Opinion · 116th Congress
Want a more diverse Congress? Bite the bullet and raise the pay
In terms of a job that the lawyers in Congress might do, a partner at a Washington, D.C., law firm may bill out for $600 to $1,000-plus per hour.
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Opinion · 116th Congress
North Carolina’s Republican Party is having an identity crisis
</p> [jwp-video n=”1″]</p> On Whatley’s résumé is his role as a member of George W. Bush’s Florida recount team in 2000.
Opinion · 116th Congress
Campaign season means ‘law and order.’ Can we break the habit?
</p> When Democrats and Republicans cooperated on a criminal justice reform bill late last year that made modest changes in the federal system, they congratulated themselves for getting something done
Opinion · 116th Congress
5 reasons Nancy Pelosi is absolutely right about impeachment
</p> Pelosi was in the House chamber on Dec. 19, 1998, when the House voted to impeach President Bill Clinton.
Opinion · 116th Congress
Team Trump’s Harriet Tubman stumble was a missed opportunity for the GOP
Trump was going to put Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill?
Opinion · 116th Congress
Can Bernie Sanders change his luck in the South?
</p> “I place a huge value on people who have governing experience,” he said, especially looking at the current president.</p> That’s one reason he said he liked former Vice President Biden.
Opinion · 116th Congress
The politics of abortion surge to forefront of 2020 debate
</p> Kirsten Gillibrand is running for president: Here are some congressional basics</p> [jwp-video n=”1″]</p> “I don’t think any of them had Biology 101,” she said.
Opinion · 116th Congress
North Carolina redo sets stage for copycat campaigns in 2020
</p> Bishop is the proud sponsor of North Carolina’s infamous “bathroom bill,” or HB2, which required people, in public buildings, to use bathrooms that matched the gender on their birth certificates.
Opinion · 116th Congress
Our trillion-dollar problem deserves bipartisan attention
</p> During the past two years, our Congress and president ran up a massive bill, adding $2.4 trillion of new debt over the next decade.
Opinion · 116th Congress
Today I’m getting boring. Please, Congress, join me
</p> Of course paying for all this is the tricky part.
Opinion · 116th Congress
If Trump had been a master builder instead of a malevolent tweeter
</p> Sure, if Trump had, with the aid of Democrats, passed an infrastructure bill in early 2017, the president probably would have figured out a scheme for his sons to develop land at key highway off-ramps
Opinion · 116th Congress
Arthur Finkelstein reprised with GOP’s ‘socialists’ cries
Democrats wisely nominated a politically moderate Southerner in 1992 in Bill Clinton, and 12 consecutive years in the White House left the GOP with enough baggage to hand the presidency to the Democrats
Opinion · 116th Congress
Gleeful Democrats pulled off the perfect tax scam
Forty-three percent were unsure whether the tax cuts affected their federal tax bill, and 21 percent believed their taxes increased.
Opinion · 116th Congress
In their first 100 days, socialist Democrats have shown they are unable to lead
While this sounds like some type of socialist fantasy, the sad reality is one out of every three House Democrats co-sponsored this bill.
Opinion · 116th Congress
The next 100 days: the sky’s the limit
</p> In our first 100 days, House Democrats passed a once-in-a-generation democracy reform bill designed to clean up corruption in Washington and return our government to everyday Americans.
Opinion · 116th Congress
She miscarried 8 times. Today she’s telling Lindsey Graham why abortion should remain legal
</p> The federal bill is part of an ongoing effort among conservative legislatures to incrementally roll back abortion protections at varying points of pregnancy at the state and federal levels.
Opinion · 116th Congress
If your taxes are a complicated mess, you’re not alone
In a new paper for the Bipartisan Policy Center released today, Bill Gale, Jeff Trinca and I point to three fundamental issues with our tax system.
Opinion · 116th Congress
Does the ‘content of their character’ still matter in the 2020 race?
“People liked Bill Clinton even though they might not have thought he was that ethical. That’s not the job of the House Intelligence Committee. It’s not the job of the House Judiciary Committee.
Opinion · 116th Congress
2020 Democrats go silent after Senate’s Green New Deal debacle
</p> Watch: Myths of the Green New Deal debunked </p> [jwp-video n=”1″]</p> </p> But there’s more. The Green New Deal goes far beyond a “chicken in every pot.”
Opinion · 116th Congress
Joe Biden can change. Will Democrats let him try?
</p> Watch: Check out DC’s cherry blossoms in peak bloom this week</p> [jwp-video n=”1″]</p> And if Biden did not give mistreatment of women the seriousness it deserved in the Judiciary Committee hearings