Opinion · 116th Congress
American competitiveness requires a smarter Congress
[jwp-video n=”1″] While the fiscal 2020 Legislative Branch appropriations bill has not been finalized, there are additional signs of support for the OTA.
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Opinion · 116th Congress
Bloomberg, Biden, Buttigieg and the bunch apologize. Should black voters listen, forgive and vote?
[jwp-video n=”1″] While former Vice President Joe Biden has defended what he has characterized as some good outcomes of a 1994 crime bill that he helped shape, he has also accepted responsibility
Opinion · 116th Congress
Plaintive lawmakers lament bygone era at Boehner, Isakson tributes
[jwp-video n=”1″] That same night, Sen.
Opinion · 116th Congress
The Democratic field: middle-class heroes or millionaire hypocrites?
[jwp-video n=”1″] Calling out hypocrisy In a Pittsburgh focus group back during the tax reform debate of 2017, an independent voter zeroed in on millionaire socialist Sanders’ anti-wealth hypocrisy
Opinion · 116th Congress
The befuddling Democratic presidential race
[jwp-video n=”1″] ‘Uncharted waters’ When it comes to handicapping a presidential race as baffling as the 2020 Democratic nomination fight, the proper response is to shrug your shoulders and
Opinion · 116th Congress
The missing voice of John McCain in impeachment and Ukraine
[jwp-video n=”1″] A fierce advocate McCain’s commitment to Ukraine was equally well-known in the Senate, where he drafted legislation, pushed for funding and led CODELS to the country with more
Opinion · 116th Congress
Climate change solutions can’t wait for the politics to catch up
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Opinion · 116th Congress
In her congressional goodbye, Katie Hill worried about letting down young girls. Now that’s a change
[jwp-video n=”1″] Parting words Hill’s speech ran the gamut of moods, understandable considering she was giving up something she had worked hard to achieve.
Opinion · 116th Congress
Save Our Seas 2.0 tackles global marine debris crisis
[jwp-video n=”1″] In developing the Save Our Seas 2.0 Act, we collected hundreds of comments and ideas from researchers, federal agencies, nongovernmental organizations and industry.
Opinion · 116th Congress
Republicans have a plan for patient-centered health care
[jwp-video n=”1″] First and foremost, our plan will protect those with preexisting conditions in a smarter way than has ever been done. We do this through a belt-and-suspenders approach.
Opinion · 116th Congress
Republicans need to study the lessons of 2018 and 2019 before racing to 2020
[jwp-video n=”1″] It’s important to remember that off-year elections aren’t always a harbinger of what’s to come.
Opinion · 116th Congress
Playing Chutes and Ladders with impeachment
[jwp-video n=”1″] Forty-five years after Richard Nixon resigned, there are few doubters who argue that the ironclad evidence of obstruction of justice on the White House tapes should have been
Opinion · 116th Congress
Ending DACA without a legislative solution is bad for Dreamers, bad for our nation and bad politics
[jwp-video n=”1″] That kind of outcome would have a disastrous impact across the nation. According to the American Action Forum, Dreamers contribute $42 billion annually to the economy.
Opinion · 116th Congress
How America’s mayor became America’s State Department
[jwp-video n=”1″] It’s not that Giuliani didn’t want to be secretary of State, because he made it clear in the days after Trump won the presidency that he did.
Opinion · 116th Congress
Why Katie Hill had to go
[jwp-video n=”1″] [Opinion: Time to investigate members for sexual harassment] In 2017, the Office of Compliance disclosed that Congress had paid out more than $17 million over the previous
Opinion · 116th Congress
America can’t afford to sit out the artificial intelligence race
[jwp-video n=”1″] The extent to which government regulates the creation of AI systems and their underlying algorithms will be critical, or potentially damaging, to those countries, companies
Opinion · 116th Congress
Pete Buttigieg tries to solve his South Carolina puzzle
[jwp-video n=”1″] Selling his plan For Buttigieg, the weekend, which included a criminal justice forum, provided an opportunity to tout his Douglass plan — “a comprehensive investment in Black
Opinion · 116th Congress
McConnell defeats Schumer’s tax cut for the wealthy
[jwp-video n=”1″] High-tax hypocrisy Here’s where the irony comes in, pointed out by Majority Leader Mitch McConnell in remarks on the Senate floor.
Opinion · 116th Congress
Impeachment is already a gold mine. Shut down fundraising until it’s over
[jwp-video n=”1″] Not the only one The president may be the most brazen impeachment fundraiser in Washington, but he certainly hasn’t been the only one.
Opinion · 116th Congress
With ‘lynching’ comment, Trump retreats to his racist comfort zone
[jwp-video n=”1″] How far we’ve come Is Trump’s latest stunt one step too far for Republicans wanting to retain the “party of Lincoln” label without irony?