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In fact, staffers I spoke with last week said the entire impeachment spectacle has had the strange side effect of allowing, and even incentivizing, the kinds of compromises that members might otherwise
That list of priorities is a perfect encapsulation of the incredibly tough balancing act Democrats face: Acknowledge and channel their base’s anger without allowing their agendas to become consumed
Aimee Allison, the founder of She the People, “a national network connecting women of color to transform our democracy,” said, “As a Black woman, I know from personal experience that Kamala has to
“When I was a majority leader, I did a lot to try to get camaraderie, you know,” Lott told me. “I had the singing senators. We had Tartan Day I wore a kilt. [Sen.]
Trump could have pulled the ambassador in Kyiv with less than two hours notice or that the Office of Management and Budget and Mick Mulvaney could have withheld vital aid for Ukrainian troops as they did without
Shielded by a culture of abuse without consequences, sexual harassment was not just tolerated by congressional rules, it was protected.
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It had been a difficult time for the Republican caucus even without impeachment. Speaker Newt Gingrich had announced his decision to leave Congress after the GOP’s poor showing in the 1998 midterms.
OPINION — I am not one of those folks who see celebrities as larger-than-life icons to be worshipped and admired. Usually.
I can’t think of two better adjectives to describe Schiff’s inappropriate performance.
OPINION — Nancy Pelosi said it not once, not twice, but three times last week. “Mr. President, you have come into my wheelhouse.” In other words, welcome to her world.
“I would like you to do us a favor though because our country has been through a lot and Ukraine knows a lot about it,” President Donald Trump said, according to a transcript of the conversation based
Pointing out that Democrats currently enjoy a huge lead on the health care issue, Emanuel said the support for what amounts to the end of private health care as we know it was “reckless.”
Lawmakers today are conditioned by party loyalty, without understanding the effective bipartisan congressional legacy that has shaped our current society.
We try to match her example of expression without compromise, though we might never come close to her genius.
she said. “You can tell me some stories and give me some advice.”
“I grew up going to barber shops like this. I joined the city council to fight for the issues that we’ve been talking about in barber shops since I was a kid.”
As he told me when I interviewed him more than a decade ago, Sanders, a Simpsonville, South Carolina, native, had no particular desire to be a pioneer; all he knew was that he was principal.
And she declared unequivocally that if she becomes the U.N. ambassador, “I am not going there to be Russia’s friend.”
How do they connect with their angry and frustrated base to win them over in the primaries without turning off those middle-of-the-road voters who will likely determine the outcome of the general