Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: Veterans Helping Veterans — Why Peer Support Should Be Expanded
</p> The outcomes are impressive.
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Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: Trump’s Gigantic Trade Straw Is Breaking the GOP’s Back
</p> Watch: Ryan — Reining In Tariffs Requires Passing a Bill the President Would Sign Into Law</p> [jwp-video n=”1″]</p> A real drag It’s the same posture GOP leaders adopted toward massive global tariffs
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: Don’t Expect to See Bill Clinton Campaigning for Hopeful Democrats
</p> But for all the mistakes the Clinton 2016 campaign operation and the candidate herself made — and there were plenty — sidelining Bill was not one of them.
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: A Letter to Republicans About Watergate, Trump and the Judgment of History
anniversary of the June 17, 1972, break-in at the Democratic National Committee, the events that led to Richard Nixon’s downfall seem vivid and contemporary in a way that the Iran-Contra scandal and Bill
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: Is It Too Early for North Carolina Democrats to Get Their Hopes Up, Again?
House delegations and a bill on LGBT rights made the state a poster child for conservative social policies — Democrats are again seeing light at the end of a deep-red tunnel.</p> Is there a reason?
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: I’m Sorry You’re Not Sorry
</p>Getting to the point President Bill Clinton eventually apologized for his behavior with Monica Lewinsky, but it took a year-long investigation, a subpoena, and multiple failed public versions of “
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: This Is Not a Drill. It’s Actually Infrastructure Week
</p> But perhaps all is not lost. We do have two federal infrastructure proposals on the table.
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: From the Vatican, a Challenge to Bring Promise to Patients
Bill Young Cell Transplantation Program administered by the Health Resources and Services Administration and authorized under the Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Act.
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: Cost of Living Is the Sleeper Issue of 2018
</p> Utilities in 48 states have decreased or have announced they will decrease rates this year because of the tax bill. That’s 87 million people who will see lower utility bills.
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: John McCain’s Empty Seat at the Gina Haspel Hearing
</p> Watch: Expect a Full-Throated Push to Confirm Haspel as Next CIA Chief</p> [jwp-video n=”1″]</p> A really big gap Also problematic for Haspel was her advocacy for destroying nearly 100 hours of CIA
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: We Just Can’t Shake That Old-Time Religion
</p> Watch: Booing, Interruptions On the House Floor After Chaplain Resignation</p> [jwp-video n=”1″]</p> In the interest of full disclosure, I am a Catholic, educated by Jesuits, the order of outgoing
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: A Few Cracks in Trump’s GOP Wall on Capitol Hill
The bill was designed to protect Mueller from the wrath of a cornered president.
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: Americans Are Telling Both Parties — “Show Me the Money”
</p> Watch: Lawmakers Praise Trump in Rose Garden Tax Bill Celebration</p> [jwp-video n=”1″]</p> But before Republicans start celebrating, the survey also found that while young voters’ support for Democrats
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: The Big Test for Business
</p> While the economic numbers since the passage of the tax bill are trending up and generally represent good news, when it comes to the American people, the jury is still out.
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: Congress Needs to Hold On to Its Power of the Purse
</p> ICYMI: McConnell — Omnibus Not ‘Perfect’ But Contains Victories</p> [jwp-video n=”1″]</p> But with five months left in the current fiscal year, it would be hard to effectively scrap an unprecedented
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: We Can’t Afford Not to Pay Interns
</p> But the consequences go far beyond restricting access.
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: When the Party of Conscience Slinks From the Fight
</p> Watch: Lawmakers Seem to Like Ryan’s Lame-Duck Speakership Plan</p> [jwp-video n=”1″]</p> Giving his reasons In explaining his decision, the relentlessly positive Ryan said that with the passage
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: Is Pelosi Still the Gift that Keeps on Giving for Republicans?
</p> She’s called the tax cut bill “crumbs” and said it was “undermining American democracy.”
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: The Infrastructure Plan Is Like Our Roads. Both Are Falling Apart
Congress is beginning to give up on the idea of a sweeping infrastructure bill, pointing to the looming midterm elections and the funding boosts that passed in the recent omnibus package.