Opinion · 117th Congress
One Black life mattered, this time
Larry Hogan’s veto of a bill that repealed the state’s powerful Law Enforcement Officers’ Bill of Rights.
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Opinion · 117th Congress
Republicans lack credibility on deficit
</p> But it gets worse: GOP attacks on fiscal responsibility about Biden’s new infrastructure bill are also factually wrong.
Opinion · 117th Congress
280 million Americans have no control over their data. A national standard is the only way to fix it
Since 2018, California has stood as the lone state to enact a comprehensive consumer data privacy law, but Virginia recently became the second state to sign such a bill, setting off what will likely be
Opinion · 117th Congress
If corporations are people, they just might have an opinion
</p> Kemp’s expressions of concern for Black-owned businesses hurt by Major League Baseball moving its All-Star Game from Georgia, after he prevented Cannon from witnessing the signing of a bill that
Opinion · 117th Congress
It’s time to bring back the Budget committees to the congressional budget process
</p> This year, the last set of negotiated discretionary spending levels has expired.
Opinion · 117th Congress
Cooperation: The opportunity is there for the taking
</p> Many of the Republicans who signed the letter remain in the Senate today, including Roy Blunt, John Boozman, Richard Burr, Shelley Moore Capito, Bill Cassidy, Lindsey Graham, Chuck Grassley, John
Opinion · 117th Congress
Overregulating fintech will harm consumers
</p> Fintech companies are solving critical problems for Americans.
Opinion · 117th Congress
It’s spring, the sap is rising — and Congress turns its thoughts to taxes
guess — although I have no evidence for it — is that the line actually originated with a corporate lobbyist bragging about saving a client billions by stealthily inserting seven words into a 987-page tax bill
Opinion · 117th Congress
How the German model can help us build a better filibuster
</p> [jwp-video n=”1″]</p> Of course, there are significant differences between the U.S. and German democratic systems.
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.
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.