Opinion · 117th Congress
The oversight House Republicans could do — but probably won’t
</p> Hamilton knows a thing or two about the word.
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</p> Hamilton knows a thing or two about the word.
</p> ‘Dirty deal with the Dems’ Indeed, Rep.
</p> Never mind.</p> Remember all that chatter the past few days about how terrible Democratic messaging has been, and about how abortion had faded dramatically as an issue?
</p> Still, there could be some legislating. Analysts say the parties have plenty of reasons to get together on a farm bill, which would please both sides’ rural and business constituencies.
</p> The 1980 election was a blowout.
will not break a legislative impasse that dates back to the Bill Clinton years.</p> Abortion is the rare issue where there actually is a congressional solution — passing legislation to codify Roe v.
</p> He suggested the chamber will start next month with the fiscal 2023 defense authorization bill, saying doing so “will save us valuable [time] and enable us to get more done.”
Fifty million people are going to experience some sort of voter suppression because we’ve not restored the Voting Rights Act and passed the original John Lewis bill that the guy who amended the original
William Hoagland, a former aide to then-Majority Leader Bill Frist of Tennessee and now with the Bipartisan Policy Center, offered some advice for Scott: “I would really try to mend my relationship, somehow
</p> Michelle Obama’s speech was not about how bad we were but how far we’ve come, and isn’t that something Americans can point to with pride?</p> Apparently not.
</p> On the House side, there have been only three exceptions in more than a century: 1934, at the depths of the Depression; 1998, as Republicans overreached in impeaching Bill Clinton; and 2002, when
He handled House Democratic leaders adding all kinds of progressive goodies to a semiconductor and technology competition bill he helped write with aplomb, eventually passing a compromise bill.
</p> Maloney’s explanation gives new meaning to the phrase “situational ethics.”
That follows passage late last month of a bill to boost the U.S. semiconductor industry.
</p> Manchin tried to paint the bill as a nonpartisan attempt to reduce inflation through “investments,” not tax increases, with a focus on increasing domestic energy production.
</p> And what’s to become of the iconic Tour de France?
</p> In fact, nine Republican senators signed onto the bill, which would be just one vote short of a filibuster-proof majority, assuming that all the Democrats go along.
</p> This is a failing presidency.</p> So, what’s a president to do?
</p> The paradox for Democrats is Biden does use tough talk.
</p> Most recently, Rep.