Opinion · 117th Congress
We can’t wait for the pandemic to end to fight the opioid overdose surge
Congress can help by passing a bipartisan bill I introduced with Sen.
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Opinion · 117th Congress
A needed lesson in bipartisanship: The Civil Rights Act of 1964
</p> I learned that it was Bill McCulloch to whom President John Kennedy back-channeled to help break the logjam that had stalled major civil rights action in Congress since 1957, when President Dwight
Opinion · 117th Congress
They hated him before they respected him
</p> The conflict picked up speed again when Bill Clinton was elected, when Bush was declared the winner of the 2000 election, and then during the Obama and Trump years.
Opinion · 117th Congress
Yes, you can protect religious freedom and equality for all simultaneously
</p> I recently reintroduced a bill that would move Congress — and America — toward greater unity and bipartisanship. The Fairness for All Act would do three things.
Opinion · 117th Congress
If Congress is serious about China, it should legislate accordingly
</p> Congress should act accordingly, by passing a truly comprehensive China bill.
Opinion · 117th Congress
GOP election strategy more Jim Crow than John Lewis
</p> It was the reason for the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Though it was a bloc of Southern Democratic senators that opposed the bill that a Democratic president from Texas, Lyndon B.
Opinion · 117th Congress
Biden’s progressive agenda doubles down on past policy failures
</p> The 2009 stimulus bill failed to get the country back to work. We were in the 15th consecutive month of 9 percent unemployment or higher when Biden touted the “Summer of Recovery” in June 2010.
Opinion · 117th Congress
Politicians rarely regret voting ‘no’
</p> We have absolutely no idea what the economy will look like in the late summer and fall of 2022.
Opinion · 117th Congress
The GOP’s bet against chocolate chip cookies
</p> But man, people like this law.
Opinion · 117th Congress
Self-determination for Puerto Rico: A win for democracy, not Democrats
</p> What’s more, Puerto Ricans are closely divided over the island’s future.
Opinion · 117th Congress
Republicans can’t win the economic argument if they don’t make it in the first place
</p> At this point, the recovering economy isn’t Biden’s doing.
Opinion · 117th Congress
Entrepreneurship can help lead us out of our current crisis
</p> The good news is we have a proven playbook to draw upon: entrepreneurship. </p> New-company formation has set the United States apart as the most dynamic economy in the world.
Opinion · 117th Congress
After four difficult years, let’s open government up ‘For the People’
I was proud to lead the last major legislative reform of our voting rules in 2002, when Congress passed my bill, the Help America Vote Act.
Opinion · 117th Congress
Where Donald Trump and Ilhan Omar agree
</p> Almost three and a half years later, Minnesota Rep.
Opinion · 117th Congress
Why Congress must pass HR 1 and the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act
</p> The For the People Act would set standards so every voter, regardless of their race, age or ZIP code, has equal access to the ballot box. The bill would improve our elections in several ways.
Opinion · 117th Congress
Reformers say HR 1 will fortify our democracy. Science shows it won’t
The campaign finance portion of the bill — a top priority for the Biden administration — includes stricter disclosure requirements, a “small dollar” public financing system for federal offices, a call
Opinion · 117th Congress
Reconciliation, corrupted by Congress: May it R.I.P.
But the current Democratic reconciliation bill and the 2017 Republican tax reconciliation measure have paid scant attention to the country’s mounting debt load.
Opinion · 117th Congress
Politicians who hate government give government a bad name
Bill or Social Security, government programs that have histories of discrimination against deserving Black citizens, and then preach austerity and pulling oneself up by the bootstraps.
Opinion · 117th Congress
Biden’s newfangled theory of legislating
</p> We seem to have reached the end of the “hell with spinach” era of legislating.</p> Immigration was the prime example. Both George W.
Opinion · 117th Congress
‘Rebate rule’ is wrong path to reducing prescription drug costs
</p> Unfortunately, defenders of the rebate rule like former Reps.