Congress
The Democratic message from Utah — of all places
The underlying message in the Utah Democrats’ endorsement of McMullin is the same one that has animated the Jan. 6 committee in the House: In the battle against the forces out to nullify free elections
Opinion · 117th Congress
With Democrats in the doldrums, just how much is Biden to blame?
But these days, Republicans have deliberately become the party of amnesia over Jan. 6 as Trump spreads his conspiratorial bile about a stolen election.
Opinion · 117th Congress
Sometimes, it’s as simple as getting clean water
In the real category, I would place investigations into the hidden motives that drive social media operations, and also throw in the Jan. 6 attempt to overturn an election and democracy itself —
Opinion · 117th Congress
Dysfunction in America is no longer just knocking on the door
Democracy at stake While many citizens breathed a sigh of relief at the pitiful showing at last weekend’s rally in D.C. to support the jailed Jan. 6 insurrectionists, they would be ignoring the danger
Opinion · 117th Congress
The world has moved on from debt ceiling gamesmanship
In a Monday editorial, The Wall Street Journal pointed out that if Republicans go along with the “stolen election canard … they’ll give Democrats an opening to tie them to the Jan. 6 riot and Mr.
Opinion · 117th Congress
Why extending the child tax credit is the right thing to do
historic expansion of the CTC in the American Rescue Plan was created to give millions of children a lifeline out of poverty, providing eligible families up to $300 per month for each child under the age of 6
Opinion · 117th Congress
Congress must seize the opportunity to claw back its power
The Biden administration issued its proposed $6 trillion budget on the Friday before Memorial Day, making it easy to overlook the details amid cookouts and travel.
Opinion · 117th Congress
Why a bipartisan infrastructure package is a ‘must do’ for Congress
Engineers gave America’s infrastructure another dismal ‘C-’ in its 2021 report card, finding that almost half of the nation’s roadways are in poor or mediocre condition and that the U.S. loses an estimated 6
Opinion · 117th Congress
Freedom: A force to be reckoned with
Carlos Gimenez was born in Cuba, coming to the United States with his family when he was 6 years old. The families of both Reps.
Opinion · 116th Congress
The virus and the fabulist in chief in the White House
The 30-year-old Freeman is a 6-foot-5-inch professional athlete — and the virus was powerful enough to make him fear for his life. Just the flu?
Opinion · 116th Congress
As budget blues set in, get ready for a Democratic food fight
New York City alone has to find another $6 billion in cuts next year, guaranteeing that Democratic special interests will scramble for scraps.