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Opinion · 115th Congress
‘Evidence’ Is the Word of the Year. Neither Party Owns It
</p> </p> While these reforms may not have made headlines, they are significant. Here are four examples: </p>Home visiting The George W.
Opinion · 115th Congress
The Rush to Judgment on Kavanaugh Is the Ultimate ‘Con Job’
</p> Watch: Trump on Believing Kavanaugh Allegations — ‘I Have to Watch Tomorrow’</p> [jwp-video n=”1″]</p> Pause for thought But as a potential swing vote on a committee with 11 Republicans and 10 Democrats
Opinion · 115th Congress
Either Kavanaugh Goes Down or the Republicans Do
</p> Huge Crowds, Long Lines, Tight Security: What Capitol Hill Was Like on Ford, Kavanaugh Hearing Day</p> [jwp-video n=”1″]</p> What also backfired was the decision by the timorous all-male committee
Opinion · 115th Congress
I’m Just Tired of All of It
</p> Watch: How and Why Many Key Officials Have Exited the Trump Administration</p> [jwp-video n=”2″]</p> I’m tired — really, really tired — of the hypocrisy.
Opinion · 115th Congress
How the Republicans Fell for Trump’s Overconfidence Game
</p> Think about this for a moment.
Opinion · 115th Congress
What’s Missing From Bob Woodward’s Book? Ask Ben Sasse
</p> Sure, Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell get occasional walk-on roles when the topic turns to the tax bill, and there is a brief anecdote about Steve Bannon plotting to replace the Senate majority leader
Opinion · 115th Congress
What Would Pete Domenici Think?
In 1997, along with his House counterpart John Kasich and President Bill Clinton, he achieved the extraordinary goal of a balanced federal budget for the first time in over 40 years, and maybe the last
Opinion · 115th Congress
This Is Not Your Father’s Bible Belt. Can Dems Make It Theirs?
</p>A big tent?
Opinion · 115th Congress
If Congress Wants More Lions, It’s Time to Change the Habitat
</p> It goes on. In 1981, a Democratic House passed President Ronald Reagan’s historic tax cut bill. In 1996, President Bill Clinton and Speaker Newt Gingrich reformed welfare as we knew it.
Opinion · 115th Congress
Kavanaugh’s First Stand Was the Blandest Thing Since White Bread
</p> Kavanaugh, a veteran of the Kenneth Starr investigation of Bill Clinton, had no problems with Star Chamber tactics as he pushed for aggressively questioning the president in graphic terms about his
Opinion · 115th Congress
Just When You Least Expect It — A Congress That (Sort of) Works
</p> ICYMI: Senate GOP’s Tribute to John McCain</p> [jwp-video n=”1″]</p> Take a bow, chairmen By all accounts, credit for getting the bills this far goes to the two veteran legislators leading the Appropriations
Opinion · 115th Congress
What John McCain and That Thumbs-Down Meant to One Family
I regularly grabbed him in the Senate basement or outside the chamber to ask about overruns on the F-35 fighter jet or progress on the massive annual Pentagon policy bill.
Opinion · 115th Congress
What John McCain Didn’t Do
</p> Watch: Lawmakers Remember McCain as ‘Patriot,’ ‘Friend’</p> [jwp-video n=”1″]</p> Keeping the faith I’d rather believe that the Senate is still a place where someone believes that some things are
Opinion · 115th Congress
Think It’s Bad for the GOP Now? Wait for an October Surprise
</p> Consider some possibilities.
Opinion · 115th Congress
Dems Had a Lackluster Showing at the Iowa State Fair. That’s a Bad Sign for 2020
</p> If there are stars about to drop out of the sky to defeat Donald Trump in 2020, they weren’t in Iowa this year.
Opinion · 115th Congress
Instead of Oversight, This Congress Believes in Under-Sight
</p> Watch: 5 Reasons Why Congress Is Broken</p> [jwp-video n=”1″]</p> Well, for starters, because White House aides are public employees and not indentured servants of Donald J. Trump.
Opinion · 115th Congress
Change the Rules Already, So We Can Get Back to the Congressional Chicken Caucus
By requiring a majority of the majority before the House will vote a bill, the Hastert rule has done nothing but incentivize legislation designed to appease the base instead of improve the country.
Opinion · 115th Congress
Second Quarter GDP Numbers Show Tax Cuts Deliver
</p> Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumertweeted a response to the GDP news that made one wonder if he is living in the same universe, saying, “The GOP promised their tax bill would be ‘rocket fuel’ for
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: I Listen to My Foster Youth Interns. They Deserve to Be Heard
This bill would require mental health assessments for all children entering foster care and a comprehensive follow-up assessment if deemed necessary.