Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: To Filibuster or Not to Filibuster
I think most people agree that the filibuster wasn’t designed for this purpose but rather to give voice to the minority party’s legitimate views, with an emphasis on legitimate.
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Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: Crumbs? ‘I’ll Take It!’ And Democrats Should Too
Ketchum later said she understands how withholding works and knows this may not be the final result in the tax cut for her, but was pleased nonetheless. “I answered it honestly,” she told CNN.
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: Why Democrats Are Desperate for Some Kennedy Dazzle
“More like a cross between Ted and Bobby,” said another. “Yes, Ted and Bobby, with a little bit of Prince Harry thrown in.”
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: Congress, It’s Time to Heal Thyself. Here’s How
As unseemly as the mid-January shutdown was, senators said it forced meaningful private talks between Republicans and Democrats — something that should happen in advance of future crises.
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: Women Played a Key Role in Harassment Bill
I spoke with Brooks last week just before the legislation was introduced. “I’m proud to be a part of it,” the Indiana Republican said.
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: Forgetting What It Means to Be an American
The top White House physician, during a detailed briefing Tuesday on Donald Trump’s health, confirmed it in his own way when he said that one reason why the president is able to shake off the stress
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: The Women Who Could Take Back the House for Democrats
Again and again I heard, often verbatim, “I had to do something.” Something, they meant, about Donald Trump getting elected to office.
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: With a Potemkin President, Maybe It’s Time for Congressional Government
Trump’s claim that he is a “stable genius” brings to mind the scene in “Sunset Boulevard” when half-forgotten silent movie star Norma Desmond insists, “I am big.
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: The Price of a Border Wall
Referring to the initials of the executive order (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) protecting the Dreamers, Trump said in a holiday interview with Michael Schmidt of the New York Times, “I
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: Thinking Small When the Big Picture Looks Cloudy
The big-picture news this week is, of course, the transformation of the U.S. tax system, done without support from Democrats and without a public hearing.
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: The Real Year of the Woman
“I don’t think he thinks he’s done anything wrong, but the fact is, someone was paid off,” the Utah Republican said on CNN.
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: A Tribute to John Anderson — A Passionate Moderate
Whether he was warning about “missile madness” or pumping for a 50-cent-per-gallon gasoline tax, Anderson had by late 1979 become a man without a party.
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: Bottom of the Ninth
In all the focus groups I did during and after the last election, this man, more than any other, captured the underlying emotions that drove so many voters to cast their ballot not only for Trump but for
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: Will Tax Bill Open Church Doors Wider Still for Politics?
Trump said he would “get rid of and totally destroy the Johnson Amendment and allow our representatives of faith to speak freely and without fear of retribution” in remarks
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: Ethics Committee Investigation for Harassment Is Not ‘Zero Tolerance’
she said to NBC’s Chuck Todd. “I think there has to be — John Conyers is an icon in our country. He has done a great deal to protect women.”
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: Time to Investigate Members for Sexual Harassment
I know now I could have argued for more and won.
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: The GOP Tax Bill — All Hat and No Rabbit
The 400-page version that passed the House was cobbled together in two weeks without a single hearing.
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: Remembering Recy Taylor and the Too Familiar State of Alabama
Despite my Catholic’s albatross of a not-quite-encyclopedic knowledge of scripture, I do recall parables of Jesus throwing the money changers out of the temple, exalting the lowly and befriending
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: When the Price Is Too High to Be an American
Though I think of that gentle young man often, I hesitate mentioning him at all. His is my sister’s story to tell, and I respect that.
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: Avoiding Another ‘Brownbackistan’
When Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin began to make the case for large tax cuts without offsets at the Aspen Ideas Festival last month, he didn’t say the tax plan would pay for itself — he said