Opinion · 115th Congress
Think It’s Bad for the GOP Now? Wait for an October Surprise
</p> Consider some possibilities.
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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.
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: Charlotte Gambles on the Convention Las Vegas Didn’t Want
</p> From the Archives: After Charlottesville, Some Question Confederate Legacy in Capitol</p> [jwp-video n=”1″]</p> Former city council member and North Carolina state senator Malcolm Graham said he
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: The Grand Old Patsies
</p> In fact, as I recall, few Democrats complained about Bill Clinton even after he said, “It depends upon what the meaning of the word ‘is’ is.”
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: McCain’s Legacy of Stronger Military Reflected in Senate’s Landmark Defense Bill
</p> This year’s NDAA, the annual policy bill for the Defense Department, has the potential to rank among the latter.
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: An Open Health Diplomacy Hand Works Better Than a Fist
</p> ICYMI: Trump Discusses Health Care Plans at ‘Right to Try’ Bill Signing</p> [jwp-video n=”1″]</p> Doing well by doing good To continue reaping these health and national security benefits, our first
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: Small Businesses Win Big With New Health Care Options
</p> The idea behind AHPs has a track record of success in Missouri.
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: Trump and the Case of the Missing 15 Percent
</p> In April 2000, for example, unemployment under Bill Clinton dropped to 3.8 percent (the current rate).
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: The Numbers Tell the Story — Tax Cuts Work
</p> From the Archives: Lawmakers Praise Trump in Rose Garden Tax Bill Celebration</p> [jwp-video n=”1″]</p> Numbers don’t lie Here we are at the six-month point after passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: 3 Ways to Defeat Dysfunction on the Hill
Returning to traditional paths for legislating that foster consensus-building, committees in both chambers have passed a bipartisan Water Resources Development Act, the Senate marked up a bipartisan farm bill
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: To Keep Drug Costs Low, Think Competition, Not Price Controls
</p> ICYMI: Trump Discusses Health Care Plans at ‘Right to Try’ Bill Signing</p> [jwp-video n=”1″]</p> The administration’s blueprint also calls for modernizing the popular and highly successful Medicare
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: When Even Ted Cruz Balks at Trump’s Excesses
</p> Immigration, Immigration, Immigration: Talk of the Policy Separating Families Envelops Hill</p> [jwp-video n=”1″]</p> Humans, not insects Trump himself Tuesday resorted to the demagoguery of those
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: Ignore the Hyperbole, Encouraging Work Is a Worthy Goal
</p> One of the major reforms proposed in the farm bill is to close the loopholes that allow states to bypass SNAP’s work requirements for work-capable adults who should be working or enrolled in job training
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: Work Requirements Don’t Actually Work
</p> This misconception is demeaning and offensive, and has been proved wrong by the evidence.
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: Supreme Court Resurrects the ‘Purge,’ and McConnell Saw It Coming
</p> To Justice Samuel A.