Opinion · 117th Congress
As Biden repeats Obama’s mistakes, get ready for 2010 redux
For Bill Clinton, his Achilles’ heel, like Obama’s, was a push for health care instead of the economy.
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Campaigns · 117th Congress
Inflation weighs down Democrats heading into 2022
‘Spending way too much’ Wherever the Democrats in the delegation run, their party’s control of both chambers and the White House means they’ll be responsible for the economy on the campaign trail
Campaigns · 117th Congress
At the Races: Can Democrats build on infrastructure?
Then, he proceeded to bash the baker’s dozen of House Republicans who voted for the infrastructure bill, saying: “No thank you goes to those in the House and Senate who voted for the Democrats’ non-infrastructure
Congress · 117th Congress
Rahm Emanuel’s Japan confirmation hearing spotlights Democratic tensions
Despite Emanuel’s years as a skilled and ruthless practitioner of partisan politics in Washington, including as a top House Democrat and as President Barack Obama’s first chief of staff, his nomination
Opinion · 117th Congress
Beating up on Manchin and Sinema won’t fix the Biden agenda
On Jan. 23, 1996, President Bill Clinton dramatically changed course.
Congress · 117th Congress
Debt limit options narrowing, 14th Amendment chatter returns
With lawmakers and the White House careening toward the diciest debt limit confrontation since the Obama administration-GOP battles of 2011 and 2013, the possibility is real that the U.S. government
Campaigns · 117th Congress
Why the 2024 presidential race will start later than expected
Trump would risk spoiling the intrigue around his potential to run again for the White House, while Biden might risk his political clout while in office.
Campaigns · 117th Congress
Democrats lack leverage on top priority
Forty years ago, newly elected presidents enjoyed something of a political honeymoon period.
Opinion · 117th Congress
Democrats are adopting wrong lessons from Obama’s early failures
Right now, many Democrats, including some on Capitol Hill and in the White House, are adopting the wrong lessons from the political failures of Barack Obama in 2009 and 2010.
Campaigns · 117th Congress
At the Races: Was that special?
Lin has a fond memory from Iowa though, when she was working on Obama’s campaign four years later.
Campaigns · 117th Congress
While you were underground: A political update for cicadas
Considering Republicans were in control of the House, the Senate and the White House the last time Brood X emerged, obviously things are different.
Policy · 117th Congress
‘Ad hoc responses’ take toll on US immigration policy, Meissner says
Doris Meissner, the former commissioner of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, who served under President Bill Clinton and is now a senior fellow at the Migration Policy Institute, recently
Policy · 117th Congress
Delayed COVID-19 worker protections attract crush of lobbyists
A swarm of the most powerful lobbyists in Washington is circling as the White House reviews long-anticipated rules to protect workers from COVID-19 — with meatpacking, hospital and retail industries working
Opinion · 117th Congress
Good governance should be good politics
As White House chief of staff for President Bill Clinton, it wasn’t unusual for me to be tasked with bringing in experts from multiple fields to advise the president, regardless of their political affiliation
White House · 117th Congress
Biden walks political tightrope in drug pricing dispute
But the White House and Democrats on Capitol Hill disagree on whether to include it in the upcoming legislative push on family aid, which could be one of the last major bills to move this year besides
Policy · 117th Congress
Democrats hope to extend new insurance subsidies before 2022 midterms
“If premiums go up on your watch — and the Democrats run the House, the Senate and the White House — that’s bad news. It’s usually ascribed to the party in power, whether they deserve it or not.”
White House · 117th Congress
Preliminary Biden budget outline expected next week
The White House confirmed Tuesday it will release a “preview” of the fiscal 2022 budget next week, which it said will enable lawmakers to begin to draft appropriations bills.
Opinion · 117th Congress
Biden’s progressive agenda doubles down on past policy failures
Despite winning Congress and the White House by razor-thin margins, Democrats have decided to double down on Obama’s strategic mistake that cost his party the House in 2010.
Congress · 117th Congress
House leadership pitches Shalanda Young for OMB director
During the last few weeks the White House was attempting to get at least one GOP senator to support Tanden’s nomination to offset the loss of Manchin.
Congress · 117th Congress
Trump support highlights split in Senate role: 2020 Vote Studies
Bush (245) or Bill Clinton (104) over their entire eight-year terms. This was a function of McConnell’s priorities, but also of Democratic resistance.