Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: Two Shootings in Less Than Seven Years Is Two Too Many
“Baby, baby, baby,” she said — someone had told her I’d had a son since the last time we had talked, before the shooting. “Good friend,” she continued.
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Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: A GOP Guide to Running for Cover on Health Care
In political terms, the scariest CBO number was that 14 million fewer Americans would be without health insurance next year.
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: Democrats May Be Too Optimistic About 2018 Gains
“This is,” he said recently, “about showing the whole world that we, as a city and as a people, are able to acknowledge, understand, reconcile and most importantly, choose a better future for ourselves
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: Mick Mulvaney’s Compassion — Not for the Needy
As a taxpayer, I think I speak for all of us when I say we don’t want our money wasted, lost or stolen.
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: Yes. Cancel the White House Press Briefing
I agree. Trump has identified an obvious truth in his administration: If his aides speak less, they will necessarily lie less.
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: The Biggest Mess in Washington? Not on Capitol Hill
But on Tuesday, Upton said the bill would “torpedo” those protections. “It’s not going to get my ‘yes’ vote the way that it is,” he said.
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: Congress Can Work — If Trump Gets Out of the Way
Almost without notice, Republicans leading the negotiations on Capitol Hill have been quietly, steadily moving forward with their Democratic colleagues and were well on their way to ‘yes’ this week
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: Weighing the Costs of War and Diplomacy
So when he publicly said critics of his agency’s policies — whether they come from Congress, civil rights groups or the public — should “shut up,” he came off as what he once was, a military man
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: Why Congress Should Value, and Keep, AmeriCorps
I can vouch for the fact that a nation without AmeriCorps would be one in which the roughly 14.5 million children — 1 in 5 — currently living in families strained by poverty would fall further behind.
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: House Members Should Take Civics Tests
At a town hall meeting recently, the three-term Republican from Oklahoma, said the idea that he works for the voters of his district is “bullcrap.”
Opinion · 115th Congress
Hints of a ‘Shop-’Til-You-Drop’ Presidency
There will be no lectures from this president about how the government should balance its books like a family should, without borrowing on its credit cards.
Opinion · 115th Congress
It’s not ‘Astroturf’ if the Anger is real
Members can say they’ve met with constituents, without actually having to meet with constituents.
Opinion · 115th Congress
The Final Dignity of Hillary Clinton
I can’t remember how many times in the last three months I have typed “the final indignity of Hillary Clinton.”
Opinion · 115th Congress
Good Trump, Bad Trump — Who Will Appear at the Inaugural?
It is what I do best. And so, with the Congress, at least most of them, as my witnesses, I pledge to you that I will negotiate a better deal for America.
Opinion · 115th Congress
Washington Politics: A Hint of Compromise or North Carolina-Style Dysfunction?
“I want to say to the American people: We hear you. We will do right by you.