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At 81 years old, Biden is still the oldest president in this country’s history.
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‘Bidenomics’ won’t fix president’s economic problems
Biden seems to have forgotten that corporate tax revenues played a key part in a 43 percent increase in federal revenues over the past two years.
Campaigns · 118th Congress
At the Races: Censure and sensibility
ICYMI MAGA Hatch Act: White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre has been rebuked by the Office of Special Counsel for referring to “mega MAGA Republicans” ahead of last year’s midterms.
Why defendant Trump’s 2024 primary edge might be insurmountable
DeSantis, despite a travel schedule and fundraising operation that suggests otherwise, has yet to announce a White House bid.
Campaigns · 118th Congress
At the Races: New skirmish, same war
Starting gate Eyes on the White House: South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott traveled to Iowa and New Hampshire this week after announcing a presidential exploratory committee.
Top appropriations aide and ‘institutionalist’ Kieffer to retire
"Chuck Kieffer is an institution," OMB Director Shalanda Young, Kieffer’s onetime counterpart at House Appropriations, wrote in an email.
Opinion · 118th Congress
The unchangeable Marjorie Taylor Greene
That rebranding helped Nixon win the White House in 1968.
Campaigns · 117th Congress
At the Races: Hoosier next guv?
Bill Cassidy of Louisiana won’t be making the leap from D.C. to Baton Rouge.
Campaigns · 117th Congress
A noisy, but unproductive, Congress looms
“It would be politically seismic if Democrats defy most predictions and do really well,” Elaine Kamarck, a former Clinton White House official, said last week.
Congress · 117th Congress
‘Firebrand’ Missourian shakes up Ways and Means race
With Democrats in control the last two years, Smith has assembled talking points to slam their tax and spending packages, which he said have been used in both chambers after senators he’s personally
Congress · 117th Congress
GOP commits to retaking the House with election-focused policy platform
During the Trump administration — including two years of unified GOP control in the 115th Congress — federal spending grew every year, even before accounting for about $4 trillion in COVID-19 relief spending
Campaigns · 117th Congress
Learning from the 1998 and 2002 midterms
This is especially true when one party controls the White House and both houses of Congress — and is clearly responsible for the direction of the country.
Campaigns · 117th Congress
At the Races: If Democrats can make it there
Jones moved rather than challenge another Democrat near where he used to live in White Plains, but several progressive candidates battled for votes in a 13-person race.
Policy · 117th Congress
Panel urges expanded free school meals ahead of hunger summit
The task force released a report and 30 recommendations Tuesday laying out priorities the group says should be addressed by a White House conference scheduled for September.
Campaigns · 117th Congress
Michigan Democrats picking sides in Levin-Stevens primary
Foster credited Carl Levin with, after hearing her choir sing, arranging for the group to perform at the White House in 2013, when Barack Obama was president.
Heard On The Hill · 117th Congress
Here are some jokes that Joe Biden could recycle at this year’s White House correspondents’ dinner
Not since 2016 has a sitting president attended a White House Correspondents’ Association dinner in person, but in a sign that history repeats itself, President Joe Biden might be able to recycle some
Congress · 117th Congress
‘White flag’: Three reasons why progressives’ executive order push is striking
Meanwhile, a group of House progressives, after years of warning that former President Donald Trump was dangerously trying to expand the powers of the presidency, want to give President Joe Biden
Podcasts · 117th Congress
The political unicorn that goes poof in midterm elections - Roll Call
There is a reason that when one party controls the White House and Congress, they tend to be very ambitious with their agenda: It’s rare. To quote Steve Winwood, while you see a chance, take it.
Campaigns · 117th Congress
When nothing beats something
ANALYSIS — Patrick Gaspard was director of the White House Office of Political Affairs under Barack Obama, and he served as national political director for Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign.
Congress · 117th Congress
Stephen Breyer to retire from Supreme Court
A tweet from White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki stated that “It has always been the decision of any Supreme Court Justice if and when they decide to retire, and how they want to announce it, and that